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...

DRC RESUMES COBALT EXPORTS AFTER 10-MONTH HALT. (PHOTO).


 DRC resumes cobalt exports after 10-month halt


The Democratic Republic of Congo has resumed cobalt exports after a 10-month halt intended to stem falling prices due to global oversupply, the government said on Tuesday.


The DRC is the world's leading producer of cobalt – a metal critical to top-range batteries, including those used in smartphones and electric cars.


Initially imposed for four months, the ban was designed to stabilise the market "in the face of an overabundance of supply" internationally, the government said at the time.


"Since Friday, the Democratic Republic of Congo has resumed exporting its cobalt," Finance Minister Doudou Fwamba told reporters, AFP reported.


'Sovereignty over raw materials'


He stressed the suspension in February had been designed to ensure "national sovereignty over raw materials."


The DRC produced 76% of the world's cobalt in 2024, according to the US Geological Survey.


"How can we be the number-one supplier of 70% of this strategic product yet not influence price formation? We refused to accept that," Fwamba said.


The export ban was aimed at stemming the fall in prices caused by abundant supply, notably from Chinese mining company CMOC.


'Lost fiscal revenue'


CMOC operates Tenke Fungurume and Kisanfu in the DRC, two of the world's largest mines.


"We lost fiscal revenue due to the systematic decline in prices," the minister added.


He said the strategy – led by Congolese government body ARECOMS, which regulates small-scale subsistence mining – had paid off.


"The price of cobalt has risen from $22,000 per tonne to $54,000 or $55,000," he said.


Cobalt is mainly extracted from mines in the southeastern province of Katanga.


The province has largely been spared from the armed conflict ravaging the eastern mining provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, where M23 rebels control vast swathes of territory.

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