NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances  -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states  In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...

FOREX: BANKS SEEK CUSTOMERS TO BUY SURPLUS FOREIGN CURRENCIES.

Image result for currencies                  Banks are seeking customers to buy surplus foreign currencies they hold following the flooding of the banks with dollars by the Central Bank of Nigeria {CBN}.In an effort to support and shore-up the value of Naira,CBN resolved to flood commercial banks with dollars.The banks are reported to be holding excess forex and were seeking customers to buy the foreign currencies.The banks have cleared the backlog of requests for foreign currencies for basic travel allowance,school fees and medicals.In a data released by the CBN,the apex bank,within three weeks,injected more than 1.4 billion dollars for both wholesale and retail intervention into the interbank Forex market.Mr Ayo Teriba,Chief Executive Officer,Economic Associates,is optimistic that the CBN would be able to sustain its intervention on the forex market.Teriba told NAN that increase in oil production and high oil prices had increased the foreign reserve base of the country,''We are back to a situation where the forex at the disposal of the CBN is likely to go up.The CBN could not intervene in the forex market in 2016 because of low oil production,prices and because foreign reserves were also low.Today,oil price is up,reserves have also gone up,the outlook of the oil prices is stable and production in Nigeria is going back to capacity; so it has the capacity to intervene.In a couple of months,the apex bank should be able to meet all of the demands and all the multiple exchange rates will converge.
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