LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private part. NDLEA said Igwedum was nabbed at the Lagos airport on Monday 20th…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, yesterday, heard how 11 Philippines citizens, were arrested, at Apapa Port, Lagos, for allegedly importing 13.65 Kilograms of Cocaine into the country unlawfully. The Filipinos that were arrested and charged before Justice Nicholas Oweibo by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are: Gerapusco Fidel; Antolin Reynante; Bechayoa…
LAGOS MAY 301ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Wanted drug kingpin behind the 2000.6kg Cannabis Sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on 2nd December 2021, Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru (a.k.a. Lawrence Ik Okamaru) has been arrested in Ondo state after five months of manhunt by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Two suspects: Matthew…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS0-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted travellers’ cheques in various foreign currencies of over N1.1 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. This was contained in a statement by Femi Babafemi, director, of Media and Advocacy, of the agency, on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Babafemi said…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has written to the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, requesting that officials of the agency be given access to conduct drugs integrity tests for politicians seeking political offices in the country. The NDLEA Chairman, Brig-Gen Buba Marwa (Retd) said this…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embattled Police Chief, Abba Kyari has claimed that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has been assisting drug dealers to bring in Cocaine into Nigeria. This newspaper earlier reported that Kyari and four other police officers under the IRT were arrested in February for attempting to bribe an NDLEA officer with…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four people were killed in the early hours of yesterday, when security agencies repelled an attack by gunmen on the Ebonyi Head Office of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) located at Ntezi in Íshíelu Local Government Area of the state. The attackers, who came through the back perimeter fence of…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was panic at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday morning when wife of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP) Abba Kyari slumped. The Nation learnt the woman slumped when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) were leading Kyari and others away from the court premises….