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Error: Women Turn Private Parts to Means of Drug Trafficking

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4 years ago

August 27, 2021

Eric

By Sunny Irakpo

Drug trafficking is becoming more prevalent in our society in recent years. Years after years, we keep on battling with this scourge as a nation. Some persons have chosen drug trafficking as a huge source of income and the inglorious business is growing in leaps and bounds. The immoral business has become a multi-billion naira industry for the perpetrators of the trade. The players in Nigeria are not slowing down in their attempts to expand their trade across all nations of the world.

Despite the efforts of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with the current War Against Drug Abuse and Offensive Action Against Drug Traffickers and Cartels, sending many drug barons into their net, couple with the efforts of the civil society groups, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders in the war against drugs and substance peddling, the ugly trend keeps on surging higher. Merchants of the different banned drugs like cocaine, heroine, marijuana, codeine, tramadol, and the likes are secretly trading these adulterated drugs from one place to another despite the consequences as spelt out by the agency.

From time immemorial, dealers of banned drugs that are into import and export have a perculiar strategy to move hard drugs in and out of the country for commercial purposes. Law enforcement agencies have apprehended and dealt mercilessly with some drug peddlers that were caught in the airport, land borders and other strategic places of entry and exit in Nigeria. So many despicable and unconventional formats have been developed to outsmart the NDLEA, Customs, Immigration and the Police in the course of trading drug businesses. Dealers of hard drugs keep on developing new means of carrying out their illicit trade. Apparently, they have seen that drug peddling is a colossal business in some South America and some parts of Asia, hence they are jostling to make the business even bigger than it is in the country today.

The most despicable and unimaginable strategy is “Women Hiding Drugs in their Private Parts” just to play on the intelligence of security personnel. It’s quite alarming that drug traffickers would go to this extent of using the revered bodies of our mothers, sisters, aunties, wives and nieces to carry out their destructive businesses. Apparently, the moral compass of our society is further decaying and people can literally do anything just for money. Recently, we read about too many cases of women that concealed hard drugs in different private parts of their bodies. The story of a mother of (3)by name, Mrs Anita Ogbonna who stocked (100)wraps of cocaine in her body and she was caught at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.The news was all over the media. Another female by name, Mrs Okafor Ebere Edith was also caught at the Muritala Mohammad International Airport in Lagos with (35) wraps of Cocaine concealed in her private part. The list is endless and it is highly embarrassing reporting the news of our mothers, wives and sisters involving in drug trafficking in an absurd manner. Just recently, one Mrs Nnamdi Nora Chinyere was caught with (100) wraps of heroine and so many more have happened in recent years. These women were caught concealing hard drugs in different private parts of their bodies. So shameful and disgusting! Our females are consequently turning their private parts to secret illegal business centre just to evade our security men at the various airports in the country. There are cases of many other females that are not mentioned that were apprehended and are being investigated by law enforcement agency.

The big question before us, especially to the female folks is:
“When did the private parts of our mothers, sisters, aunties and females in general turn to a secret haven for trafficking of drugs?” The answer(s) to this logical question can be seen from different dimensions. Mothers unarguably are the symbols of domestic morality and a guiding light for their children in this generation and the generation after. Mothers are seen as home makers and a foundation of socialization for their wards. Many stakeholders in the fight against drug abuse have been asking this question: “Are the home makers turning to home breakers?” Every woman should rise to protect their privates and protest against the abuse of their bodily parts, especially their vagina, a special place designed by God for procreation and conjugal blissfulness and enjoyment. It is quite saddening, disheartening and morally incomprehensible that some women have deviated from that original plan and they keep trading their morality on the altar of drug proceeds without considering the consequences that may befall them. The private parts of some women are no longer sacred and treated with respect because of the quest of making quick money? For how long shall we continue to behold this dastardly act at the detriment of womanhood and nationhood?

According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) through a press statement as released by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, he said the Agency under Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd) led administration has apprehended over 5000 drug traffickers and seized over 2.05 million kilograms of illicit drugs across the country of which 3000 cases are arraigned and over 500 individuals convicted for illicit drug trafficking offenses and at the same time over 1,549 cases are pending in court as the total drug seized with estimated value as at date is put at over N90billoin Naira. Commending the NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd) for this concerted efforts to get rid of drugs from our families, communities and society in general, as members of the public is enjoined to take this fight as theirs because presently no one is SAFE.

At SILEC Initiatives, we totally condemn the disrespectful invasion of this scared and most revered place in womanhood being abused for illegality particularly in drug trafficking and inhuman activities. Over the years, we have taken it upon ourselves to continue the sensitization of Nigerians across all ages on the dangers of drug abuse and the consequences of going into illegal drug businesses.

SILEC as one of the leading anti-drug campaign organisations in the country, have sought for collaboration with the new Brig.Gen. Buba Marwa led-NDLEA to continue with awareness creation as a veritable means to salvage citizens, especially the youths by using all prints and electronic platforms to inform Nigerians on the consequences of going into importation and exportation of hard drugs and its use. Our current partnership with the Diocese of Lagos Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion under the Diocesan Bishop of Lagos and Missioner, The Rt.Rev’d. Dr. Humphrey Bamisebi Olumakaiye, who has graciously given us an international platform on Lagoon Radio, the number one non-stop online radio owned by the Diocese of Lagos to sensitize Nigerians and citizens of other countries across the globe through our program: Drug–Free Nigeria (DFN) Show with Sunny Irakpo every Monday 5-6pm is aired and transmitted across the social media space is reaching many.

We encourage partnership from good citizens and corporate organisations on this life transforming venture, and ask that the broadest members of the public should please download the Lagoon Radio from their google play store or apple store for a robust conversation and knowledge acquisition for information is the fuel of life and its application is power.

It is no longer secret that some Nigerians have been killed in some countries with stiff and complex laws regarding drug abuse and drug trafficking. It is a burden on us to continue informing all Nigerians about the dangers of drug because every citizen is important to project Nigeria. In line with our cardinal objective, we have redoubled our commitment to help sensitize communities, towns, villages, schools, religious places and cities on the negative effects of drug abuse and addiction and engaging in illicit drug businesses.

As a matter of urgency, we are tasking the federal government of Nigeria, in line with their social transformation agenda to continue to throw their weight behind the NDLEA and other sister agencies in order to intensify efforts in this war against drugs in Nigeria. Many more Awareness creation and sensitization programs should be funded in order to tell all Nigerians home and in the diaspora about the risks involved in drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking, especially in some countries with rigid laws on drug matters having death penalties for drug offenders of which many Nigerians have ended up in their death roll and sentenced to death consequently. Remember, the womanhood is a place so reverential and absolutely conjugal God-conformity. So keep it chaste from drug trafficking.

Amb. Sunny Irakpo is the Founder/President Silec Initiatives, Youth and Anti-drug Abuse Advocate, U.S Government Sponsored Exchange Alumni of the Department of State International Visitors Leadership Exchange Program in Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, a Radio Host, Certified by United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime on Drug Prevention, Treatment and Care Sensitization, an Antidrug Consultant.

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Strategy and Sovereignty: Inside Adenuga’s Oil Deal of the Decade

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2 days ago

January 11, 2026

Eric

By Michael Abimboye

In global energy circles, the most consequential deals are often not the loudest. They unfold quietly, reshape portfolios, recalibrate value, and only later reveal their full significance.

The recent strategic transaction between Conoil Producing Limited and TotalEnergies belongs firmly in that category. A deal whose implications stretch beyond balance sheets into Nigeria’s long-troubled oil production narrative.

For Mike Adenuga, named The Boss of the Year 2025 by The Boss Newspapers, the agreement is more than a corporate milestone. It is the culmination of a long-term upstream strategy that is now translating into hard value barrels, cash flow, and renewed confidence in indigenous capacity.

At the heart of the transaction is a portfolio rebalancing agreement that sees TotalEnergies deepen its interest in an offshore asset while Conoil consolidates full ownership of a producing block critical to its medium-term growth trajectory. The parties have not publicly disclosed the monetary value, industry analysts place similar offshore and shallow-water asset transfers in the high hundreds of millions of dollars, depending on reserve certification and development timelines. What is indisputable, however, is the deal’s structural clarity: each partner exits with assets aligned to its strategic strengths.

For Conoil, the transaction represents something more profound than asset shuffling. It is the validation of an indigenous oil company’s ability to operate, produce, and partner at scale. That validation was already underway in 2024, when Conoil achieved a landmark breakthrough: the successful production and export of Obodo crude, a new Nigerian crude blend from its onshore acreage.

In a country where new crude streams have become rare, Obodo’s emergence signalled operational maturity. More importantly, it shifted Conoil from being perceived primarily as a downstream and marginal upstream player into a full-spectrum producer with export-grade assets.

The commercial impact was immediate. Obodo crude enhanced Conoil’s revenue profile, strengthened cash flows, and materially improved the company’s asset valuation.

For Mike Adenuga, Obodo represented something else entirely: oil income with scale and durability. Producing crude shifts wealth from theoretical to realised. It is the difference between potential and proof.

That momentum was reinforced by Conoil’s acquisition of a new drilling rig, a move that underscored its intent to control not just resources, but execution. In an industry where rig availability often dictates production timelines, owning modern drilling capacity gives Conoil a strategic advantage lowering costs, reducing dependency, and accelerating development cycles. It also enhances the company’s bargaining power in partnerships such as the one with TotalEnergies.

Taken together, the Obodo crude success, the rig acquisition, and the TotalEnergies transaction, these moves materially expand Conoil’s enterprise value. While private company valuations remain opaque, upstream assets with proven production, infrastructure control, and international partnerships typically command significant multiple expansion. For Adenuga, all of these represents a stabilising and appreciating pillar of wealth.

As The Boss Newspapers honours Mike Adenuga as Boss of the Year 2025, the recognition lands at a moment when his oil ambitions are no longer peripheral to his legacy. They are central. In Obodo crude, in steel rigs, and in carefully negotiated partnerships, Adenuga is shaping a version of Nigerian capitalism that privileges patience, scale, and execution over spectacle.

In the end, the most powerful statement of wealth is not net worth rankings or headlines. It is the ability to convert strategy into assets, assets into production, and production into national relevance. On that score, the Conoil–TotalEnergies deal may well stand as one of the most consequential chapters in Mike Adenuga’s business story and in Nigeria’s evolving oil future.

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Peter Obi, Only Life in ADC, Says Fayose

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4 days ago

January 10, 2026

Eric

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is the only life in the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

Fayose made this statement on Friday while fielding questions in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television.

He also said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is technically no more, adding that it is dead.

The former governor equally said that Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, should not be dragged into the woes of the PDP.

He said: “Obi is the only life in ADC; all other people in ADC are semi-existent. If Obi had remained in Labour Party or has gone to Accord Party, he is the only life there. All the other people there, they are not existing. They are old-forces.

“Openly, I supported Tinubu in 2023. I didn’t hide it. Till now I’m still there. I don’t jump. I have said it to you I’m not a member of APC and I will never be.”

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More Troubles for Ahmed Farouk: Dangote Drags Ex-NMDPRA Boss to EFCC over Corruption Claims

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4 days ago

January 9, 2026

Eric

The Chairman of Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote, through his legal representative, has filed a formal corruption petition against the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

This was disclosed in a statement made available to our correspondent by the Dangote Group media team on Friday.

Recall that Dangote had earlier petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate Ahmed for allegedly spending $5 million on his children’s secondary education in Switzerland. He withdrew the petition a few days ago, even as the ICPC vowed to continue with its investigation.

The statement on Friday said Dangote’s petition to the EFCC followed “The withdrawal of the same petition from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, a strategic decision aimed at accelerating the prosecution process.”

In the petition, signed by Lead Counsel Dr O.J. Onoja, Dangote urged the EFCC to investigate allegations of abuse of office and corrupt enrichment against Ahmed, and to prosecute him if found culpable.

The petition further stated that Dangote would provide evidence to substantiate claims of financial misconduct and impunity.

“We make bold to state that the commission is strategically positioned, along with sister agencies, to prosecute financial crimes and corruption-related offences, and upon establishing a prima facie case, the courts do not hesitate to punish offenders. See Lawan v. F.R.N (2024) 12 NWLR (Pt. 1953) 501 and Shema v. F.R.N. (2018) 9 NWLR (Pt.1624) 337,” the petition read.

Onoja further urged the commission, under the leadership of Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, “To investigate the complaint of abuse of office and corruption against Engr. Farouk Ahmed and to accordingly prosecute him if found wanting.”