LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Billionaire businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has opened up on his encounter with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Daily Trust had reported how the popular club owner was grilled by detectives over alleged ties to drug barons in Asia. In a live Instagram chat with Daddy Freeze,…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has kept mum over the reported arrest of businessman and socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana. The businessman was reportedly grilled by operatives of the agency on Thursday over four hours over alleged drug ties before he was granted bail and asked to…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have taken to their social media account to air their views on the arrest of popular Lagos socialite, Obi Iyiegbu’s fondly known as Obi Cubana, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA told Daily Trust that Obi Cubana may be prosecuted for alleged money laundering and illicit drug trafficking….
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-NDLEA has arrested a Ghanaian and two Nigerians at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja, and at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, respectively for drug trafficking. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that of 9.953kilograms of cocaine and Methamphetamine were intercepted from the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A businesswoman heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for ingesting 80 pellets of cocaine The 46-year-old Mrs Adisa Afusat Olayinka who lives in Ibafo, Ogun state hails from…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the weekend seized 12,385 kilograms of Loud Cannabis, a strong variant of the illicit weed imported from a neighbouring country and smuggled into Lagos through the waterways. Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi in a statement sighted by NewsRangers…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 70-year-old woman, Mrs. Beatrice Aigbedion was among those arrested with 5,000 kg of assorted illicit drugs in Edo State. Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi in a statement said, at the point of her arrest in Irrua, Edo State last Wednesday, 70-year-old Mrs. Aigbedion was caught with…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government, especially the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to re-strategise on how to arrest the present menace of hard drugs in Nigeria, which, according to him, “is evidently ruining many…