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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday seized at least four tonnes of imported Tramador tablets at the warehouse of the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL). The agency said the importer of the banned drugs disguised them as other items for importation into the country. NDLEA’s Special Area Command, Mr. Ahmadu Garba, told journalists at the office of the agency at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, that the importer of the banned substance probably got wind of the fact that the lid had been uncovered, so he/she refused to come forward for clearance while no clearing agent also attempted to clear the illicit drugs. Garba explained that the imported drugs were above the approved milligrams by the Federal Government, which is between 50mg and 100mg. He said that instead of the approved milligrams, the importer came in with 250mg. According to him, the first batch of the two consignments arrived the country on April 23, while the second con

A Nigerian activist identified as Oluyemi Fasipe has taken to Twitter to call out Senator Ben Bruce over the treatment of his staff by a foreigner. Read what he tweet below; "Good morning Nigerians, my attention has been drawn to the inhumane treatment of staffs of Silver bird cinemas by the general manager, an Indian man by name frank lason (Frankie), silver bird is owned by Senator @benmurraybruce the Buy Nigeria Grow Nigeria advocate. THREAD! I don't want to concern myself with the reasons why our common sense senator, @benmurraybruce decided to import a General manager for his company despite his buy/grow Nigeria advocacy but It is totally unacceptable for a foreigner to come here and treat Nigerians like slaves. I practically made moves to contact the Senator, @benmurraybruce via his SM aide @renoomokri but my efforts weren't productive, the essence not this thread is for the Senator to call his oyinbo GM to order, Nigerians will not tolerate a foreigner enslave them