A Federal High Court in Lagos Monday remanded two Benin Republic nationals Sunday Oluwafemi and Kouboura Salou accused of smuggling cocaine into Nigeria. Justice Nicholas Oweibo ordered that both men be kept in Correctional Services custody till December 2, when their bail applications will be heard and determined. Sunday and Kouboura, of Ayelewaje Village, Benin, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Special Area Command, has foiled an attempt by an intending student to smuggle 13.55 kilogrammes of cannabis to Cyprus. The Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr Jonah Achema made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Achema said that the suspected […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office , on Tuesday, arrested two ladies , Jumoke Ayodele and Opeoluwa Temitayo , for allegedly attempting to smuggle a substance believed to be a hard drug to suspects in the commission’ s custody. The substance, according to a medical officer with the commission, is ‘ colorado […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested 44 persons suspected to be dealing in illicit drugs in Anambra State between April and September this year . The Commander of the agency in the state, Mohammed Idris , who disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka, said four of the suspects were females. He said 19 of […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 179.090 kilograms of various hard drugs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within the first week of October. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the seizure was excluding the liquid-based drugs such as […]
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it destroyed fake drugs and counterfeit products worth N3.2 billion in Kano State in the last two years. Mr Shaba Mohammed, the state’s Coordinator of the Agency, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kano. Mohammed […]
A suspected cannabis farmer, Clement Akor, has begged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA to take his life instead of destroying his 10-hectare cannabis plantation. Akor, a 42 years old father of six children from Enabo village in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State was arrested by the Kogi State command of NDLEA […]
US Customs and Border Protection agents seized a whopping 78 pounds of cocaine worth more than $1 million after it washed up on a Florida beach, officials said. Last Monday, a beachgoer on Hollywood Beach in Hollywood, Fla., discovered 30 packages containing the massive amount of drugs on the shoreline, according to authorities. The sunbather […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , Katsina State Command, said it arrested seven drug traffickers between August 18 and August 25, 2020 NDLEA spokesman in Katsina , Mustapha Maikudi , announced the development in a statement on Saturday. He said 73- year -old Umar Abdullahi of Mani Local Government Area of the state was […]
The Federal Government has applauded the acquittal of a Nigerian, Ibrahim Abubakar Ibrahim , by a court in Saudi Arabia. He was set free on Thursday by the Saudi authorities after being tried and acquitted on allegations of drug trafficking by three courts. Ibrahim , who was sponsored by the Zamfara State Government to perform […]
