Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced a 38-year-old South African woman, Will Jessica Ann, to 25 years in prison for smuggling 5.75 kilogrammes of heroin into Nigeria through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Justice Egwuatu passed the sentence today, stressing that Nigerian law does not respect...
•Speaker House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has called for tougher action against drug traffickers and increased support for people struggling with drug dependence, saying drug abuse poses a serious threat to society. “We must punish those who profit from drugs. We must also t...
•Kalu and Tinubu The issues of President Bola Tinubu’s alleged forgery of certificates and documents, and forfeiture of $460,000 linked to heroin trafficking in the United States are not going away anytime soon. A Nigerian lawyer, Kalu Kalu Esq has reportedly submitted a petition to the European Union (EU) in Brussels on this and Tinubu’...
A clearing agent, Agoro Moninuola, has been arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before a Federal High Court in Lagos over the alleged attempted exportation of 2.80 kilograms of cocaine to the United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. The defendant was arraigned yesterday before Justice Daniel O...
A Nigerian man, Victor Udoh, and his female accomplice, Vuyisekha Mzwakhe, will spend a combined 37 years in prison after a South African court found them guilty of drug trafficking. It was learnt yesterday from Nova News, a South Africa–based online news outlet, that the 33-year-old Nigerian and his South African partner were convicted for [&...
The Indian police have busted a major drug network allegedly operated by three Nigerian women, recovering quantities of illicit drugs, including cocaine, from their possession in Delhi, India. It was learnt from the Times of India yesterday that the women, simply identified as Precious, Gift, and Joy, were apprehended near Bakhtawar Chowk. Thi...
•Indian actor Vishal Brahma Nigeria’s drug lords in India have been linked to the recent arrest of Indian actor Vishal Brahma, by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) at Chennai over drug trafficking. According to a report by India Today, Vishal Brahma was intercepted by authorities while returning to Chennai from Singapore on flight ...
Three Nigerian pilgrims accused of alleged drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia have been released. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) announced this at a presser today. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, explained that their release followed an engagement between the NDLEA and the Saudi government, reports C...
The Police in Bengaluru, India have arrested three Nigerian nationals and seized a large quantity of synthetic narcotics and hydroponic cannabis, estimated to be worth over Rs 4 crore (about N801,824,376.57 in the Nigerian currency). The arrests were made near Kempegowda International Airport following intelligence-led surveillance, reports Th...
•Tinubu and FBI operatives Part of the documents submitted by Greenspan to court to back his FOIA case was a verified complaint and accompanying affidavit, filed in the Northern District of Illinois by the DOJ on 26 July 1993. The documents sought the civil forfeiture of Tinubu’s funds held by First Heritage Bank allegedly connected […]...
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