Court remands 70-year-old Nigerian-British grandma over alleged 13kg cocaine trafficking The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 70-year-old Nigerian-British woman, Barek Mary Yetunde, at the Ikoyi Correctional Facility over alleged trafficking of 13 kilograms of cocaine. The court, p…

…instituted by a 78-year-old freight agent, Akinlawon Isaac Alani, charged with alleged cocaine trafficking. It would be recalled that the 78-year-old freight agent had been arraigned by the National Drug […] The post Court to rule on bail bid by 78-year-old accused of cocaine trafficking, Sept 1 appeared first on Tribu…

…that the man had previously been arrested twice by police in Mumbai in connection with cocaine trafficking cases. “He lived in Vasai (Mumbai) and was arrested twice by Malwani and Malad police in Mumbai for drug (cocaine) trafficking cases in 2018,” he said. The police officer said the purpose of the Nigerian’s trip to…

…known as "KC Luxury," over his alleged role as the arrowhead of a multibillion-Naira cocaine trafficking syndicate. NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (retd), disclosed on Tuesday that Michael was intercepted on the night of August 13, 2026, at the boarding gate of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in L…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has dismantled an international cocaine trafficking cartel that allegedly used Nigeria as a transit hub for moving illicit drugs to the United Kingdom, other parts of Europe and Asia. The agency also arrested the alleged Nigerian arrowhead of the syndicate, a self-styled luxury…

…groups. Experts say the gangs — once ideological but now focused on making money from cocaine trafficking and other illicit trades — used government truces as cover to grow. Petro is not going quietly. He called for mass protests in major cities on Friday, claiming election fraud without providing evidence. De la Espri…

NDLEA arrests Lagos businessman, others over N10 billion cocaine trafficking; intercepts consignment of tramadol buried in containers of black soap A 55-year-old businessman, Onuigbo Ndubisi Chinedu, who deals in clothing at the popular Balogun market, Lagos Island, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug…