Tag: DRUG TRAFFICKING
Court denies Abba Kyari bail, sets trial date
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday denied bail to the embattled deputy commissioner of police, Abba Kyari, and four others in a...
Abba Kyari’s co-defendants jailed two years
A Federal High Court, Abuja has sentenced two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended police...
Abba Kyari’s co-defendants plead guilty to drug trafficking
Two persons charged with the suspended deputy commissioner of police Abba Kyari and four other policemen on Monday pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.
Chibunna Umeibe...
NDLEA arraigns Abba Kyari, others over drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday arraigned deputy police commissioner Abba Kyari and six others over drug-related offences at the Federal...
Nigerian woman wrongfully sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for drug...
A young Nigerian woman Zainab Habibu, who was accused of smuggling drugs by Saudi authorities in 2018, has joined the National Drug Law and...
Nigerian jailed 10 years for drug possession in India
A Nigerian national and two Indians have been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the possession of narcotic substances in India.
Chukwu Obinna, 30,...
Nigerian arrested in India for allegedly selling drugs to Bollywood actor
A Nigerian has been arrested by police in Bangalore, India in connection with the drug peddling case involving Bollywood actor Kishore Aman Shetty.
Frank Ibeabuchi...
Singapore acquits Nigerian of drug trafficking after 9 years
The Singaporean Court of Appeal on Thursday discharged and acquitted a Nigerian Ilechukwu Uchechukwu on death row for drug trafficking.
The court’s decision comes five...
Innocent Nigerian released in Saudi Arabia after 3 years in jail
A Nigerian, Ibrahim Ibrahim, who was jailed in Saudi Arabia
for three years for an offence he did not commit, has been released.
Chairman/CEO of Nigerians...
Nigerian woman pleads guilty to drug trafficking, fraud in US
A Nigerian woman, Temitope Olaiya aka Tammy, has
pleaded guilty to charges of drug trafficking and bank fraud in the US and may
spend up to...