The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it intercepted 101 packs of cocaine concealed in eight children duvets at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, the agency spokesperson, said the illicit drug was brought into the country by Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna, a 52-year-old Brazilian returnee from […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has on Thursday, dismissed a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari against National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Presiding Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit after counsel for the NDLEA, Joseph Sunday, prayed the court that the matter be struck out. Kyari’s lawyer, […]
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday rejected a N500000 (five hundred thousand naira) bribe to hold on to three suspected drug peddlers, who were arrested with N10 million worth of illicit drugs identified as Arizona. The police are also on the trail of the owner of the seized item, popularly known […]
The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under prosecution for […]
The Federal Government has approved the procurement of lie detectors and digital night vision goggles for the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA) to enhance their performance. This is as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved various contracts for the award of projects under the Ministries of Works and Housing; Industry, Trade and […]
A string of fresh offensives against drug cartels across Nigeria has led to the arrest of a fleeing drug kingpin heading a syndicate operating at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos and six other members of his gang. A spokesperson for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, while disclosing […]
The officers of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Imo State Command has arrested a 20-year-old boy Bright Mbamara with 16 bags and a loose quantity of dried weeds substance suspected to be Cannabis Sativa weighing 219.650kg. In a statement issued in Owerri Monday by the Assistant Commandant Narcotics and Principle Staff Officer, […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the transfer of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, and six others that are facing drug trafficking charges with him, to the Kuje Correctional Center Trial Justice Emeka Nwike ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to transfer the Defendants […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the application for bail filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday J. Ubua. Kyari was on March 7, arraigned alongside Sunday J Ubia, Bawa James, Simon Agirigba and John Nuhu who are members of the police Intelligence […]
Two drug traffickers, Elvis Uche Iro, 53, and Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, 42, have excreted a total of 165 wraps of cocaine following their arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for ingesting the illicit drug. They excreted the drugs while under observation […]
