NAF DEEPENS COMMUNITY IMPACT AS CAS COMMISSIONS SCHOOL ASSEMBLY HALL AND FLAGS OFF MEDICAL OUTREACH IN BEERI, RIVERS STATE. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NAF DEEPENS COMMUNITY IMPACT AS CAS COMMISSIONS SCHOOL ASSEMBLY HALL AND FLAGS OFF MEDICAL OUTREACH IN BEERI, RIVERS STATE The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on 11 December 2025, commissioned a Special Intervention Project (SIP) in Beeri, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, as part of its sustained commitment to community development and strengthened civil–military relations. Executed by Air Vice Marshal BL Keenam (Rtd) under the directive of the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), the initiative underscores the NAF’s people-centred approach to national development through impactful and sustainable social interventions. The intervention comprised the construction of a 500-seating capacity School Assembly Hall at Beeri High School and the flag-off of a 3-day medical outreach for residents of the community. While the new assembly hall addresses the long-standing lack of a suitable multipurpose facility for academic and extracurricular activities, the medical outreach provides essentia...

677 DRUG TRAFFICKERS JAILED,3,359 ARRESTED,65,915.891KG SEIZED IN Q1.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.

677 drug traffickers jailed, 3,359 arrested, 65,915.891kg seized in Q1

As the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, intensifies the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse across Nigeria, no less than Six Hundred and Seventy Seven (677) traffickers have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms between January and March 2022, with a total of Three Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty Nine (3,359) arrests and 65,915.891 kilograms of assorted drugs seized within the same period.

No fewer than Two Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty Three (2,223) drug users were also counselled through brief interventions and rehabilitated in NDLEA facilities across the country in the first quarter of the year; figures that represent a fair balance between the Agencys drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction activities.

Lagos has the highest figure of drug seizures with 22,192.62 kilograms of illicit substances recovered from parts of the state, followed by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Command, Ikeja, also in Lagos, with 8,979.869kg of drugs seized between Jan and March, while Kano and Kaduna led the pack in the arrests of offenders with 194 arrests each within the same period.

While a total of 257 hectares of cannabis farms were destroyed in forests across Ondo state, 14.869 hectares suffered same fate in Edo and an hectare destroyed in Bayelsa state within the same period.

A further breakdown of the drugs seized within the first quarter of the year shows Cannabis leading the table in January with 8,205.75kg; followed by Codeine -414.281kg; Diazepam -192.459kg; Tramadol -135.067kg; Rophynol -43.062kg and Cocaine -24.32kg. In February, Cannabis also topped the list of seizures with 20,538.79kg; Codeine -1,848.052kg; Tramadol -540.354kg; Diazepam -137.041kg; Rophynol -80.261kg; Cocaine -15.727kg; Methamphetamine 6.207kg and Heroin 4.006kg.

Cannabis also topped the list of seizures in March with 21,583.81kg; followed by Tramadol -8,965.319kg; Codeine -417.207kg; Diazepam -57.755kg; Cocaine -45.082kg; Methamphetamine -7.527kg; Rophynol -6.34kg and Heroin -1.497kg.

While appreciating the commitment of officers and men of the Agency for a commendable performance in the first quarter of the year, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) urged them not to rest on their oars. He assured them that every outstanding performance would always attract commensurate commendation and/or reward.

Femi Babafemi
Director, Media & Advocacy
NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja
Wednesday 13th April 2022

 

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