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We get high on tramadol, marijuana before operation- Kidnap suspect

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2021 0

A 37-year-old kidnap for ransom suspect, Bello Mohammed, has revealed how kidnappers and cattle rustlers get high on Tramadol and marijuana before any operation. The suspect who was recently arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT), revealed that his gang spent a

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Nigerian music and marijuana

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2020 0

Despite the fact that marijuana, otherwise known as Ganja, endangers life, musicians still seek solace in smoking what is believed to give them inspiration. A lot of them have died from this habit.. MUTIAT ALLI examines why Nigerian artistes take it and the consequences. Excerpts. Marijuana refers to any preparations made from the Cannabis plant […]

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Smoking marijuana increases risk of suffering complications from COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 15 April 2020 0

Doctors have warned that smoking marijuana, the dried flowering tops, leaves, stems, and seeds of the Cannabis sativa (hemp) plant, even just occasionally can increase ones risk of suffering complications from the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Marijuana called Igbo in Nigeria is a mood-altering drug that affects almost every organ in the body and studies have shown that

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Court sentences 3 teenagers to 3 months imprisonment each for cultism

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced three teenager to three months imprisonment each for belonging to an unlawful society and smoking Marijuana in public. Magistrate S.O. Obasa, sentenced Haruna Ahmed, 18, Orilomo Isiah, 19, and Gideon Tugbor, 19, after they pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy, belonging to an unlawful society and […]

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Waitress allegedly cooks noodles with marijuana for friend

Ihesiulo Grace 13 February 2020 0

Ikeja – A 28-year-old waitress, Dora Edet, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly adding  marijuana into noodles she cooked for her friend. Edet, a resident of No. 4, Mufutau Shobola St., Ifako-Ijaiye in Lagos State, is facing a count charge of breach of the peace. She, however,  pleaded not guilty […]

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NDLEA nabs suspect with 1,072 kg of marijuana in Niger

Ihesiulo Grace 1 December 2019 0

The Niger state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one suspect with 1,072 kg of substances suspected to be marijuana in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. The NDLEA’s Commander in the state, Mrs. Sylvia Egwunwoke, made this known in Minna at the weekend. Egwunwoke said the 56-year-old suspect […]

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Canada Passes Bill To Legalize Recreational Marijuana Use

Ihesiulo Grace 20 June 2018 0

Canada has become the first G7 country to completely legalize recreational weed. Well here’s some good news for those of you living North of the border. It was just announced on Tuesday that Canada has legalized recreational marijuana use after the country’s two legislative chambers approved the Cannabis Act. According to reports, the bill will […]

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Marijuana dealers engage Army in gun duel in Ondo

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

A group of suspected marijuana dealers on Wednesday engaged men of the 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army in gun duel in the early hours of the day in Owo, Owo local government headquarters, Ondo state. Speaking on the development, the Assistant Director of the Army Public Relations in the brigade, Major Ojo Adelegan, […]

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California Legalizes Sales Of Marijuana, Hundreds Queue Up To Purchase(Photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2018 0

Hundreds of excited customers waited in huge lines in Californians the Golden State turned a shade greener with its first sales of recreational marijuana on New Year’s Day. California launched the world’s largest regulated commercial market for recreational marijuana on Monday, as dozens of newly licensed stores opened for business up and down the state.