A Brazil-based drug kingpin has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), after its operatives intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine with a street value of over N8 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The agency also seized the sum of $24,500 bribe offered by the accused to compromise investigations. NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said the kingpin, Ejiofor Enwereaku, who leads a syndicate, was arrested at the airport on Friday, May 14, 2021, for importing 27.95kg of…

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A student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Toyinbo Olayinka and two others have been abducted by unknown gunmen. Olayinka, a 400 – level student of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, was kidnapped on Saturday from a private farm at Abule-Itoko on Abeokuta – Ibadan road in Odeda Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that, Olayinka was abducted along with the owner of the farm, identified as Dominic and a 17-year-old Togolese lady. It was further gathered that the abductors of the FUNAAB student and two…

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A 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jimoh Nasirudeen, to death for impregnating another woman. The incident happened on Wednesday in Ijebu-Ode during an argument between the woman and her late husband. It was gathered that the suspect was the fourth wife of the deceased and worked in the same abattoir with him. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday. Oyeyemi noted that the woman stabbed her husband in…

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Police detectives have arrested an Inspector of police attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Delta State Police Command, in connection with the alleged killing of a graduate of Microbiology from Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Oghenetejire Joel Omiragua. Those arrested are Inspector Omonile, Franca Osas and another suspect simply identified as ‘Biggie.’Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the death in Asaba, yesterday, said the Commissioner, Mr Ari Mohammed Ali, had ordered immediate investigation over the death of the 28-year-old who hailed from Kokori community in…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a container bearing 4,996,200 capsules of tramadol weighing 2,498.2 kilogrammes at the Onne Port, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The seizure of the illicit drug concealed in 1,387 cartons on Tuesday, 18th May, 2021 followed a joint examination by NDLEA operatives and customs personnel on a container marked MRKU 0764717, which had since been on the agency’s watch list. A 42-year-old Muntari Hamidu was also arrested in Nyibango, Jimeta, Yola, Adamawa State, with 13 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 166kg. This happened…

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