Tag: Drug Trafficking

Rapper Fetty Wap Receives 6-Year Prison Sentence for Drug Trafficking

Fetty Wap, the renowned American rapper whose real name is Willie Junior Maxwell II, has been handed a significant blow as he has been sentenced to six years behind bars…

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NDLEA Asks Court to Dismiss PDP’s Suit Against President-elect Bola Tinubu

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has requested a federal high court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Dino Melaye, a…

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2023 Elections: Buhari, Tinubu, Shettima’s wives receive appointment letters; NDLEA arrests suspected narcotics trafficker at VGC | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

2023 Elections: Buhari, Tinubu, Shettima’s wives receive appointment lettersNDLEA arrests suspected narcotics trafficker at VGCMbaka will return after solitude – Catholic ChurchNDLEA raids drug joints, arrests 121 suspects, seals 13…

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5 Things that Should Matter Today: The FBI and Saudi Arabia turned Nigerian Twitter into a tribal war, and it was ugly

Nigeria's global image recently took another dent as Saudi Arabia is set to execute 23 Nigerians for drug-related offenses. Convicted for contravening the narcotic and psychotropic substances that are punishable…

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Drug trafficking: 2 South African communities give Nigerians quit notice

Two communities in South Africa have on Wednesday asked Nigerians to vacate their territories, the Nigerian Union claims. President of the union, Ikechukwu Anyene, said the Kuruman community in Northern…

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Drug trafficking: NDLEA declares Lagos socialite wanted

by Azeez Adeniyi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared a Lagos socialite, Fumilola Ogbuaya wanted for drug trafficking. The suspect is accused of allegedly using proceeds of drugs to…

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My extradition case was dead a long time ago – Kashamu

Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district, Kashamu Buruji has said the allegations of drug trafficking against him was a case of mistaken identity. Kashamu said this on Thursday after a…

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Nigerian to be executed in Singapore for drug trafficking

The execution of a Nigerian national, Chijioke Obioha for possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking on December 30, 2008 has been announced as November 18. Obioha was arrested…

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I was promised $1000 – Arrested drug trafficker

A 47-year-old man, Odili James Onyekwerewho was arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for testing positive to cocaine…

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How Nigerian pilgrim excreted ‘N10m’

The 55-year-old female pilgrim, Binuyo Basira Iyabo arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) last week, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has excreted the remaining wraps…

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FG approves 15,000 recruits for NDLEA

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the recruitment of 5000 personnel into the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…

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Alleged drug trafficking: Fresh suit filed for Kashamu’s extradition to U.S.

Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development, a non-governmental organization said it has sued the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the Attorney-General of the Federation for their failure to extradite…

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How NDLEA discovered Nigerian-Mexican meth laboratory in Delta

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered and closed down a methamphetamine laboratory, in Asaba Delta state. The laboratory was a joint operation between Nigerians and Mexicans, and…

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Buruji Kashamu officially becomes ‘Mr Untouchable’

Buruji Kashamu is highly favoured... in the courts. A Federal High Court had in June, restrained the Federal Government from arresting and extraditing the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, to…

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Graduate, four others nabbed with cocaine in Lagos airport

Four suspects including a 28-year-old university graduate of Economics, Nonso Akubueze, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged drug trafficking. The four men were nabbed at the…

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Kashamu was known as ‘God’ during drug trafficking days

by Kolapo Olapoju The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, says Buruji Kashamu, was known as 'God', among other names, during his days as the leader of an heroin trafficking ring. A statement…

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BUSTED: 4 smugglers excrete 171 wraps of cocaine in Lagos

by Chinwe Okafor The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency apprehended four suspected drug traffickers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos for attempting to smuggle cocaine to Brazil. According to…

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Nigerian man vomits 42 pellets of heroin in Kenyan airport

by Kolapo Olapoju On the night of Monday, 22 September, a Nigerian man was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with pellets of drugs suspected to be heroin. The…

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5 kilogrammes of “high grade heroin” found inside praying mats in Lagos

by 'Jola Sotubo Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos made a startling discovery at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport yesterday. The narcotics officials discovered a…

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Caught in the act: This mother of 5 was arrested with heroin at the Lagos airport (PHOTOS)

by Adeola Balogun A woman in Lagos and on her way to Liberia has been arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for being in possession…

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Face of shame: This man was caught with drugs en route to Dubai (PICTURED)

by 'Jola Sotubo The game is up for a Nigerian man who is said to have been caught attempting to smuggle drugs into the United Arab Emirates. Obi Chinweike, 34,…

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Teenager jailed for drug peddling in Oyo

  The Federal High Court, sitting at Adeoyo, Ibadan, on Friday sentenced 18-year-old, Ibrahim Olayiwola, to six months in prison and is also to pay a fine of N50, 000 for…

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500 Nigerian youth jailed in Japanese prisons – Bishop Enoch Adebayo

File photo No fewer than 500 Nigerian youths are languishing in Japanese prisons over alleged drugs and other related offences, a Nigerian-born cleric, Bishop Enoch Adebayo, has said. Adebayo, who…

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BUSTED: Final year student caught with 25 wraps of liquid cocaine at Enugu Airport

by 'Jola Sotubo A suspect, who claims to be a final year student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), Awka, Anambra State, has been apprehended by police for possession of…

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I went into drug trafficking to get money for marriage – Suspect

by 'Jola Sotubo A 36-year-old man freed on bail after being charged with possession of cocaine has been arrested again for the same offence, only this time he ingested heroin.…

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Drug trafficking: Nigerian, 31, sentenced to death in Vietnam

by Oge Okonkwo   For the crime of drug trafficking, a 31-year-old Nigerian man (name withheld) and a Thai woman, Suracha Chaimongkol, were on Wednesday, sentenced to death in Vietnam. The…

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NDLEA probes more celebrities following Tonto Dikeh’s Indian hemp photos

by Rachel Ogbu Actress and singer, Tonto Dikeh has denied being in possession of hard drugs claiming the photographs of a wrap of hemp and grains of the weed formed…

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Businessman arrested for trafficking ‘a record’ 126 ingested wraps of heroin (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu Nwobodo (Photo: Punch) “I sell electronics in Lagos but I lost $11,200 (N1.78m) to fraudsters. This affected my business and in the process of trying to get…

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The Grand(ma) Hustle: 84-year-old woman on oxygen accused of drug trafficking (PICTURED)

An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman who uses an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking. KRQE-TV reports that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for…

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Cripple bags 6 months jail sentence for drug trafficking

by Rachel Ogbu   A Federal High Court, Lagos, has sentenced a cripple to six months imprisonment for drug trafficking. Wale Arowolo, 34, was on Wednesday convicted on a one…

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