NIGERIA: NDLEA Intercepts Container Load Of Tramadol In Apapa Port… Arrests Indian, 89 Nigerians In Lagos Raids
By Patience Ogbo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted a container load of Tramadal at the Apapa seaport in Lagos, just as its operatives have arrested 90…
SOUTH AFRICA: Drug Dealers Bag 8-yrs Jail Term In Mpumalanga
A drug dealer, Goodwill Ogudimmo, 47, has been found guilty and convicted by the Evander Magistrate for dealing in drugs and conspiracy in manufacturing drugs. Drug dealers bag 8-yrs jail…
SOUTH AFRICA: Police Arrest Alleged Store Robbers, Recover 3 Illegal Firearms, Jewellery
Police in Guateng area, on Tuesday afternoon, apprehend a suspected jewellery store robber who had been on the run from police since escaping from custody in 2014. Spokesman, Brigadier Mathapelo…
SOUTH AFRICA: Police Continue Clampdown Against Criminals In Port Elizabeth
Police in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro have warned perpetrators who continue to undermine and challenge the authority of the state that their freedom was short, saying they would be…
SOUTH AFRICA: New Brighton Police Make Breakthrough In e-Hailing Driver’s Murder
SAPS New Brighton Task Team under the supervision of the Station Commander, Col. Vuyisiwe Tembani, spent tireless and sleepless nights tracking down those responsible for the senseless killing of an…
GHANA: First COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Arrive In Ghana
Ghana has taken delivery of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India. More than 80,700 people in Ghana have been confirmed infected and 580…
NIGERIA: New NDLEA Boss To Clampdown On Commercial Drug Drivers
By Mark Lenu New Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) has sounded it loud and clear that he would clamp down on…
SOUTH AFRICA: Ex-Hotel Bookkeeper Jailed For R12m Fraud
The Estcourt Regional Court has sentenced one Fungai Desire Makunde, 41, to 10 years imprisonment for 555 counts of fraud, on Tuesday, 23 February 2021. Police spokesman, Captain Lloyd Ramovha,…
NIGERIA: Tussle For Ownership Of Shasha Market Led To Violence, Killing, Destruction – Sarkin Shasha
By Patience Ogbo His Royal Highness Sarkin Shasha, Sardaunan Yamma, who is also the Chairman Council of Arewa traditional rulers in the 17 southern states of Nigeria, the Hausa and…
NIGERIA: Shasha Market Crisis Latest: We Lost Fortune, Our Means Of Livelihood Gone – Traders Lament, Send SOS To Govt
By Patience Ogbo Zanat Akerodolu, a business woman in Shasha market is currently in shock and could not believe that her provision and beverage stalls worth millions of Naira are…