LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the country, police said Thursday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad. Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, from Dallas, Texas, was arrested May…
The unauthorized landing of a unidentified aircraft at Freetown International Airport last Friday, September 20, has ignited a firestorm of concern across Sierra Leone. The mysterious plane, said to have flown from Liberia and allegedly en route to Mexico, landed in Freetown without the necessary clearance and was found to be using a fake registration…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A freight attendant who allegedly ‘slipped’ illicit drugs into the luggage of a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport is in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The agency confirmed the development on Friday, after a video of the incident went viral on Thursday, eliciting reactions from…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A pigeon was detained last month in a Canadian jail after it was discovered to be carrying a backpack that contained crystal meth, the Globe and Mail reported over the weekend. The bird was found and later captured at the Pacific Institution correctional facility near Vancouver after officers noticed the high-flying fowl…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ordinarily, my boss would not want any of us to waste time on the above subject – a piece of nonsense. Indeed, it is not worth wasting time on, but for the fact that a few gullible ones among men and women of goodwill appear to be thinking there could not…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court in Abuja has ordered that Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), be remanded at a correctional centre pending the conclusion of his trial. Kyari who has been in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) since February 12 was arraigned on March 7…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Union of Road Transport Worker, Lagos Chapter has promise to partner with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) and illicit traficking. This was done when the NDLEA Lagos State Commander, Barr. Callys Alumona and some of his management team paid a courtesy visit…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The abductors of the son of the traditional ruler of Gwombe, Junaidu Danjuma and 14 other villagers in Gwargwada chiefdom in Kuje Area Council of Abuja have reviewed their demands. They have now slashed the N15 million ransom, earlier demanded for the release of the victims, to N4 million, including two bags…