101-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Arrested for Selling Cannabis in Ogun, NDLEA Uncovers N4.4bn Thai Loud Shipment

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 101-year-old great-grandmother, identified as Esther Ogunmabo, for allegedly dealing in illicit drugs at Ilisan, Ogun State. Ogunmabo was arrested by NDLEA operatives on Saturday, August 15, 2026, with 90 grammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis, packaged in small retail sachets which she allegedly sold…

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Liberia Charges Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor Over $317m Cocaine Investigation

Liberian authorities have formally charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking, money laundering and several other offences as part of an investigation into an alleged transnational narcotics network, in a development that has sent shockwaves through the country’s political and security circles. The charges followed the seizure of cocaine estimated to be worth…

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Security Forces Disrupt Boko Haram Supply Chain as Elderly Woman Arrested in Borno Drug Bust

Nigerian Security Forces have recorded a significant operational success in the ongoing counterinsurgency campaign in the North-East with the arrest of a 65-year-old woman accused of supplying illicit drugs to Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. Global Mirror News gathered that the suspect, identified as Hauwa Abulazeez, was arrested on January 23, 2026, by troops of…

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NDLEA Nabs Notorious Drug Kingpin 12 Years After Killing Three Officers

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended long-fugitive drug lord Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo-Kanmo,” more than 12 years after he allegedly orchestrated the killing of three NDLEA Officers in Ogun State, Global Mirror News reports. Jimoh was arrested on Friday, January 16, 2026, in Owode, Ogun State, following a…

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