Ibrahim Ibrahim (pictured left), an indigene of Zamfara state who was placed on death row in Saudi Arabia, has been rescued. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) announced this in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, NIDCOM's head of media and public relations, Ibrahim, a cleric, fell victim to a drug-trafficking syndicate when he travelled to [...]
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The Isleworth Crown court in the United Kingdom on Friday sentenced Samuel Nwankwo, a 27-year-old Nigerian man, to four years in prison over drug trafficking. According to the Crown Prosecution Service, the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales, Nwankwo, who is a resident of Eastfield in Peterborough, ingested 67 wraps of cocaine worth £82,210 in Brazil before [...]
Nigerians have taken to social media to laud the federal government following the release of Zainab Aliyu, the lady who was detained in Saudi Arabia for alleged drug trafficking. Her detention in Saudi Arabia had stirred an outrage among Nigerians on social media who demanded that the federal government intervene and secure her release. The pressure for her release became intense since [...]
At least 23 Nigerians are on the death row in Saudi Arabia for "drug-related offences", The Nation is reporting. Citing a document, the newspaper said the Nigerians were convicted for contravening the narcotic and psychotropic substances control law, which is punishable by death. They were said to have been arrested between 2016 and 2017 at King Abdul-Aziz International Airport, Jeddah and Prince [...]
The United States has donated seven vehicles and 83 tactical equipment to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). According to a statement from the US consulate, the vehicles and equipment were funded through the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) counter-narcotics and transnational threats program (CTTP). The donations include three Honda Accord vehicles, three Toyota Hilux trucks, a Toyota Hiace Van, a smith [...]
Five Nigerians have been arrested by the Indian police for alleged drug trafficking. The Nigerians - Cosmas Ojukwu, 30; John Okorie, 26; Okereke Cyril Anezi, 31; John Paul Onyebuchi, 34 and Ogunka Henry Okechukwu, 31 - were arrested for allegedly being in possession of a wide variety of drugs, including cocaine, brown sugar and amphetamine. NAN, quoting the Times of India, reports [...]
Nine houses belonging to Funmilola Arike Ogbuaya, a Lagos socialite, have been forfeited to the federal government over allegations of drug dealing. According to NewsMakers, an online medium, this followed the order of a federal high court in Lagos over the weekend. Known in social circles as Ariket, Ogbuaya will “temporarily” forfeit the identified property to the federal government. The newspaper said the [...]
Buruji Kashamu, the lawmaker representing Ogun east senatorial district, says the drug trafficking case involving him is dead, and no fresh extradition proceeding can be brought against him. On Thursday, Washington Post reported that a US appeal court had upheld a ruling mandating Kashamu to face trial for allegedly being the ringleader of a heroin cartel in Chicago. But in a statement [...]
Less than two months after the Indonesian government executed of two Nigerians found guilty of drugs offences, the government is set to execute another Nigerian for the same offence. Muhammad Prasetyo, the Indonesian attorney-general, says preparations of the execution site have been concluded as four foreign convicts will be transferred to Nusakambangan Island's maximum-security prison facilities this week. According to Daily Mail, nine foreigners, including [...]
A high court sitting in Melaka, Malaysia, has sentenced a Nigerian man to death after convicting him of drug trafficking charges. Datuk Zulkifli Bakar, the judge who presided over the case, ruled that 35-year-old Abuchi Ngwoke was guilty after the prosecution successfully argued its case beyond reasonable doubt. The accused was charged with trafficking dangerous drugs methamphetamine type with a net weight [...]
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