Two men have been sentenced to a cumulative nine-year jail term each for supplying rubber solution and other intoxicating substances to vulnerable children in Kano State. According to a statement by the Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, signed by Lamara Garba, member, media and publicity committee, the c...
•Tinubu and FBI logo The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the subject of a criminal investigation into drug-trafficking crimes in the early 1990s. This is according to a sworn declaration filed in a US federal court. ‎‎The declaration was submitted on August 28, 2026, before...
•Ronke Oshodi Oke Nollywood actress, Ibironke Ojo, professionally known as Ronke Oshodi Oke, has opened up about her battle with a health challenge, revealing that she spent as much as N800,000 monthly on drugs during the period. The actress made this known during an interview on African A List, where she recounted the difficult period [&helli...
From the outside, 7A Otto Causeway, Otto, Lagos, looked like just another warehouse in a busy commercial neighbourhood. There were no suspicious markings or other signs to suggest that the warehouse was anything more than an ordinary commercial building. Yet, detectives believe it had allegedly been used for more than two years to repackage su...
•Prison inmates Prison warders attached to the Nigeria Correctional Services (NCoS) in Kano have arrested a 20-year-old suspect, Muhammad Kabir Tishama, for attempting to smuggle illicit drugs concealed inside a loaf of bread to inmates. The suspect was apprehended by vigilant officers while inmates from the Goron Dutse Custodial Centre were b...
•US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump announced yesterday punishing tariffs on pharmaceuticals, big-rig trucks, home renovation fixtures and furniture, reviving his global trade war. The late-evening announcement is the harshest trade policy by the president since last April’s shock unveiling of reciprocal tariffs on virtually e...
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has raised the alarm over the trending activities of ‘courier operators’ ferrying dangerous weapons and illicit drugs in the country. The service also expressed concerns over the proliferation and infiltration of illegal courier operators and logistics companies across the major cities of the nation, report...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, says about four to five out of 10 undergraduates are into drugs. The state NDLEA Commander, Olayinke Joe-Fadile, disclosed this in Ibadan today during the command’s rally in commemoration of the 2025 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, reports NAN. T...
People living with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in Nigeria have lamented that the high cost of medication and poor access to comprehensive care are weighing heavily on them and their families. They also decried the lack of access to new and advanced medica therapies that have been proven to cure the disease in other countries […]
•Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has distanced himself from AI-generated videos falsely depicting him endorsing certain drugs and scholarships. In a statement on his personal X account, Adeboye warned the public against deceptive social media posts ...
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