Customs impounds 844 rifles, 112,500 ammunition, drugs
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has foiled the importation of a large cache of arms and ammunition hidden in a 40-foot container marked MAEU165396 from Turkey. It impounded 844 units…
NDLEA busts snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs, arrests 2 in Edo
A snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin City, Edo State, has been raided by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who detected…
36 plead guilty to internet fraud in Ibadan, jailed
Thirty-six internet fraudsters have bagged various terms of imprisonment after they pleaded guilty to one-count separate charges bordering on obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents, impersonation and aiding…
Ex-Osun council chair, others sentenced to four-year imprisonment
A former chairman of Iwo West Local Council Development Area in Osun state, Tajudeen Babatunde and five others have been sentenced to four years imprisonment over the destruction of a…
Naira Abuse: Court hears case against Cubana Chief Priest, June 25
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, further adjourned until June 25 for mention a case against celebrity bartender, Pascal Okechukwu (Cubana Chief Priest) for alleged abuse of the…
NDLEA intercepts Codeine, Loud worth over N2.1bn in Lagos, Port Harcourt
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis worth over N2,185,000,000.00 in street value at…
Court dismisses terrorists’ negotiator, Mamu’s request
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has dismissed the request by terrorist negotiator, Mohammed Tukur Mamu, for his transfer from the custody of the Department…
Police Parade ex-Oyo PMS Boss, Auxiliary
The Oyo State Police Command has paraded the former chairman of the Park Management System (PMS) Disciplinary Committee, Lamidi Mukaila, popularly known as Auxiliary. Recall that the police had declared…
Emefiele gets N300m bail over new Naira note printing
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele has been granted a N300million bail following his arraignment on a four-count charge of printing new naira notes without…
NDLEA intercepts three trailers conveying multi-billion naira worth of illicit drugs in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted three trailers conveying multi-billion naira worth of opioids and codeine in Lagos. The trailers were loaded with 3,450,000 pills of opioids…