NDLEA Warns Against New Drugs ‘Suck & Die’, ‘Rubber Solution’, Others Trending In Lagos, Kano

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised alarm over the rising tide of new drugs disguised under disturbing street names.

The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, stated that the awareness became necessary after recent drug seizures in Lagos and Kano revealed the widespread abuse of hazardous substances among youths.

Babafemi explained that the substances include New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and others with alarming names such as “Suck & Die,” “Rubber Solution,” “Dead Man,” and “Gelato.”

He urged parents, guardians, and community leaders to remain vigilant and proactive in identifying and curbing these trends within their spheres of influence.

“Narco-trend update: Parents, shine your eyes. Latest seizures by @ndlea_nigeria officers in Lagos and Kano reveal scary names of some substances, including NPS, we should all watch out for in our homes and communities: Suck & Die, Rubber Solution, Dead Man, Gelato,” Babafemi said after sharing a video of the confiscated contraband on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday

I Earn N21m Monthly, Kano Senator Reveals

Lawmaker representing Kano South, Senator Sumaila Kawu, has revealed that he takes home over N21m monthly as a senator.

In an interview with the BBC Hausa Service, Kawau said the official pay of N1 million fixed by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) drops to around N600,000 after deductions.

However, he added that there are other allowances that elevate their total pay to N21 million per month.

The lawmaker said the allowances include office running, newspaper money, local travel and others.

He spoke one day after RMAFC, the body empowered by law to fix salaries and allowances of political office-holders, claimed that each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber receives a total of N1.06m in salary and allowances per month.

RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Shehu, said this as a form of clarification in response to recent controversies over the real amount each lawmaker earns per month.

But in his BBC Hausa interview, Kawu said, “The amount of salary received per month is less than N1 million. If there are cuts, it comes back to about N600,000. In the senate, each senator is given N21 million every month as the cost of running his office.”

IGP Request From Court To Dethroned Emir Of Kano

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a lawsuit instituted by the deposed Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi.