LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Parents of kidnapped Ekiti pupils said fried rice, black bullets, energy drinks, milk and N15 million were offered to secure the release of their children. The schoolchildren attend the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in Emure-Ekiti in Emure LGA. The pupils and their teachers were abducted while returning home in a school…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A serving officer of a law enforcement agency, Popoola Abayomi has been arrested for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state. The drug dealer who serves in the Lagos state Command of the security agency was arrested on Wednesday 15th June, 2021 after days…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An 80-year-old woman, Mrs. Mary Adebayo, her 19-year-old granddaughter, Funmilola Adebayo and two other ladies have been arrested in Akure, the Ondo state capital by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEAS, for selling assorted illicit drugs like cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, tramadol, swinol and skuchies. A press statement signed by…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Apapa Area Command of Lagos State have intercepted a 40-foot container laden with drugs suspected to be Tramadol and codeine. The container was intercepted on water and taken to a bonded terminal in Apapa. A team of officers from Customs and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) joined…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted 21 contraband drugs valued at over N5 billion. The National Public Relations Officer of NCS, Assist. Comptroller Joseph Attah, disclosed this when he conducted newsmen round a warehouse where trucks of the intercepted items were parked at the Ikeja Training College of the service in Lagos…
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…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Three undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, (FUTO) were found dead at at a hostel on Tuesday, after an alleged drug orgy. The fourth student, a female, is reportedly currently unconscious at the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owerri. According to reports, the students were found on Tuesday at Sunshine Castle…
LAGOS NOVEMVER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has uncovered no fewer than 340, 000, 000 tablets of Tramadol at the Apapa Sea Ports in Lagos. A press statement signed by NDLEA Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, Jonah Achema made available to NewsRangers disclosed that the tablets which were in various dosages ranging from…