Sandra Nwaokolo, Author at Sporting Tribune

NDLEA seized 4.9 million dollars and 57 million CFA suspected to be counterfeits on the Abuja-Lokoja Highway on Tuesday. The CFA, backed by the French treasury, is the legal tender in Francophone West and Central Africa, accepted in 14 countries. Director, Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the suspected counterfeit notes were seized from a commercial bus travelling from Lagos to Kano. “A search of the bus led to the seizure of 4.8 million dollars and 57 million CFA suspected to be counterfeits,’’ he stated. Babafemi also celebrated the jailing of an acting district head in Sokoto, Alhaji Umar Mohammed (aka Dan Bala), for five and a half years for dealing drugs. A Federal High Court in Sokoto presided over by Justice Ahmad Mahmud, sentenced the acting district head after the NDLEA preferred a four-count charge of drug dealing against him in October 2022. The NDLEA told the court that Mohammed was in possession of and dealing in 436.38kg of Indian hemp and 7kg of other psychotropic drugs. The court sentenced Mohammed to two years on each of the first two counts with an option of a N1 million fine and eight months on each of the third and fourth counts without an option of a fine. On Oct. 11, NDLEA operatives stormed Orue Forest in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo, where they arrested one Happy Akashili (37) and Solomon Uwesue (40) in a hut located inside an Indian hemp farm. Babafemi stated that the farm measured 2.4 hectares and was destroyed, adding that 92 kg of already processed skunk were also recovered there. He added that 49kg of skunk were also seized at Ogbeturu camp in the area. The NDLEA spokesman stated also that the agency had been advancing its advocacy on drug supply reduction with the War against Drug Abuse (WADA) in campaigns in schools, markets, worship centres, and communities. Babafemi added that one of the flagship programmes of the advocacy was the WADA sensitization lecture on drug use and mental health for students of 15 secondary schools at the University of Ibadan. The sensitization lecture was also delivered in schools in Badagry, Lagos State; in the Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State; in Awka; in Gombe; in Benue, Zamfara; and in Kano. YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE How Sunday Igboho got his freedom — Prof Akintoye The leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, a self determination movement for Yoruba nation, Professor Banji Akintoye, on Saturday, declared that… FULL LIST: 43 items that are no longer contraband for importation The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has removed restrictions on the importation of all 43 items that… How N16 almost made me to drop out of school —Prof Ogundana Celina Folakemi Ogundana, an academic and professor of Sociology, is the… I don’t have billionaire boyfriend, I lied —Mercy Eke Former Big Brother Naija winner, Mercy Eke, has set the record straight by admitting that she… Kenyan authorities arrest fake lawyer who won 26 cases in court Kenyan authorities have arrested a fake lawyer, Brian Mwenda, who has won 26 cases while parading… 2023 AFCON: Super Eagles will be difficult opponent for Cote d’Ivoire — Drogba Cote d’Ivoire legend Didier Drogba has predicted a difficult duel against the Super Eagles of...