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...

MEDICS PROFS.EMEGOAKOR,UMEONONIHU RE-ECHO BREAST/CERVICAL CANCERS CONSCIOUSNESS AS ANAMBRA WOMEN HOLD AUGUST MEETINGS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 Medics Profs.Emegoakor,Umeononihu Re-echo Breast/Cervical cancers Consciousness As Anambra Women Hold August Meetings


By Michael Ezenwata 


As women in Igboland converge to discuss domestic issues in their various August Meetings fora,a lot is expected of them to proffer solutions to endemic problems challenging families and the society.


A press statement in Awka by the Medical Director,El- Dorado Multi-Specialist Hospital ,  Awka Professor Chiemelu Emegoakor tasked them to focus attention on the reality of cervical cancer among them unarguably the second commonest cause of death among them after breast cancer which ranks number one.


According to the medical director,women should go for periodic checks to ascertain their breast/cervical cancers status in government approved health establishments.


He announced that for now,free vaccines are available nationwide in government's general hospitals and health centres for cervical cancer prevention where they can be administered.


To this end,Prof.Emegoakor urged women to take their young girls before their reproductive ages to the centres to get vaccinated to guarantee their cervical cancer free status.


 Going forward,the medical director used the forum to challenge women to deliberate on the incessant incidence of domestic violence in the society with a view to reducing the scourge.


He recommended tolerance, understanding and dialogue as measures towards tackling the menace 


In another message,an Obstetrician Gynae Oncologist, Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching hospital Nnewi Campus Associate Prof.Osita Umeononihu also spoke of the availability of the vaccines in the general hospitals and health centres and advised women to take their young girls between the ages of 9 to 13 to get 2 doses of the vaccines to stay protected from contracting the virus.


Prof.Umeononihu further advised women up to the age of 30 to take seriously their personal screenings for the early detection of breast/ cervical cancers.


According to the medical expert, early detection is sine qua non to assured cure of the diseases.

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