By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A NONAGENARIAN, Pa Friday Ahukanna Chigbu, was among the criminals nabbed in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on drug trafficking has led to the arrest of the 93-year-old great grandfather. Arrested alongside him was a 69-year-old medical doctor as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter HIGH STAKES intelligence led operations by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled a drug trafficking syndicate, leading to the interception of cocaine consignments concealed in tins of palm kernel extract bound for the United Kingdom (UK) and the arrest of the group’s kingpin i...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter COCAINED CONCEALED inside the body of a China bound passenger triggered a string of arrests and seizures nationwide as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted multiple drug consignments and dismantled a synthetic cannabis facility. NDLEA operatives arrested a 62-year-o...
By Ofem John, JKNewsMedia Intern SEVEN SUSPECTED human traffickers have been arrested in Calabar, Cross River State, during an intelligence led operation carried out by troops of Headquarters 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Disclosing this develop...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ELEVEN SUSPECTS linked to the killing of the late ARISE News anchor, reporter and producer, Ms. Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a security guard, Mr Barnabas Danlami, have been arraigned by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command before the Federal Capital Territory High Court si...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent EMERGENCY CONTACT numbers have been released by the Lagos State Government (LASG) to allow residents and motorists to quickly report harassment, intimidation and other street threats, with the aim of improving public safety and speeding up rescue and intervention across the state. JKNewsMedia,c...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MORE THAN a decade of manhunt ended as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo Kanmo,” on Saturday. He is linked to the killing of three of NDLEA officers as the agency also recovered diver...
By Joyce Eyaba, JKNewsMedia Reporter RISING BANDITORY, terrorism, and other heinous crimes across Nigeria have prompted a major security overhaul in Ogun State, with authorities moving to strengthen law enforcement and safeguard lives and property. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed that the state government will begin documenting all undocument...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Bayelsa State Governor and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, wanted in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, in a stat...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MONTHS OF surveillance culminated in the arrest of a wanted drug baron, 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, while he attempted to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Um...
