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,…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has secured the conviction of a pharmacist Geoffrey Ezeokwu and his assistant Moses Ajibo for unlawful diversion of ephedrine, a precursor chemical for the production of methamphetamine. A statement made available To NewsRangers revealed that the pharmaists were sentenced to three years each with immediate, adding…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dismantled a six-man methamphetamine syndicate. The members of the syndicate were arrested in connection with a total of 309 kilograms of ephedrine and a clandestine laboratory. The arrested suspects are Okeke Chukwunwike Celestine, Ezeagba Paul Sunday and Ike Chukwuma Samson. Others are Eze Christopher Ikechukwu,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four officers of the Ondo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency died when two gunmen on a motorcycle attacked them at Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday evening. The deceased were said to be at a checkpoint on Ikaro Road in Ifon…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has expressed concern over the activities of employment scammers who go about extorting money from unsuspecting job seekers. In a statement, the Agency said it has inundated with complaints from victims who have been made to part with varying sums of money with the promise of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has uncover a make shift warehouse for storage of cannabis harvests in Ondo State which led to the recovery of 10, 210 bags of the drug weighing 132.730 tons. The warehouse was located in Uteh, a remote community in Ondo State. A statement signed by Jonah…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,has arrested two personnel of Nigeria Police Force for their involvement in the shipment of One Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty rounds of live ammunition. The live ammunition was intercepted by NDLEA FCT Command during a motorized patrol at the Gwagwalada end of Abuja-Lokoja Expressway. The consignment…