NDLEA INTERCEPTS N3.4BN LOUD, OPIOIDS, ARRESTS FAKE POLICE OFFICER, MECHANIC-DRUG DEALER. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 NDLEA intercepts N3.4bn Loud, opioids, arrests fake police officer, mechanic-drug dealer _- Recovers over 1.3 million pills of opioids, 6,000kg skunk; nabs two teenagers with AK-47 rifles, pistol and ammunition in sweeps across Lagos, Edo, Niger, Delta, Abuja, Gombe, Imo and Ondo_  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted over 1.3 million pills of tramadol and other opioids as well as 6,000 kilograms of potent strains of cannabis with a combined street value of more than N3,4 billion in a string of major operational breakthroughs across Lagos, Edo, Niger, Delta, Ondo, Gombe, Imo and FCT. Top on the line up of successful operations was the interception of 1,200 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis with a gross weight of 603.75 kilograms, valued at One Billion Eight Hundred and Eleven Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N1,811,250,0 00), and the arrest of a trafficker who impersonates as a senior police office...

IPI NIGERIA OPENS PRESS FREEDOM HUB TO MARK WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY. (PHOTO).


 IPI Nigeria Opens Press Freedom Hub To Mark World Press Freedom Day


The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria says it will commission a new headquarters and Press Freedom Hub in Abuja on Wednesday as part of activities marking World Press Freedom Day.


According to a statement by the secretary, Ahmed Shekarau the facility will serve as the organisation’s operational base for defending press freedom and protecting journalists and media professionals in Nigeria. 

The centre will anchor media advocacy programmes and accelerate efforts to promote press freedom and protect journalists facing threats and censorship,” said IPI Nigeria President, Musikilu Mojeed. 


Mojeed notes the media hub will also function as a venue for periodic reviews of media freedom and journalist safety, drive policy and legal reforms to strengthen independent journalism, and foster dialogue between the media and government. 


IPI Nigeria is an affiliate of IPI Global, a network of editors, media executives, and leading journalists across more than 100 countries. 


Founded in 1950, IPI has led global efforts to promote and defend press freedom for over 70 years.


Registered under Nigerian law, IPI Nigeria was established in the 1970s by prominent media leaders, including the late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the late Alhaji Ismaila Isa Funtua, Chief Segun Osoba, the late Malam Wada Maida, and Chief Sam Amuka-Pemu.


Since its inception, the organisation has been at the forefront of advancing press freedom, strengthening independent journalism, and promoting journalist safety in Nigeria.

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