NDLEA intercepts 1.7 million opioids pills and others at Lagos airport

18 Dec 2022

At least, One Million Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Four Hundred and Sixty (1,760,460) pills of Tramadol and other opioids have been intercepted hidden in indomie noodles packs and others at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos as well as in Gombe state. While over 600,000 pills of Tramadol 225mg coming from Karachi, […]

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COURT sentence Muslim cleric to death

16 Dec 2022

A Nigerian Islamic Sharia court has sentenced a prominent Sufi Muslim cleric to death for blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed, in a rare capital punishment ruling against an imam. The Upper Sharia court passed the sentence on Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara for his revisionist preaching which the court said misinterpreted some religious texts that portrayed […]

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Court remands two robbery suspect

13 Dec 2022

An Ile-Ife magistrates’ court in Osun State on Monday remanded two robbery suspects, Salami Fatai (25) and Tope Adesiyan (25). The prosecutor, ASP Joseph Adebayo, told the court that the defendants on November 3, 2022, around 1am at the Alawusa area, Edunabon, in Ife North LGA, conspired to commit felony to with armed robbery. He […]

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NDLEA seized baby food containing cocaine at Lagos airport, arrests suspects

11 Dec 2022

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, have intercepted parcels of cocaine concealed in different parts of a travel bag brought into Nigeria by a Brazil returnee, Nwadinobi Charles Uchemadu from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha on a Qatar Airways flight. Uchemadu was arrested on […]

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SERAP gives Okowa, Wike and others 7days to account for N625BN derivation refunds

11 Dec 2022

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the nine oil-producing states in Nigeria to provide and widely publish details of spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625 billion recently paid to them by the Federal Government, including details and locations of projects executed with the money. President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government recently paid […]

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Former Minneapolis police who knelt on George Floyd’s back, J Alexander Kueng has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison

11 Dec 2022

A former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s back has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in Mr Floyd’s death. J Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in October. He was one of four officers involved in the arrest, filmed by […]

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Judge reveals how NDLEA concealed seized asset from jailed drug baron

11 Dec 2022

A judge of the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, has revealed how the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) allegedly under-disclosed the assets seized from some jailed drug barons. But the NDLEA denied concealing any assets seized from the convicts. The judge, Okon Abang, sentenced the nine drug barons to 10 years in […]

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Court Orders Arrest Of Controversial Police Ex-AIG, Mbu Once More

09 Dec 2022

The Nigeria Police have been ordered by the Cross River State High Court to arrest and produce retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Joseph Mbu for prosecution.  According to VisioTalks, the court will issue such an order for the second time. The court had previously issued a warrant for his arrest on November 2, […]

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Ogun 2023: Court orders INEC to accept and publish candidates from the Labour Party

08 Dec 2022

An Abeokuta Federal High Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognize all Labour Party (LP) National Assembly candidates in Ogun State for the 2023 general elections. When INEC released its final list of candidates, the names of all LP candidates in Ogun were missing.  Following the omission, the party took INEC […]

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