NDLEA arrests four drug merchants in Ondo State

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized and burnt over 14.3 tonnes of illicit drugs and crops in six different camps raided by its operatives in Ondo and Edo states.



Haruna Gagara, NDLEA Commandant in Ondo State, told newsmen in Akure that his team also apprehended a notorious cannabis merchant, Ohimai Ayodele, 51, in Uzebba, suspected to be the mastermind of the killing of NDLEA personnel earlier this year.



“Ayodele’s men opened fire in an attempt to resist his arrest. Seven of our personnel got injured in the course of the incident and they are currently receiving treatment in the hospital,” said the narcotic chief.



Gagara further disclosed that the operatives also arrested a 66-year-old cannabis farmer in a deserted locality along Edo/Ondo border. He said that several cannabis nurseries and transplant farms were discovered and destroyed immediately while weapons were seized.



The state commandant said the patrol also invaded Ajobieye forest in Ute, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State in an operation that lasted about eight hours.


“This operation led to the burning of 1,225 bags of Cannabis Sativa, while 174.5 kilograms and samples of fresh plants were brought for prosecution purposes.

“I can assure Nigerians that the operation has caused a serious disruption in the drug market and has checked the likely influx of drugs during this Yuletide.

“The impact of the operation will be felt in the illicit drug market nationwide because about 80 per cent of cannabis market across the country obtain their cannabis supply from states touched by this operation.

“The agency is still awaiting drug merchants on the road to intercept cannabis shipments smuggled into the market. We will sustain the current effort,” the NDLEA chief said.

Gagara, who led the team, said the exercise, tagged “Operation Thunder Strike IV”, was launched by a joint task force comprising personnel of the agency from Oyo, Ekiti, Edo Ondo and Osun states and men of the Nigerian Army.



The commandant said the intelligence-driven operation led to the seizure of tonnes of cannabis already harvested and heaped for onward movement to the illicit drug markets. He said his team visited two communities, Uzebba and Hikin, which were notorious for the cultivation of cannabis in Owan Local Government Area of Edo State, bordering Ondo State.

Trump posts new poll/survey that shows he'll beat every Democrat if the elections happened today

US President Donald Trump has posted a new USA Today poll showing that he will beat his Democratic challengers Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg if the US Presidential elections were carried out today.



Could it be that the partisan impeachment proceedings currently going on against Trump, which Trump has constantly called a hoax is working in Trump's favour?



See the poll results below.

50 Cent continues to attack Oprah Winfrey for only producing documentaries on Black men accused of sexual assault

50 Cent has continued his attack on Oprah Winfrey following reports that she plans to interview Russell Simmon's accuser.



For days, 50 Cent has been calling out media mogul Oprah for granting interviews and producing documentaries that seem to implicate Black men who have been accused of sexual assault, whereas she doesn't do same for White men accused of sexual assault (read here).



Now, he has shared a photo of Oprah with her White male friends who were accused of sexual assault. He pointed out that Oprah turned a blind eye to the allegations against her white friends but is quick to grant interviews when it's her Black friends who are involved.



Sharing a photo collage of Oprah with George W. Bush, with Donald Trump, and Also Oprah with Harvey Weinstein, 50 Cent write: "My grand mother was such a big fan of Oprah that it felt like I made it when I did her show because she was so happy. I just want to know why this is playing out like this."

Man sentenced to two weeks in jail after being caught smoking on board an Air Peace flight

An Ogba Magistrate Court has sentenced a passenger caught smoking on board Air Peace flight P4 7558 from Sharjah to Lagos on December 11, to two weeks in prison.



The passenger who was accosted by the airline’s flight attendant Adewale Oyebade after being spotted smoking on board the flight, was however given an option of N200k fine after being found guilty of the act.



Stanley Olisa, the Corporate Communications Executive of Air Peace confirmed the incident and also disclosed that the act contravened a standing global aviation regulation of non-smoking in-flight.

JR Smith says a prayer of his own after his wife prayed for him and The Flash actress Candice Patton amid cheating rumours

JR Smith has taken to Instagram to say a short prayer after his wife Jewel Harris Smith said a prayer for him and his alleged mistress amid cheating rumours.



According to reports, NBS free agent JR Smith is having an affair with The Flash actress Candice Patton (read here).



His wife of three years found out about it and shared a video on Instagram where she broke down in tears as she prayed for her husband and his alleged mistress.



Soon after, JR took to his Instagram Stories to share a short prayer.



"No weapon formed against me..." he wrote.

I can’t tell DSS to release Sowore – Attorney General, Abubakar Malami

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Monday, December 16th indicated that he could not ask the Department of State Service to release Omoyele Sowore from custody.



The minister said in the statement that he could not take a unilateral decision on the release of Sowore without recourse to the court, where the ‘RevolutionNow’ protests convener and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, are being prosecuted on charges of treasonable felony, among others.



This is contained in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Dr. Umar Gwandu, who stated that Malami was reacting to “the claim that a lawyer sent a letter to the AGF requesting the release of Mr. Sowore”.



The statement appeared to be a veiled reference to the letter by Sowore’s lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), sent to the AGF on Friday to demand the release of the convener of ‘RevolutionNow’ protests from the custody of the DSS.



The AGF’s takeover of the case was informed by the widely condemned invasion of the Federal High Court in Abuja by the operatives of the DSS to rearrest Sowore on December 6. Falana who heads the defence team of the two men informed Malami that Sowore had, since his rearrest on December 6, been kept in the DSS custody without the backing of any detention order of court or arrest warrant.



He stated that his letter became necessary after two lawyers in the team visited the DSS headquarters in Abuja to demand Sowore’s release but were advised to direct their request to Malami.



In a statement making a veiled reference to Falana’s letter on Monday, Malami said in the statement issued by Gwandu, “When parties submit their issues for determination to a court of law, they lack exclusivity of decision over such issues without recourse to the court. We remain guided by the established tradition and will not take unilateral decision without recourse to the rule of law”.

Leah Sharibu is still alive — Lecturer abducted by Boko Haram speaks from captivity (video)

Bitrus Bwala, a lecturer at the College of Education in Gashua, Yobe state disclosed that Leah Sharibu is alive as he spoke from captivity in a newly released video. 

The lecturer who spoke in video shared by Ahmad Salkida (a journalist known to have access to Boko Haram) begged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Christian Organisation of Nigeria (CAN) to help him and the other captives regain their freedom.

Bwala also confirmed the death of four out of five abducted aid workers of Action Against Hunger (AAH) who were recently killed by the insurgents. 

He said; 

“I am a principal lecturer with College of Education, Gashua, Yobe state. I was on my way to my station on the 27th of November 2019 that I was abducted. 

“I appeal to the federal government to come to our aid. As you can see behind me are fellow Christians who were arrested on various points. I equally appeal to Christian association to do whatever is within their reach in order to rescue us because when we came, we saw some workers here, particularly workers with food organisation, however, shortly, they were executed.

“We also saw that the government has not done enough that is why Leah Sharibu is still with this group. We, therefore, appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari.”

Ahmad Salkida

✔@A_Salkida

EXCLUSIVE: TWO LECTURERS, OTHERS SPEAK FROM ISWAP CAPTIVITY. | Ahmad Salkidahttps://salkida.com/exclusive-two-lecturers-others-speak-from-iswap-captivity/ …

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