LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwe has followed Lesotho by legalising the production of marijuana for medicinal and scientific purposes, making it the second African country to turn the drug into a source of revenue. However, recreational use of the drug known in the country as ‘mbanje or dagga’ remains illegal. A government notice by the Health…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A worker with the Alimosho council area of Lagos State, simply identified as Samuel Koro-toe was allegedly stabbed to death yesterday by an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) during the 40th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) at the secretariat of Agege Local…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, in Lagos Wednesday said it had seized 98 bags and 570 parcels of Indian hemp with duty paid value at N74.4 million. The agency said the drugs were coming from Togo and Ghana and a suspect had been arrested in connection to the seizure. It…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive ofNational Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah has called for the declaration of state of emergency over the drug situation in Nigeria. Abdullahi who made the call during the destruction ceremony of 137 tons of illicit drugs in Edo State, South- South Nigeria, which is the…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has expressed his willingness to partner with the State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) by inaugurating the State Drug Control Committee in seven days. The governor made this known in Benin City during a working visit by the NDLEA Edo State commander,…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female graduate and a secondary school drop-out have been arrested by the officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, with illicit drugs. The suspects arrested are Harriet Bolatito Solabi, a 34-year old Higher National Diploma holder, and Victor Chukwu, a school drop-out. Solabi…