A federal high court sitting in Abuja has, again, refused to grant bail to the suspended former commander of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), DCP Abba Kyari. The presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, in his ruling, held that Kyari’s...
The comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has revealed that drug barons are increasingly recruiting customs officers and officials of bonded terminals into their drug trafficking operations to evade security checks.
Adeniyi disclosed that the NCS had...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of four (4) intending pilgrims as they planned to ingest wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight on Wednesday.
The announcement came from the agency’s director of media, and...
Former Nigerian police “super-cop” DCP Abba Kyari has been granted a temporary two-week bail, on passionate grounds, to go bury his mother. Kyari, the erstwhile commander of the force intelligence response team, who is currently standing trial before Justice...
The senate of the federal republic of Nigeria has approved the death sentence as penalty for drug traffickers in the country. This follows the passing of the 2024 Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) act (amendment) bill after its...
