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 OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian pilot, Jibril Adamu, 58, and his counterpart from the United States of America, Jean-Claude Okongo Landji, 58, are awaiting sentencing after a US jury returned guilty verdicts against them on Monday for conspiring to traffic cocaine to West Africa. The pilots were charged for using a private jet to traffic…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has received 4 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States government, its health minister said on Monday, as the West African country battles a third wave of infections. Osagie Ehanire said the vaccines, which arrived on Sunday, are undergoing validation by the country’s drug regulator. He said…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“On July 5th, 150 students were reportedly abducted from a school in Nigeria’s Kaduna State, marking the latest incident in an alarming spate of attacks against children and abductions, including of students, in parts of West and Central Africa. We are deeply concerned that as in years past, non-state armed groups and…