The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said 184.5kg of cocaine was found concealed in brown boxes at a courier facility in Lagos on Monday 3 August. The agency said it was being exported by an international trafficking network that for years had used Nigeria as a transit hub to move drugs to the UK,
Nigeria has become a major hub for the illegal trade of vultures, conservationists say, partly because of its biodiversity and porous borders. “We are doing everything possible to make sure that the smuggling of items, including vultures, including donkeys, and other species outside the country is suppressed to the barest minimum,” insists Abdullahi Maiwada, a
Four Nigerian police officers, accused of setting up an illegal checkpoint to extort drivers, messed with the wrong man: the head of one of the country’s anti-corruption agencies. Musa Aliyu, who heads the Independent Commission on Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences, has alleged that he was stopped while driving in the capital Abuja on
The pattern has now become tiresomely familiar in Nigeria. Many die in a boat accident; officials say regulations must be followed; your calls are ignored; activists say resources are not available; Another tragedy occurs. This time, a search and rescue team is looking for survivors of a capsized wooden canoe in Jigawa State. There were
Nigeria’s military says it has freed all 44 students and teachers who were kidnapped two months ago from schools in southern Oyo state and arrested some of their captors. A local teachers union told the BBC of their “relief” but families say the ordeal has been heartbreaking and they are still hoping to be reunited
In its statement, Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Iroegbu was reportedly killed in Pretoria by officers from the Tshwane Metropolitan Police Department. Joe, killed on June 28, was attacked outside his shop in the town of eMalahleni, the ministry said. Abuja said he was notifying the South African government and that “all options remain