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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra State is teaming up with the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to tackle driving under the influence of drugs (DUI). This partnership aims to restrict the sale of drugs in motor parks across the state. Key Objectives of the partnership include the restriction of drug sales, as FRSC seeks NDLEA's help in limiting drug availability in motor parks in the state. The partnership also hinges on the Joint operations between the NDLEA and FRSC on operations to check drunk driving. In a press release made available by RC Margaret B Onabe, the Ag. Sector Public Education officer for the Sector Commander in the state, said that Data sharing with the FRSC will offer a robust data bank to aid NDLEA in tracing vehicles and drivers. In her remarks during the courtesy call to the NDLEA boss, Corps Commander Joyce Nnennaya Alexander emphasized that while FRSC can apprehend drunk drivers, it cannot prohibit drug sales without NDLE...

 By Tony Eluemunor The moment Senator Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah died last July, I knew I had to write about him – the personable and uncommon businessman and politician, as distinct from the drab garb which media hype, politics, bitterness and misunderstanding had forced on him. Like Chinua Achebe’s Okonkwo, Ubah “bubbled with life like fresh palm wine”, flashing his trademark warm smile, working through punishing hours – night and day, ever the optimist who like a child would stand at the gates of midnight and yet dream of sunrise – as the Australian novelist, Morris West, put it in the The Navigator. Beyond all else, he actually bubbled with business ideas, espying money-minting opportunities where others saw only obstacles. Ifeanyi Ubah recognized neither obstacles nor impossibilities. If becoming wealthy with cash is an audacious adventure, then it suited Ifeanyi perfectly; he was most adventurous, giddily so, boldly so, tactically and tactfully so. Yes, he was kind, warm and person...