Davido, the Nigerian singer, has paid a visit to President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja.

In a post via Instagram, artiste manager Ubi Franklin shared photos from the visit, showing that he and socialite Cubana Chief Priest accompanied Davido.

Footage from the visit shows Franklin and Cubana Chief Priest reaching out for a handshake with Tinubu as Davido pointed out that both men are members of the president’s political party.

“They are both your members, sir, they are APC,” Davido said.

After the pleasantries exchange, Franklin then recalled his involvement in the 2023 presidential campaign, saying he travelled to 15 states with Tinubu.

The president responded, “Very good. We succeeded and made it to the presidency”.

In the background, Cubana could be heard declaring confidently that Tinubu will also win the coming presidential election.

“We will succeed again in 2027,” he said.

The reason for the visit is, however, unknown.

Davido’s visit to President Tinubu came shortly after he was hosted by Abbas Tajudeen, speaker of the house of representatives.

Tajudeen described their meeting as an “engaging and rich” conversation that focused on the power of music to unite and uplift the nation.

He also praised Davido for showcasing Nigerian culture and using his platform to empower the younger generation.

As Nigeria approaches another Democracy Day, human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has sharply criticized President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration, cautioning that Nigerians made a "grave mistake" by electing him.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, the former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate and convener of the Revolution Now movement said Tinubu's leadership has accelerated Nigeria's decline, surpassing even the widely criticised administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.

“My position on this government is not a thought—it’s a clear stance I’ve held long before the 2023 elections. Nigerians made a grave mistake voting Bola Tinubu into office,” he said.

“I said it before, and I’ll say it again: when Tinubu is done with this country, Nigerians will be begging to return to Buhari’s era. He has done irreparable damage—economically, socially, politically. He has crippled institutions, education, and democracy. Buhari killed Nigeria in eight years; Tinubu came, in two years he is burying it.”

According to Sowore, Tinubu's policies have deepened poverty, crippled institutions, and eroded democratic values.

He lamented that the country now teeters on the edge of a full collapse, as citizens lose faith in both the electoral process and the very concept of democracy.

“What Nigerians are whispering—dangerously—is that they no longer believe in democracy,” he said. “The promises of democracy—free speech, credible elections, freedom to choose—have been destroyed. Today, people celebrate military dictators just to express their frustration. But to be clear, I don’t support military rules. What we have now is a shambolic democracy.”

Sowore, who has contested presidential elections and led mass protests against bad governance, was unequivocal in his stance against the current electoral system. He said he would continue to resist a proposed law by the House of Representatives to make voting compulsory, describing it as an attempt to manufacture legitimacy through coercion.

“If you have to use threats to force people to vote, then democracy is dead. Democracy is about choice. You cannot force people to participate in a system they no longer believe in,” he said.

“That proposal is not about participation; it’s about forced legitimacy. They’re panicking because fewer people are voting, so they want to cook up numbers and call it turnout. The people making these laws already know I will stand against them.”

When asked whether he intends to run for office again in 2027, Sowore responded that he does not believe in the current electoral framework while he never stops "running"—through protests, campaigns, or legal advocacy.

“But if you’re asking about elections, I don’t believe in the current ballot system. The 2027 results are already written,” he said. “The only thing that can change Nigeria is rebellion against the system, against another sham election, not against democracy, anyway.”

Sowore distanced himself from the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party 2023 presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively, insisting that Nigeria’s political problems cannot be solved by switching candidates within the same broken system.

While many believe Nigeria’s opposition has become increasingly muted since the 2023 elections, Sowore argued that what currently passes for opposition lacks ideological clarity and conviction.

“That’s because what you call opposition isn’t opposition. Most of them are former APC or PDP members. They share the same ideology—or lack of one. Real opposition means clear ideological difference. What we have are political mercenaries looking for the best-paying camp,” he said.

“Most of these defections are transactional. They’re not about values or service. If you dig deeper, you’ll realise they’re just fighting over how to share the loot, not about how to serve the people.”

Sowore also provided an update on his ongoing campaign to oust the Inspector General of Police, claiming some results have already been achieved.

“Over 1,000 illegally retained senior police officers have been forced out. Police officers who haven’t been promoted in 20 years are now getting promoted. It has created a shift. But the ultimate goal is to get the IGP to resign—he’s overstayed. We haven’t given up,” he said.

Asked about former Vice President Atiku’s continued relevance in Nigerian politics, Sowore dismissed him outright.

“Atiku is a man whose time has passed. But he’s still hanging around, hoping to be President. That’s all he cares about. Everything else is irrelevant to him.”

Addressing concerns about his radical views and criticisms from some quarters that he is excessively radical, Sowore stated, “I don’t think I’m radical enough. People who say that haven’t studied history. Every meaningful change in this world came through so-called radicals.

“I will not water down my convictions to please those who want me to fit into a box. The louder voices online don’t represent the majority of Nigerians. Those who truly suffer in this country know what I stand for—and they agree.”

Sowore criticised economic policies under Tinubu—particularly the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira—as anti-people and disastrous in their outcomes.

“They are being deceived. There’s nothing good coming from this. Removing fuel subsidy, floating the naira—none of it benefits ordinary people,” he said.

“The naira is still collapsing. Prices are rising. If they say this is the “hard road to prosperity”, I say it’s a road to destruction.”

As Nigeria marks another Democracy Day on June 12, Sowore’s warning offers a sobering counter-narrative to official celebration. For him, the current administration is not laying a foundation for progress—it is digging the nation deeper into ruin.

“When Tinubu is done with this country, Nigerians will be begging to return to Buhari’s era,” he said, noting that it shows how bad the situation is getting.

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has dismissed the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu for a second term by some governors, calling it “irrelevant.”

Lawal spoke in an interview with the Nigerian Tribune on Sunday.

On May 22, all 22 state governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) endorsed Tinubu as the party’s sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election.

Lawal, a member of the coalition of opposition leaders looking to displace the ruling APC, dismissed the governors’ influence.

He said the coalition is “targeting” voters, not political officeholders.

“Look, the way we are going, eventually, it is to voters at the polling booth that we will appeal, not any political party,” he said.

“Let the governors continue to defect, we don’t care. If we wake up one morning and heard that all the 36 states governors and the FCT are in APC, we don’t care.

“It is immaterial. They have only 37 votes; maybe we can add their families. Maybe you get 1000 votes. The voter is what we are targeting, and the voter is the victim of the system we are against.”

Lawal added that the coalition is “very serious” about its chances of upsetting the APC in 2027 and will soon announce its plans.

“I have been hooked up in this town for the past five months, participating in this. If I knew it wouldn’t succeed, I would be on my farm. I started farming since the season, but I stayed back. So, I must be an idiot if I leave my most important vocation to take coffee and snacks,” the former SGF said.

“Whoever says we aren’t serious doesn’t know who the people are, because they don’t know who they are, because we don’t take photographs. We don’t take minutes of meetings. We take time to make sure that information on strategies doesn’t leak.

“I am sure that is the reason for all the speculations. But I can tell you that the coalition is very serious; we are experienced and we know what we are doing. At the appropriate time, we will go public with what we are doing.”

TheCable had reported that opposition leaders are finalising plans to adopt the African Democratic Party (ADC) as the platform to challenge the APC in the 2027 presidential election.

Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in 2023, on Saturday, said he would contest the next election on his party’s platform, dealing a blow to the coalition’s plans

Several candidates who sat for the recently rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have taken to X to share their excitement and testimonies about their improved scores.

Recall that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Sunday released the results of the recently rescheduled 2025 UTME.

JAMB shared the statement announcing the release of the results on its official X account.

About 379,000 candidates sat the rescheduled UTME.

The development came after widespread public outcry over mass failure during the initial UTME.

Recall that the examination board had claimed that over 1.5 million out of the 1.9 million candidates who sat for the 2025 UTME scored below 200 marks out of a possible 400.

The disclosure prompted widespread concern among stakeholders.

However, JAMB later admitted to technical and human errors and said that the development negatively affected candidates’ performance.

Sharing a result of one of the candidates via official X handle @winexviv, Alex Onyia, chief executive officer at EDUCARE, stated that students have been vindicated.

Onyia disclosed that an unnamed candidate who had gotten 170 in the initial exam now scored 301 in the rescheduled 2025 UTME.

“This is the first JAMB resit result I woke up with. This youngster was wrongly graded 170 due to the error and now 301 in just 48 hours of preparation.

“Finally, our students have been vindicated,” Onyia said

Reacting, David Busola posted: “Yes oooooo! I am soooo happy!! My daughter scored 302 in the resit exam!!! All glory to God! Thank you @winexviv”.

Also, Dumem #DubemSylvia wrote: “From 151 to 307. God is awesome”.

Another candidate with the name Ezubelu Valentine @EzubeluValrnti2 wrote: “First Jamb result 154. Resit Jamb result 333”.

Yusuf Ademola @Alqiblly also said: “I got 152 at first. With a little preparation now I got 278.”

Meanwhile, Samuel Olusanya @BigSam_Olusanya said: “My student that was given 146 now scored 332!

The one that was given 160 now scored 305! The one that was given 170 now scored 308! I’m the happiest teacher on Earth!”

Another X user Engreb @Engreeeb posted: “Thank you for all you did, my niece was wrongly credited with 161 previously and after the resit, she scored 285. JAMB nearly shattered her dreams of becoming a Nurse.”

Obiim @ Odogwuobi wrote: “@winexviv “Thank you sir, from the initial 172 to 313. I’m so happy”.

Former Governor of Rivers State and influential figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nyesom Wike, has openly declared that he will no longer abide by any previous peace agreements made within the party. Wike said he has been pushed to the wall by what he described as persistent betrayal and political backstabbing by key figures in the PDP.

In a strongly-worded statement released over the weekend, Wike named Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and Peter Mbah of Enugu State as the key actors behind the party’s deepening internal crisis.

“Since the 2023 general elections, the PDP has been stumbling from one crisis to another. At the heart of this is dishonesty and a complete lack of trust among some of our leaders,” Wike said. “I’ve done my best to hold things together, but I’ve had enough. I will fight this fight to the end, and I will not rest until justice is done.”

Wike revealed that in an earlier meeting of the G5 governors in Lagos, he confronted Governor Makinde directly, accusing him of being the source of many of the PDP’s troubles due to his refusal to honour prior agreements. Although the meeting ended with a pledge to reconcile and move forward, Wike said that promise was short-lived.

A follow-up meeting in Abuja—attended by Makinde, Bala Mohammed, Adamawa Governor Umaru Fintiri, and former Senate President Bukola Saraki—produced a list of resolutions. These included affirming Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the party’s National Secretary in line with a Supreme Court judgment, withdrawal of all legal cases related to Rivers State, and the halting of a suit calling for a state of emergency.

Wike said he was persuaded to attend another stakeholders’ meeting at the Bauchi Government Lodge despite his busy schedule, where the group reaffirmed those resolutions and appointed Saraki to head a reconciliation committee.

But before the committee could even begin its work, Wike said, the agreements were already being violated.

“To my shock, Seyi Makinde and Peter Mbah were already working behind the scenes to sabotage everything we agreed on. They engineered a meeting of selected South-East leaders where they threatened to pull out of the PDP unless Ude Okoye was installed as National Secretary,” he alleged.

Wike also accused the two governors of manipulating party structures at the national level to undermine Senator Anyanwu’s authority, even pushing for the Deputy National Secretary to act in his place—actions he said were both illegal and provocative.

He pointed to the recent failed PDP zonal congress in Jos on May 24 as a clear consequence of the internal confusion. The congress, Wike said, was aborted after INEC refused to attend because the letter inviting the commission wasn’t signed by Anyanwu, the legally recognized National Secretary.

“This is frustrating and completely avoidable. What they’re doing is not just unlawful, it’s insulting to all of us who have built this party from scratch,” Wike said.

Reflecting on his long history with the PDP, Wike reminded Nigerians of his loyalty and sacrifices for the party since 1998, noting that many of those now undermining him had benefitted from his support.

“I had thought that we could keep the trust amongst us, but since it is now obvious that they would continue to play games to the detriment of the party, as is the case in the current debacle in the North-Central zonal elections, I have now firmly decided to pull out of all agreements hitherto reached. I have decided to fight on until justice is attained.”

Popular Lagos-based cleric and spiritual leader of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has declared that Labour Party’s Peter Obi alone does not have what it takes to stop President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.

Speaking in a statement issued by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, the prophet said it would take more than Obi or the current opposition coalition to unseat Tinubu, who, according to him, has done relatively better than his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.

“Peter Obi alone cannot weaken President Tinubu’s ambition,” Ayodele said. “He can’t win the presidency by himself, and the opposition doesn’t yet have the people it needs to truly challenge Tinubu.”

While Ayodele didn’t reveal names, he claimed there are three individuals who could significantly alter the political equation if they decide to run or join the opposition movement.

“If any of these three key figures enter the race or align with the coalition, Tinubu should forget about 2027,” he warned. “Their involvement would shift everything.”

The cleric acknowledged Tinubu’s performance so far, saying the president has shown more effort than Buhari and has the potential to do better in a second term—if Nigerians give him the chance.

However, he advised that Tinubu must tread carefully, particularly in northern Nigeria, where betrayal could come from unexpected quarters.

“He must work on the North,” Ayodele cautioned. “If he doesn’t put the right people in key positions, his ambition could be cut short. There are people around him who might betray that trust when it matters most.”

The prophet added that the president would need to take three specific actions—though he did not disclose what they are—to secure a second term.

“2027 will be nothing like what we’ve seen before,” he said. “It won’t be a walk in the park. The presence or absence of these three mysterious figures will make all the difference.”

As the 2027 elections draw closer, Chief Ayirimi Emami, a well-known leader in the APC, has made it clear to those who recently left the PDP and joined the APC that nothing will be handed to them on a silver platter.

Speaking to party members and supporters in Warri on Saturday, Emami was straightforward: joining the APC doesn’t guarantee anyone a spot to run for office. “It’s not true that if you come into the party from another one, your position is assured,” he said. “There’s no arrangement like that. Every seat will be open to competition.”

This comes at a time when some are speculating that former PDP members who defected might be given special treatment. But Emami was quick to put that idea to rest. He stressed that while the party welcomes everyone, no one should expect special favors.

“In Warri South, Warri South-West, and Warri North, we have strong candidates ready to contest the Delta South Senatorial seat,” he said. “We’re ready to work with new members, but everyone must earn their place.”

Despite the tough stance on internal democracy, Emami also praised the leadership of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and President Bola Tinubu, saying their efforts have helped grow the APC and attract fresh faces.

“President Tinubu’s performance has made the APC a strong platform, and without that, we wouldn’t be seeing this wave of defections,” Emami noted.

The meeting also featured other key APC figures, including Senatorial Chairman Austin Oribioye, Prince Yemi Emiko, and Sir Amorighoye Sunny Mene, who all commended Emami’s steady leadership.

In a strong show of support for the party’s future, former House of Assembly member Daniel Mayuku moved a motion to adopt President Tinubu as the APC’s sole candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The motion was seconded by Hon. Mofe Matthew Edema and unanimously approved by the gathering

The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on Sunday rejected claims by opposition parties that the National Assembly under President Bola Tinubu’s administration is merely a rubber-stamp institution.

Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, said such accusations do not reflect the reality of legislative-executive relations, particularly referencing the extensive process involved in the passage of the 2024 Tax Reform Bills.

In a statement released by the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs, Office of the Senate Leader, Bamidele pointed out that the National Assembly, since its inauguration on June 13, 2023, has prioritised strategic engagement and constructive dialogue in addressing complex national issues.

Opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, have repeatedly accused the Godswill Akpabio-led Assembly of being subservient to the executive.

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Prominent figures such as NNPP’s National Leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and PDP chieftain, Dele Momodu, had in March labelled the legislature a rubber stamp.

However, countering these claims, Bamidele said, “If we are actually a rubber-stamp parliamentary institution as most opposition political parties have claimed, the bills would have been passed within one week or two weeks after they were laid before us.”

He explained that the 2024 Tax Reform Bills, introduced in November 2024, underwent rigorous scrutiny for six months before their eventual passage—an outcome that, according to him, demonstrates the independence and diligence of the legislature.

“In the process of passing the bills, both executive and legislative arms held over 39 engagements to thrash grey areas in the Tax Reform Bills, 2024, before both chambers of the National Assembly eventually passed the bills,” he said.

He added that the debates involved broad consultations with stakeholders across the country. 

“During this period, the engagements involved diverse interests and stakeholders across the federation. The tax reform bills could have been rushed within one or two weeks. But it took us six months to secure input from all critical stakeholders—civil society organisations, professional bodies, religious leaders, and leaders of thought.

“The process includes all behind-the-scenes efforts, closed-door meetings and subtle disagreements that took place between the legislature and the executive before their passage. We also organised public hearings just to accommodate inputs from diverse interests,” Bamidele said.

He further noted that lawmakers consulted extensively with industry leaders to ensure the bills were comprehensive, effective, and in the best interest of Nigerians.

“We extended our engagements to all captains of industry to enable us to pass the tax reform bills that will stand the test of time, meet the needs of our people, and ensure the overriding public interest in the exercise of our constitutional mandates.

“At the end of it, we found a way of resolving all issues around the tax reform bills in the overriding public interest. But people do not know all the efforts and sacrifices we made to ensure the effective delivery of public goods. They were only eager to label us a rubber stamp when the bills came from the executive,” he stated.

Bamidele argued that the National Assembly chose collaboration over public confrontation, often inviting the executive for private deliberations to resolve contentious issues.

He also cited the example of the 2025 Appropriation Act, which was presented to the National Assembly on December 18, 2024, and passed nearly two months later on February 13, 2025.

He added, “If the National Assembly was actually a rubber stamp, it could have hastened the passage of the 2025 Appropriation Bills by the end of the 2024 fiscal year to sustain the January-to-December budget cycle, which has become the country’s practice in recent times.”

Former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has ruled out the possibility of his political group entering into any coalition ahead of the 2026 governorship election in the state.

Aregbesola made this known on Sunday while addressing supporters at a reception organised by the Omoluabi Progressives—a political group he founded—in celebration of his 68th birthday in Osogbo.

The former Minister of Interior expressed confidence that his group would be well positioned for victory in the next election, noting that by his next birthday, the group would be closer to occupying the Governor’s Office in Abere.

“By this time next year, we will all be close to Abere (Osun Governor’s Office). May God make it so. So people are having untrue impression that we will align with anyone (in the governorship poll).

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“We are not going to align with anyone. We are going to pursue our political interest separately. No alliance with anyone or group. By the grace of God, this group will win.

We will contest and we will win. The election that will follow that of next year…”, Aregbesola said.

He also used the occasion to reflect on the importance of acknowledging one’s mother during birthday celebrations, emphasising the sacrifices made during childbirth.

“I am happy for this honour. I pray for you all, may you continue to succeed in all your endeavours.

“Whenever you are celebrating birthday, during the celebration, always remember to pray for your mother. The pains they endure during childbirth is enormous. So whether alive or late, birthday celebrations should be dedicated to prayers for mothers,” he said.

Earlier in his remarks, Moshood Adeoti, who served as Secretary to the State Government during Aregbesola’s administration, urged members of the Omoluabi Progressives to remain steadfast and committed to the group’s ideals.

Representing Governor Ademola Adeleke at the event, Biyi Odunlade praised Aregbesola for his contributions to the development of the state, describing his legacies as enduring and commendable.

“I celebrate you because you left a good template for good governance in Osun State that cannot be faulted by anybody. Your legacy of service is exemplary and remarkable, one that stands you out among your contemporaries,” Odunlade said.

The event was attended by numerous members of the Omoluabi Progressives, Aregbesola’s political allies from Lagos, and former appointees from Osun State

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers State, and the Apapa Seaport, Lagos, have recovered drugs worth about N6.5bn.

The drugs included more than six million pills of opioids, specifically Tamol 225mg, Tapentadol 225mg, and Carisoprodol 225mg, as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup.

A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the seizures at the Apapa and Onne ports followed intelligence gathering and the tracking of new trafficking routes used by drug cartels to smuggle illicit substances into Nigeria.

“This necessitated the watch-listing of the containers for 100 per cent examination. The consignments at the Port Harcourt ports: six million pills of opioids and 162,000 bottles of codeine syrup were uncovered in two containers on Monday, May 19 and Tuesday, May 20, 2025, during a joint examination of the shipments by the NDLEA officers with men of the Nigeria Customs and other security agencies, “ Babafemi added.

At the Apapa port in Lagos, he said a total of 170,000 bottles of codeine syrup were discovered in a watch-listed container by the NDLEA operatives during a similar joint examination on Thursday, May 22.

He also said two British nationals and their Nigerian counterparts were arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs weighing 51.10kg into the country.

Babafemi said, “Two British nationals: Mhizha Jordan Alexander Tatendra and Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, as well as two Nigerians: Shonowo Oluwaseun Imole and Ofuoma Omokaro Ayobami, have been arrested by the NDLEA operatives for attempting to smuggle into Nigeria 92 bags of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 51.10kg through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

“Alexander was intercepted with the consignment upon his arrival at the MMIA on a Qatar Airline flight from Doha based on processed intelligence on Thursday, May 15. He was allowed to pass through the security control unhindered and closely monitored by the NDLEA operatives to the car park, where the owner of the cargo, Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, who is a Nigerian British, was waiting in an SUV along with his relation, Shonowo Oluwaseun Imole and the driver of the vehicle, Ofuoma Omokaro Ayobami, to receive the courier.

“The NDLEA operatives tracking them, however, swooped on them as they attempted to drive out of the airport car park, arresting them with the drug exhibits in the vehicle.’’

Babafemi said Alexander confessed that he was recruited during his vacation weeks ago, while he was promised 1,300 British Pounds after a successful delivery of the consignment in Lagos.

“The arrowhead of the syndicate, Ayedipe Andrew Adejuwon, confessed that he arrived in Nigeria a day earlier from South Africa through Ghana.

“A follow-up operation at their apartment in Lekki led to more discoveries. At the point of his arrest, N93,000 and 17,200 South African Rand were recovered from him while a search of his Lekki apartment led to the seizure of N3,810,500 cash, an Apple laptop, an iPhone 14 Pro Max and four laughing gas (Nitro Oxide) canisters.”

In other operations, Babafemi said a total of 75,000 kilograms of skunk were destroyed on 30 hectares of cannabis farms by the NDLEA operatives at Esuk-Odot village in Odukpani LGA, Cross River state where 200kg of same substance was recovered on Wednesday, May 22, adding that 1,957.5kg of the same psychoactive plant was destroyed at Ohosu forest, Ovia South West LGA and Okhuse community forest, Owan West LGA, Edo State on May 23 and 24.

“In Nasarawa State, two suspects: Sunday Daniel, 51, and Abu Peter, 30, were arrested at Keffi by NDLEA operatives on Saturday 24th May when 4,000 kilograms of skunk were discovered concealed under unprocessed wood in their lorry, while another suspect, Godwin Obi, 39, was nabbed at Karu with 154.5kg of same substance on Wednesday, May 21.

“In Kaduna, the NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna – Zaria expressway at Gwargwaje on Wednesday 21st May, intercepted 22-year-old Muhammad Hamza with 57,750 pills of tramadol and diazepam, while same day their counterparts in Bauchi arrested Usman Muhammad, 45, along Bauchi-Misau road with 80 blocks of skunk weighing 45kg, “ the statement added.

Similarly, Babafemi said operatives on stop-and-search operations along Potiskum–Damaturu road, Yobe state, intercepted 55 parcels of Colorado, weighing 2kg, which a suspect, Adum Muhammed, 29, was attempting to smuggle into the Republic of Chad through Ngamboru Ngala border town in Borno State.

“In Niger State, the NDLEA operatives on patrol along Mokwa-Jebba Road on Thursday, May 22, intercepted a Mercedes Benz car marked FST 938 FU loaded with 235 blocks of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 97kg and arrested a suspect, Adams Ayibakro.

“This is even as operatives in Lagos raided the Osapa London area of Lekki where they arrested a suspect, Jonathan Isa, with different quantities of Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Molly, Rohypnol, Codeine, Cannabis and Nitrous Oxide, while another raid at Idasun, Eleko, Ibeju Lekki on Saturday, May 24 led to the arrest of Olamilekan Idowu and seizure of 48kg skunk,” he added.