New figures obtained exclusively from the Nigeria Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) shows that hundreds of Nigerians are on death row while others are serving various jail terms in several countries abroad. According to the figures, 73 Nigerians are presently on death row in Malaysia. An NDLEA source who spoke on condition of anonymity has…
LAGOS JUY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 95-year-old man, James Salihu for dealing in cannabis sativa popularly known as Indian hemp. Salihu was arrested on Wednesday by NDLEA detectives at Supare Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state. A source in…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JUE 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Nigeria Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Bayelsa Command, has arrested 105 persons while 27.35 kg of illicit drugs were seized in the area between January and June. Bayelsa NDLEA Commander, Mr Abdullahi Abdul, gave the figure at a news briefing to commemorate the International Day Against Drug…
Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (Rtd.) has distanced Nigeria Anti-Drug agency from statement made by Osun State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu with respect to introduction of medical marijuana in Nigeria during their visit to Thailand. It would be recalled that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who was in Thailand last week…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Plans by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu to harness the legal marijuana industry may have hit a brick wall as the Federal Government voiced its disapproval of the scheme. This is in spite of support from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The stance of the FG was voiced by…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Lagos State Command intercepted a 20 foot truck MAN Diesel with Registration No. JJJ 959 XN laden with 150 bags of Cannabis Sativa with the street value worth N20 million naira weighing 2.139 tons concealed in fake compartment of the truck. Two…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said that Ondo State is ready to tap into the estimated $145bn medical marijuana market. He warned that since Ondo is “the hotbed of cannabis cultivation,” the state would be short-changing itself if it doesn’t tap into the “legal marijuana market” whose estimated value has been projected to…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A joint operation of security agencies, including National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Saturday, stormed semi-Sambisa, a den of criminal gan in Yola, and arrested fifty two drug peddlers. Yakubu Kibo, Adamawa State NDLEA Commander, confirmed the arrest and paraded the suspects Sunday afternoon, saying, “a joint operation comprising NDLEA, Army,…