Tag: DRUG TRAFFICKING
Prison officer dismissed for alleged drug trafficking
Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has dismissed a prison
officer for allegedly trafficking illicit drugs in the prison yard.
NPS spokesman, Francis Enorbore, in a statement on...
Names of 23 Nigerians awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia released
Saudi
authorities have revealed the names of at least 23 Nigerians currently on the
death row in the Middle Eastern country for drug-related offences, The Nation
reports.
They
were...
Nigerian woman killed in Saudi Arabia was caught with drugs —...
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Relations and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Friday said that Kudirat Afolabi could not have escaped death...
Another Nigerian arrested in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking
Senior
Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Friday said
that another Nigerian has been arrested in Jeddah airport, Saudi Arabia for
allegedly smuggling...
FG regrets execution of Nigerian woman in Saudi Arabia
The Federal Government has regretted the execution of a Nigerian woman by Saudi government over drug trafficking.
The unnamed woman was among four people executed...
Saudi Arabia executes Nigerian woman, 3 others over drug trafficking
An unnamed Nigerian woman was among four people
executed on Monday by Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking.
The country’s interior ministry announced in a statement
on Tuesday...
5 things we know about Baba Suwe’s dilemma
Once a shining star in Nollywood, Babatunde
Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has been reduced to begging for
assistance to stay alive.
In a cruel reversal...
Nigerian drug lord arrested in India
A popular Nigerian drug kingpin was arrested in New Delhi, India on Saturday.
Victor Assoundu is believed to be the local drug cartel in India's...
Buruji Kashamu loses bid to stop arrest, extradition to US
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday upturned the verdict of a Federal High Court, Lagos, which perpetually restrained the arrest...
Unemployed jailed 2 years for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old unemployed, Muyideen Muili to two years imprisonment for drug trafficking.
The convict was charged...