The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided Emerald Hotel, in the Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State, where some
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has raided Emerald Hotel, in the Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State, where some intending pilgrims for the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia were lodged.
The four are: Usman Kamorudeen, 31; Olasunkanmi Owolabi, 46; Fatai Yekini, 38; and a lady, Ayinla Kemi, 34. They were lodged in two rooms where they had prepared 200 pellets of cocaine weighing 2.20kg for ingestion when NDLEA officers stormed their rooms. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has raided Emerald Hotel, in the Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State, where some intending pilgrims for the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia were lodged.
Peoples Democratic Party has faulted the delay in the arrest and prosecution of the former Independent National Electoral Commission Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa Ari. President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, in Abuja made a strong appeal to international development financiers to see Africa as a destination for growth and prosperity.
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