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14.4 million pills of opioids seized in Lagos raids as trafficker excretes 86 wraps of heroin (video)

14.4 million pills of opioids seized in Lagos raids as trafficker excretes 86 wraps of heroin (video)

No less than Fourteen Million, Four Hundred and Eighty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Nineteen (14, 481, 519) pills of Tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over Thirteen Billion Naira (N13,000,000,000) in street value have been recovered by operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in three major busts of drug cartels operating in Amuwo Odofin, Idumota and the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos.

 

14.4 million pills of opioids seized in Lagos raids as trafficker excretes 86 wraps of heroin (video)

 

A statement released by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, today November 5, said the three intelligence-led operations began with the raid of House 8/10 Hon. Wahuha Avenue, Divine Estate, Ago Palace area of Amuwo Odofin on Sunday 29th October, where 490,000 pills of tramadol and 81,519 bottles of codeine syrup measuring 4, 510, 000mls were recovered. 

 

14.4 million pills of opioids seized in Lagos raids as trafficker excretes 86 wraps of heroin (video)

 

In a similar operation on Tuesday 31st October, NDLEA operatives swooped on a secret warehouse operated by a billionaire Idumota trader, Nwaoha Anayo located at Onitire, Aguda area of Surulere where Twelve Million Seven Hundred Thousand (12, 700, 000) pills of tramadol were recovered.

 

14.4 million pills of opioids seized in Lagos raids as trafficker excretes 86 wraps of heroin (video)

 

In the same vein, at least six members of a syndicate using their official cover to facilitate the smuggling of illicit drugs through the Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) warehouse at the Lagos airport into the country have been arrested and One Million Two Hundred and Ten Thousand (1, 210, 000) pills of tramadol seized from them in a painstaking operation that lasted for weeks. 

 

The six suspects already in NDLEA custody include: Oladele Sanya-Olu; Lawal Itunu Temitope; Sanamo Alla Daniel; Udeh Felix Monday; Musa Mutalib and Unege Evans Icibor, while three other suspects: Sarki Mubarak Salami; Abdullahi Aliyu (aka Aboki); and Monday Anwal, are now on the run and wanted by NDLEA.

 

14.4 million pills of opioids seized in Lagos raids as trafficker excretes 86 wraps of heroin (video)

 

At the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, NDLEA operatives on Sunday 29th October intercepted yet another businessman, 50-year-old Nwokolo Ifeanyi Anthony during the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 878 to Amsterdam, Netherlands via Paris, France at the boarding gate and was body scanned. The result turned out to be positive for illicit drug ingestion.

‘’The suspect who travelled from Lagos to board the flight was subsequently kept under observation for some days during which he excreted a total of 86 pellets of heroin weighing 1.330kilograms.   The suspect who travelled from Lagos to board the flight was subsequently kept under observation for some days during which he excreted a total of 86 pellets of heroin weighing 1.330kilograms. ‘’ Babfemi said

Similarly, NDLEA operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, attached to courier firms on Monday 30th October intercepted 22 parcels of cocaine concealed in the walls of a carton containing sewn local fabrics popularly called Aso Oke, heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

 

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Businessmen excrete wraps of hard drugs after arrest at Abuja airport (video)

Businessmen excrete wraps of hard drugs after arrest at Abuja airport (video)

Two businessman have been arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for attempting to traffic hard drugs through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, shared videos of the men …

 

Businessmen excrete wraps of hard drugs after arrest at Abuja airport (video)

 

One of the apprehended men claimed to be a trader at Alaba International Market, Lagos state and was about to fly to Hong Kong with 49 ingested pellets of hard drugs when he was apprehended on October 21. He said he was promised N3.5 million and that he intended to use the money to purchase fairly used Tv, Printers and other items to sell in Nigeria. 

 

Another video released showed a man who had four rounds of excretion to expel the drugs he ingested.

 

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Paris-bound ?businessman? excretes 93 wraps of heroin at Abuja airport

Paris-bound ?businessman? excretes 93 wraps of heroin at Abuja airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 40-year-old Madrid, Spain-based ‘businessman’, Sheriff Egbo Ally, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja while attempting to board an Air France flight to Paris, France, after they discovered he ingested illicit drugs.

 

A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the anti-drug agency says Egbo was arrested on Saturday 14th October after body scanner revealed he had wraps of illicit drugs in his stomach. 

‘’He was subsequently placed under observation at the Agency’s exhibit recovery room where he excreted 93 pellets of heroin weighing 2.222 kilograms. In his statement, the suspect claimed he works at a chicken hatchery farm in Madrid, Spain and also into drug trafficking business.” the statement read

In the same vein, NDLEA operatives at the NAHCO imports shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos on Monday 16th October seized a consignment of 10 cartons containing 500,000 pills of tramadol 225mg branded as tapentadol. The cargo, which was shipped from India through Qatar Airways with airwaybill number MAWB 319-01227236 was purported to be a transit cargo to Monrovia, Liberia. However, the lid was blown open through partnership and real time intelligence sharing mechanisms between NDLEA and its Liberian counterpart. 

 

Also, attempt by an intending passenger to Muscat, Oman on Qatar airways, Ngene Chinecherem Oscar to export 11.100kgs of skunk and 600grams of tramadol concealed in foodstuffs through the Lagos airport was thwarted by NDLEA officers who arrested him and seized the illicit substances.

 

In another operation, NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations, DOGI, attached to courier companies on Sunday 15th October intercepted 1kg methamphetamine concealed in containers of body cream going to New Zealand as well as another consignment of 2.5kgs cocaine and phenacetin hidden in walls of a carton heading to Saudi Arabia.

 

Babafemi added that two more seizures: 112grams of Dimethyl Sulfone and 583grams of Cocaine and phenacetin were made at another courier company in Lagos on Wednesday 18th October. While the Dimethyl Sulfone was concealed in the hollow of a motor driving shaft going to New Zealand, the consignment of Cocaine and phenacetin was packed into a bottle of body cream heading to Saudi Arabia.

 

In Imo state, operatives on Sunday 15th October intercepted a Mercedes Benz container truck marked ABN 418 YN parked in an isolated area along Owerri – Onitsha expressway. A search of the abandoned truck led to the recovery of 168 bags of skunk weighing 1, 854 kilograms. 

 

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NDLEA arrests 67-year-old at Abuja airport for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine; Nabs Saudi-bound lady with 52 pellets at Kano airport (photos/video)

NDLEA arrests 67-year-old at Abuja airport for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine; Nabs Saudi-bound lady with 52 pellets at Kano airport (photos/video)

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine.

 

The suspect claimed he ventured into the drug business to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after wasting 30 years of his life in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand.

 

Chukwuemeka was arrested on Tuesday 3rd October during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian Airlines flight 951 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and taken for body scan, which revealed multiple pellets in his stomach. While under observation, he excreted a total of 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.195 kilograms in four excretions.

 

In his statement, he claimed to have spent 30 years in Brazil, Ethiopia and Thailand, while he was once married, but lost his wife and is without a child. He said that was why he decided to go into drug trafficking to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh. 

 

NDLEA arrests 67-year-old at Abuja airport for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine; Nabs Saudi-bound lady with 52 pellets at Kano airport (photos/video)

 

On the same day, Tuesday 3rd October, NDLEA operatives at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, intercepted a 45-year-old woman, Bilkisu Mohammed Bello while preparing to board a Saudia Airlines flight to Saudi Arabia.

 

While being interviewed, she confessed that pellets of cocaine given to her to swallow before her flight were kept in a house in Farawa area of Kano. When she led NDLEA officers to the house, 52 wraps of the illicit substance with a total weight of 767grams were recovered.

   NDLEA arrests 67-year-old at Abuja airport for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine; Nabs Saudi-bound lady with 52 pellets at Kano airport (photos/video)

 

 



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Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York

Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York

 

Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York
Nicole Williams Amarteifio CEO An African Film City

Media entrepreneur, political consultant, and author, Adebola Williams on Sunday, August 6, 2023 ended his whirlwind US 4-cities tour with conversations on issues relating to diaspora Africans in New York. The event, which was anchored by emerging markets business executive, Adeola Bakre, also featured a panel session and the launch of his book titled, African Power Girls.

 

The New York fireside conversations had in attendance notable members of the diaspora community in America. It follows his inspiring engagement with like-minded personalities in three other major US cities including Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; and Los Angeles, California.

 

Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York
Cameron Onumah, Head of Public Policy Amazon; Adebola Williams, Chairman AW Network and Author African Power Girls; Latasha Gillespie, Executive Head DEI Amazon Studios; Dr. Muri Rafiu; Dillon Iwu, Director of Government Affairs American Investment Council.

 

In his remarks, Adebola said Africans in the diaspora and their Black American counterparts “need to start thinking about your role in building the nations that you are originally from because it is the only place where you are first”.

 

Earlier during his engagement in Houston, Adebola spoke on the importance of diaspora Africans in the overall development of the continent. “Africa is not complete if it doesn’t include and acknowledge the efforts, contributions, and achievements of those (of you) in the diaspora,” he said. “The future of Africa depends on its people in the diaspora because of the skills, knowledge, education, experiences, and networks that you have been able to garner, and which many people back home may not have access to.

 

“We should be mindful to be strategic in our philanthropy. Support education on the continent by building schools, paying school fees, donating books, giving scholarships, and much more. This way we’re not giving for the sake of it, but we are making a difference in the way that it truly moves the needle and guarantees change,” he added.

 

Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York
Adebola Wiliams,  Chairman AW Network and Author African

 

 

Adebola took his inspirational ‘girl-child empowerment’ message to Atlanta and Los Angeles where he told his audience that young girls do not need the permission of the society to become. 

 

According to him: “I wrote the African Power Girls book to let young girls across the world to know that – before the world tells them that they can’t dream, they can’t hope, they can’t aspire – that women like them have gone through a lot, and in the process built amazing things and achieved incredible feats. I want them to know that they do not need anyone’s permission to become.

 

Adebola’s well-attended tour was supported by several notable international brands including Leatherback, a financial technology company facilitating safe, quick, and efficient cross-border payments.

 

“At Leatherback, we recognize the importance of diaspora Africans in the overall development of the continent, as well as the role that we all must play,” said Toyeeb Ibrahim, CEO of Leatherback, while speaking about the company’s support. “This is in line with our mission to create a global community in which financial transaction restrictions are removed. 

 

“We currently empower Africans in the diaspora by providing solutions designed to address their cross-border payment needs, allowing them to send and receive money in 15 currencies with ease across 21 countries on the go using our mobile app, without physically visiting a bank,” he concluded.

 

Adebola Williams’ US tour aims to strengthen the connection between diaspora Africans and their continent. It highlights their critical role in facilitating the accelerated socio-economic development of the continent.

 

Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York
African Power Girls book tour in LA
Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York
Guests at the Houston book tour
Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York
Guests at the New York book tour
Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York
A cross section of guests at the Atlanta book tour
Adebola Williams wraps up 4-cities US tour with diaspora-focused conversations in New York
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India-bound ?couple? excretes 184 wraps of cocaine, woman hides drug in private part

India-bound ?couple? excretes 184 wraps of cocaine, woman hides drug in private part

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a fake couple: Mr. Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and Mrs. Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum purportedly going for medical treatment in India for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kilograms with 100grams of the drug also concealed in the woman’s private part.

 

India-bound ?couple? excretes 184 wraps of cocaine, woman hides drug in private part

 

A statement released by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, says the two suspects were intercepted at the Screening Point 1, Terminal 1 of the international wing of the Lagos airport on Tuesday 1st August 2023 while attempting to board an Ethiopian airline flight to India. Though their travel documents show consistency in their names and depict them as a couple, an NDLEA officer however decided to subject them to body scan. 

 

The scan confirmed they both ingested drugs as a result of which they were later placed on excretion observation at the Agency’s facility.

‘’While their travel documents identify the man as Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi and the lady to be Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum, preliminary investigation revealed that the intending passengers were not a couple but obtained the travel documents in the same surname to beat security checks at the airport. The lady later gave her real name as Ngogbike Nkechi.

During her interview, she confessed that she was recruited in her church in Aba, Abia state where she lives. The suspect, Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum (aka Ngogbike Nkechi) stated further that she is a divorcee, and that Kingsley with whom she was travelling is not her husband but connected only for the purpose of the illicit drug business trip.

She revealed that her arranged husband, Kingsley brought the pellets of cocaine to her in her room to ingest in the hotel where they were both lodged in separate rooms the previous day Monday 31st July. ‘’ the statement read

 

Babafemi added that after their arrest, a thorough search conducted on her led to the discovery of a big size wrap of cocaine that weighed 100 grams she inserted into her private part. She confessed that she was promised Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) upon successful delivery of the drug in India.

 

‘’In his own statement, Kingsley who was into clothing business in Onitsha, Anambra state, claimed he was promised Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) after a successful delivery of the drug in India. A further search of the Agency’s crime data base revealed that Kingsley also obtained his travel documents with fake identity for the trip.” the statement read

 

Babafemi added that it was established that Kingsley was arrested by NDLEA operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on March 19 2022, for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine weighing 2.243kgs upon his arrival from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on board an Ethiopian airline flight. He said the suspect’s travel documents then contained his real name: Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian. He said the suspect was arraigned in court and granted bail and was still on bail when he was intercepted this time around for drug trafficking.

 

‘’After his arrest at the Abuja airport on 19th March 2022 along with another suspect, Iro Elvis Uche who also ingested 65 wraps of cocaine with a gross weight of 1.376kgs, Uwaezuoke was subsequently arraigned before Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court Abuja with charge number: FHC/ABJ/CR/438/2022. He was eventually granted bail by the court pending the conclusion of his trial. He is still on the court bail when he was arrested at the Lagos airport for a similar offence on Tuesday 1st August. While Ilonzeh Kingsley Onyebuchi (aka Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian) excreted a total of 82 wraps of cocaine with a gross weight of 1.822kgs in five excretions, Ilonzeh Roseline Nonyelum (aka Ngogbike Nkechi) egested 101 wraps in four excretions with a bid size wrap of the substance recovered from her private part, all weighing 1.50kgs.”

Watch a video of the suspects counting the wraps of hard drugs they excreted below

 

 

 



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How to protect your hair from dust damage without head wraps

How to protect your hair from dust damage without head wraps


Protecting your hair by wearing a wrap, a scarf, or a hat is probably the best and simplest way to do it. We tend to focus on the damage from products and forget that dust, smoke, and gaseous pollutants take a toll on our hair. Moreover, protective gear doesn’t always agree with the hairstyle. So let’s look at some hair protective measures we can use against these pollutants.

Here’s how to prevent these effects and maintain healthy tresses

Contrary to what you may think, daily hair washing doesn’t harm your hair quality or quantity. Pollutants can build up and make a nest in your hair. Because most pollutants sit on the cuticle, it is easy to wash off. Daily shampooing and washing are also a must to keep your scalp free from itchiness and dandruff. Choose a mild shampoo and washing regimen.

Pollutants take a toll on your hair so straightening, blow-drying, and curling can aggravate hair damage. These routines make the hair more prone to damage, brittleness, and split ends.

Oiling and deep conditioning are a must for healthy hair. Schedule spa treatments for your hair. Consider them vacations for your hair. They help repair the damage whilst rehydrating the hair. Oiling and deep conditioning your hair can bring back the lost moisture.

Hair serums are the best for your cuticles which suffer pollution the most. One to two drops of serum on wet hair is enough for medium-length hair. If you have oily hair, make sure you only apply the serum on the ends and not the scalp.

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NDLEA arrests drug lord while giving mule 93 cocaine wraps to swallow in Lagos hotel

NDLEA arrests drug lord while giving mule 93 cocaine wraps to swallow in Lagos hotel

NDLEA arrests drug lord while giving mule 93 cocaine wraps to swallow in Lagos hotel

A notorious drug kingpin who specializes in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffic Class A drugs to Europe especially Italy, has been arrested after operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, stormed his hotel room in Okota area of Lagos late on Friday July 21 when he was preparing a recruited courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.

 

A statement released by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, says the 48-year-old drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, had recruited Uju Dominic, 35, from his base in Italy with a deal to come to Nigeria, ingest 100 pellets of cocaine on Friday 21st July and return to Italy on Saturday 22nd July. 

 

‘’True to plan, upon the arrival in Nigeria, the mule was lodged in Golden Heaven Hotel located at Enoma street off Ago-Palace way, Okota, Isolo, Lagos where Uwagbale brought 93 wraps of the Class A drug for him to swallow at about 23:45pm Friday night.

They were in the process when NDLEA operatives who have been on their trail following credible intelligence stormed their hotel room, arrested both and recovered the drug exhibits with a total weight of 1.427 kilograms.” Babafemi said

NDLEA arrests drug lord while giving mule 93 cocaine wraps to swallow in Lagos hotel

The NDLEA spokesperson added that operatives of the Lagos state Command of the Agency who made the arrest and seizure had on Thursday 20th July raided Akala in Mushin area of the state where they recovered 37.5kg cannabis from the home of a fleeing suspect.

 

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Joy As Kunle Afolayan Wraps Shooting Of Anikulapo The Series

Joy As Kunle Afolayan Wraps Shooting Of Anikulapo The Series

Prominent Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has announced the end of the shooting of Anikulapo The Series.

The 48-year-old on Monday shared a video on his Instagram page that captured the moment the cast and crew of Anikulapo The Series screamed in excitement as he announced the end of shooting.

Movie stars captured includes, Sola Sobowale and Tunde Kelani, Bimbo Ademoye, Kunle Remi, Gabriel Afolayan and others were joyous at the conclusion of the movie shoot.

Kunle captioned his post, “It’s a Wrap.”

Anikulapo The Series comes after the success of Kunle’s Anikulapo released on September 30, 2022. The movie starred Kunle Remi, Bimbo Ademoye, Taiwo Hassan, Adebowale Adebayo aka Mr Macaroni among others.

The movie got 16 nominations at the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA). Anikulapo won five awards altogether, including best overall movie.

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