Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have seized three million capsules of opioids weighing one thousand, five hundred kilograms at the Tincan Seaport in Apapa area of Lagos. NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement, said the drugs, Tapentadol and Carisoprodol were more dangerous than Tramadol. Babafemi said the seized drugs were…
The Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as EVANS and two others Uchenna Amadi and Okuchuwkwu Nwachukwu to life imprisonment. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to them after convicting them on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. Justice Oshodi held that the prosecution had successfully…
Former Minister of Water Resources, Serah Ochekpe, has been sentenced to three months in prison. A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State sentenced Ochekpe alongside two others who were charged with money laundering involving four hundred and fifty million naira. The other convicts are a former Plateau State chairman of the People Democratic Party, Raymond…
The murder trial of Chidinma Ojukwu who is accused of killing Super TV Chief Executive, Usifo Ataga, has been delayed due to the absence of a prosecution witness. Chidinma Ojukwu is standing trial before the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, alongside her sister, Chioma Egbuchu, and one Adedapo Quadri. At the resumed hearing…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized four point seven million dollars million counterfeit cash. NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement said the agency’s operatives intercepted the fake money in the early hours of Friday 18th February 2022 at Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory. Babafemi said the seizure followed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has recovered assorted properties worth over ten point nine billion naira linked to a military officer. The Commission said there are a total of twenty-four properties scattered across Kano, Kaduna, Borno and Cross River states. The EFCC did not mention the name of the military officer, but said the…