Tag: Drug Trafficking
2 men jailed 6 months each for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday sentenced two men- Sunday Ugwu, 18, and Moshood Ajape, 45, to six months…
Truck pusher pleads guilty to drug trafficking
A truck pusher, Wilson Sunday, on Friday appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos over drug trafficking. Sunday, 27,…
Man with cocaine in anus arrested at Lagos airport
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency recently arrested a 46-year-old man who allegedly inserted wraps of narcotics into…
3 Nigerian pilgrims arrested in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking
The Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine. Hajia…
NDLEA appeals to religious bodies to fight drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday, appealed to religious institutions to mobilise their members and resources to…
Hemp smoker remanded in prison
A 20-year-old man, Muyideen Olarenwaju, who was caught with hard drug at a bus stop in Lagos by the NDLEA,…
Scavenger docked for peddling Indian hemp
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arraigned a 25-years-old man, Seun Shehu, for being in possession of…
Nigerian footballer jailed for drug trafficking in Cambodia
A 30-year-old Nigerian man, Francis Ihenwe Oderah, who claimed to be a footballer in Cambodia has been sentenced to 8…
73-year-old woman sentenced to death over drugs
A Vietnamese court has sentenced an elderly Australian woman to death for heroin trafficking, local media reported on Thursday. The…
Drug traffickers deserve to die- Indonesian president
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said he will personally ask the police to shoot drug traffickers summarily if the law…
Man nabbed for dealing in Indian hemp
The NDLEA in Ekiti on Friday re-arraigned one Oluwatoyin Omiata before the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti for allegedly…
Drug Trafficking: 2 Nigerians, 8 others to be executed
Two Nigerians are among 10 foreigners whose execution stakes are being prepared in Indonesia for being involved in drug trafficking.…
Farmer in court for drug trafficking
A 36-year old farmer, Christian Obumuneme, charged with illegally dealing in narcotic drug, by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),…
Drug Trafficking: Nigerian Female Student Faces Execution
A 30-year-old Nigerian female student in Malaysia, Mary George Unazi, has been sentenced to death by a Malaysian High Court…
Drug Trafficking: Nigerian ‘witchdoctor’ jailed in US
A 58-year-old Nigerian-born, but now US naturalised man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the…
Kashamu Denies Evading U.S. Trial
Kazeem Ugbodaga Senator-elect, Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu has said he is not running away from trial in the…
U.S. Requests For Kashamu’s Extradition
The government of the United States of America has begun fresh moves to extradite Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu to face drug…
Saudi beheads citizens for drug trafficking
Saudi Arabia beheaded a citizen for drug trafficking on Monday raising to 57 the number of executions it has carried…
2 Nigerians, 7 Others Face Execution In Indonesia
Two Nigerians, Raheem Agbaje Salami and Silvester Obikwe, a Ghanaian, Martin Anderson, are among nine persons to be executed in…
Nigerian, five others to be executed for drugs in Indonesia
A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker is among six drug offenders to be executed in Indonesia on Sunday. The Nigerian,38 year-old…
Businessman gets 10 years jail term for drug offences
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has sentenced a 31 year-old businessman, Onyemaechi Remignus Chibuzor,…
EU, UN Unite Against Drug Trafficking In Nigeria
Simon Ateba The European Union, EU, and the United Nations, UN, will continue to support the fight against drug trafficking…
S.Arabia executes Pakistani for drug trafficking
Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani on Thursday after sentencing him to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry announced. Izzat…
Poor Leadership Bane Of Drug Trade —OBJ
West Africa must openly confront its political and governance weaknesses to curb the growing drug trade in the region, former…
Four Saudis beheaded for drug trafficking
Four Saudi men were decapitated by sword in Najran in the south west of the country on Monday after being…
Nigerian nabbed with heroine concealed in lady’s shoes
A Nigerian has been arrested in New Delhi, India with heroine concealed in a lady’s shoes. The 23 year old…
Nigeria Bursts Pakistani Drug Cartel In Lagos
Simon Ateba/Lagos Attempt by a suspected Pakistani drug cartel to smuggle 25.4 kilogrammes of high grade heroin into Nigeria has…
Man Jailed For Life For Drug Trafficking
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday sentenced a 36-year-old man, Callistus Chukwukelu, to life imprisonment for unlawful importation of…
Pregnant woman convicted for cannabis trafficking
Justice Mohammed Yunusa of Nigeria’s Federal High Court Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a 28-year-old pregnant woman, Saudat Wasiu, to three…
Nigerians arrested with drugs in India
The police in Ankleshwar, India have booked a Nigerian under various sections of Narcotic Drugs and Pyschotropic Substances Act after…