LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police sergeant, identified as Ahmed Ali, has been shot dead by some soldiers in Benisheikh town, Borno State after his team allegedly intercepted a soldier in a vehicle conveying Indian hemp. Local and security sources said that the incident occurred at the town’s entry checkpoint around 10am on Monday. A security…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 31-year-old bricklayer, Rasheed Bolaji, to two years imprisonment, for selling Cannabis Sativa, in the Ikoyi custodial centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS). Justice Abimbola Awogboro sentenced Bolaji on Friday following his guilty plea to a two-count charge of trafficking and unlawful dealing…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Some members of the House of Representatives clashed on Wednesday over a bill seeking to legalise cultivation, sale and use of cannabis, also known as marijuana, for commercial purposes. Two members of the House, Benjamin Kalu and Olumide Osoba, had sponsored a fresh bill seeking to amend the National Drug Law Enforcement…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Both the Force Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Muyiwa Adejobi, and the Nasarawa State Police Command have reacted to a claim by a man who disclosed that he saw policemen selling Indian hemp at a checkpoint, saying they are investigating the matter. The man, whose name is Uyi Samuel with…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned that current moves by some stakeholders to push for the legalisation of cannabis in Nigeria will rob the country of the gains so far made in the renewed war against drug abuse and trafficking…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House Of Representatives is set to legalise the use of Indian Hemp in the country for economic benefit. Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu said this during a press conference on the benefits and opportunities of Cannabis in Akure, Ondo state capital. Kalu said that the House…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Kwara state police command has arrested one person after a free for all among sellers and buyers of Indian hemp in Ilorin. Tribune Online gathered that the two groups of suspected miscreants had engaged in a public disturbance last Tuesday over a disagreement on the cannabis Sativa. However, the state police command,…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Customs operatives of the Federal Operations Unit have intercepted 140kg of Indian hemp concealed in two bales of second hand clothing along Abuja-Jos road. The Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit, Zone D, Bauchi, Peters Olugboyega, while handing over the packages to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Plateau State said the…