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NDLEA Nabs Another Lagos Drug Baron, Recovers ₦8.8bn Tramadol

NDLEA Nabs Another Lagos Drug Baron, Recovers ₦8.8bn Tramadol

October 4, 2022 7:42 am

National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the recovery of about 13,451,466 pills of Tramadol 225mg worth N8.86billion  from one of the mansions of a billionaire drug baron, Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, in the highbrow residential estate, Victoria Garden City, Lekki area of Lagos.

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi explained that the arrest and recovery followed credible intelligence, which made NDLEA operatives on Friday 30th September storm the Plot A45 Road 2 home of the 52-year-old billionaire drug kingpin.

He also said a search of the expansive mansion led to the discovery of 443 cartons of Tramadol Hydrochloride 225mg, which contains 13, …

Revealed: More Than 40 Bodies Found In Libya Mass Grave

Revealed: More Than 40 Bodies Found In Libya Mass Grave

October 2, 2022 6:28 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that up to forty-two bodies have been discovered lying in a mass grave which was located in the Libyan city of Sirte which is an ex-stronghold of the Islamic State group.

Exhumation teams had also reportedly unearthed some “42 unidentified bodies” after following up on reports of a “mass grave” at the site of a former school in Sirte, the authority said.

Read Also: 131 Nigerians Repatriated From Libya Land In MMIA

“DNA samples have been taken for analysis in coordination with the office of forensic medicine,” …

UN Peacekeeper Shot Dead In Eastern DR Congo

UN Peacekeeper Shot Dead In Eastern DR Congo

October 1, 2022 8:43 pm

Fresh reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has revealed that a United Nations peacekeeper has been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as had been reported by the United Nations (UN) and Congolese officials on Saturday.

It  had also been reported that the UN peacekeeping mission in the DRC which is also known as MONUSCO, had stated that suspected members of the Twirwaneho militia had conducted the attack on Friday night in the Minembwe area of South Kivu province.

Read Also; 17 Civilians Killed By Rebel Group In DR Congo

“A peacekeeper was killed …

20 Women Dead In Suicide Attack On Kabul Classroom

20 Women Dead In Suicide Attack On Kabul Classroom

September 30, 2022 8:42 pm

Tragedy has struck as a suicide bomber has reportedly attacked an education centre which is located in the Afghan capital on Friday where some of the hundreds of students had been preparing for university exams thereby killing at least 20 people, most of them young women.

The suicide bombing had also been reported to have occured in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area which is also home to the minority Hazara community, the target of some of Afghanistan’s most deadly attacks.

Read Also: 60 Killed As Huge Explosion Hits Mosque In Kabul, Afghanistan

The bomber …

Morocco: 19 Reported Dead After Drinking Toxic Alcohol

Morocco: 19 Reported Dead After Drinking Toxic Alcohol

September 29, 2022 7:47 pm

Recent reports have revealed that at least some 19 people have reportedly died and some dozens others have also been hospitalised following their consumption of toxic alcohol from a roadside kiosk which is located in northern Morocco.

The Moroccoan Police have also arrested a 48-year-old suspect who had been in connection with the incident, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN).

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The victims had reported to have consumed the toxic alcohol in the suspect’s store, where some of the investigators had later discovered nearly 50 litres of the poisonous liquid.…

P&ID Court Orders Arrest Of Briton Over $9.6bn Fraud

P&ID: Court Orders Arrest Of Briton Over $9.6bn Fraud

September 29, 2022 4:05 am

A Federal High Court sitting In Abuja on Wednesday ordered the immediate arrest of a British national, James Nolan, for jumping bail in a fraud case involving the P&ID firm.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, issued this order after Nolan, who is a director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) failed to appear for trial.

Nolan is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) along with Lurgi Consult Limited and others,  in  a money laundering case to the tune of $9.6 billion.

In his ruling, Justice Mohammed said Nolan …

Police Intercept Two Buses Loaded With Ammunition In Lagos

Police Intercept Two Buses Loaded With Ammunition In Lagos

September 25, 2022 7:56 am

Police officers attached to the Ikorodu Division in Lagos State have intercepted two commercial buses loaded with a large cache of live cartridges, three dismantled motorcycles, and some personal effects.

They were intercepted at Poromope Estate, Ijede Road, Ikorodu, Lagos State, the spokesman of the state’s police command Benjamin Hundeyin said in a statement on Saturday.

‘Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspects, Tukur Abdullah ‘m’ aged 35, Muazu Telim ‘m’ aged 50, and Dahiru Idris ‘m’ aged 36 were on their way to Katsina State,’  Hundeyin added.

Read Also: Four Confirmed Dead Following Building Collapse In Lagos

‘The suspects, recovered …

Court Throws Out Baba Ijesha‘s Recent Bail Application

Court Throws Out Baba Ijesha‘s Recent Bail Application

September 21, 2022 9:00 pm

More woes for James Olarewaju AKA Baba Ijesha as an Ikeja Special Offences Court has recently refused his bail application which would also be pending an appeal which had been filed by the convicted Nollywood actor.

Baba Ijesha’s bail had also been rejected because he did not meet some of the exceptional circumstances and criteria with which to warrant the bail.

Read Also: Baba Ijesha Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Sexual Assault

According to Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, the actor must show special and exceptional circumstances because the term given to him is five years which is to …

18 Pump Action Guns Intercepted By NDLEA In Kogi

18 Pump Action Guns Intercepted By NDLEA In Kogi

September 19, 2022 6:33 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on patrol along Okene-Abuja highway, yesterday intercepted a J-5 bus with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges in Kogi State.

According to reports, the vehicle was coming from Onitsha, Anambra State en route Kaduna-Zaria in Kaduna State.

The anti-narcotics agency said two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested.

This was revealed in a statement signed by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday.

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Outrage As Chinese Man Stabs Nigerian Lover To Death In Kano

Outrage As Chinese Man Stabs Nigerian Lover To Death In Kano

September 18, 2022 4:38 am

A Chinese man whose name has been given as Geng Quangrong has allegedly stabbed his lover, a 23-year-old woman, Ummu Kulthum to death at Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano.

The Kano state police command confirmed the ugly incident through its spokesman SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who explained that the suspect, Geng, 47, committed the crime on Friday after scaling the fence of the deceased residence to gain access where he stabbed her severally until she gave up the spirit.

Geng alleged that he was deceived by Ummu who was his girlfriend and promised to marry him but …

ISWAP Kills 8 Boko Haram Members As Groups Clash In Borno

ISWAP Kills 8 Boko Haram Members As Groups Clash In Borno

September 16, 2022 6:32 am

A fierce battle broke out between Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and has led to the death of eight fighters, including a middle-rank Commander simply identified as ‘Kundu’.

It was gathered that the incident, which took place on Thursday September 15, between Dikwa and Bama Local Government Areas, also left many fighters from both the Jama’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihad and ISWAP injured.

An Intelligence officer told Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad that Kundu and his team were on a robbery mission when the ISWAP intercepted them on six motorcycles …

Internet Crimes: Nigeria Is 16th Worst Country – FBI

FBI Nabs 2 Nigerians Over $6.2m Wire Fraud In $25m Deal

September 13, 2022 7:26 pm

In a recent bust against fraud, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has detained and charged two Nigerians for a cordinated $6.2million wire fraud after some attempts have been made to scam Americans of $25.2million.

The defendants had also been accused of defrauding and ripping off nearly two dozen public and private entities around the United States, including at least one in Oregon.

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The Department of Justice (DoJ) indictment had also unsealed in federal court charged Efeturi Ariawhorai a.k.a Efeturi Simeon, 35, a citizen of Nigeria and Vanuatu. The other …

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