Customs hands over N21.1m worth of Cannabis to NDLEA in Oyo
" we navigate the complexities of the current economic landscape, all stakeholders can be rest assured that the Oyo/Osun Area Command remains steadfast in its commitment to fulfilling its mandate under the Nigeria Customs Service Act."
Policeman begs court not to grant wife’s divorce petition
A policeman, Jackson Ekanem, on Friday begged a Customary Court in Nyanya, not to grant his wife, Tina’s request to dissolve their marriage. “I can not waste money to marry a wife and then she wants to leave me. No way. I cannot allow that. “Moreover, she has already delivered five children for me. I […]
Man, 59, docked for peddling 22kg Cannabis
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand in a correctional centre of a 59-year-old man, Michael Ocho, arraigned for drug trafficking. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) charged the defendant before Justice Saliu Saidu on two-count of trafficking 22.4kg of Cannabis alias Hemp. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the […]
Akeredolu urges pharmacists to leverage cannabis health benefits
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has urged community pharmacists to pursue the controlled cultivation and use of cannabis for health benefits in Nigeria. Akeredolu gave the advice while playing host to the National Executive Council of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) on Wednesday in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Unemployed charged with trafficking 350g of Marijuana
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged 37 years old man, Adeniran Bolarinwa before a Federal High Court Lagos, for allegedly trading in 350g of Cannabis. The defendant is being charged with drug trafficking in a suit marked FHC/L/11C/20. The prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, alleged that the defendant committed the offences on Dec. […]
NDLEA seizes 10.5 tons of illicit drugs in Maiduguri
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Borno State Command has uncovered 10.522 kilograms of compressed Cannabis sativa also known as “wee wee” allegedly concealed in a warehouse in Maiduguri. The Chairman, NDLEA, Col. Muhammad Abdallah, (Rtd) disclosed this in a statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs of the agency, Mr Jonah Achema, and […]
