By Paschal Njoku ABUJA – Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, refused to grant bail to ASP Bawa James, a co-defendant in the drug trafficking charge filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) […]
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By Eric Ikhilae The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has obtained permission of a Federal High Court in Abuja to detain suspended DCP Abba Kyari and six others for 14 days in the first instance. Justice Zainab Abubakar, in […]
NDLEA replies police, vows to prosecute officers indicted with Kyari By Odita Sunday • Confusion over closure of intelligence units• Arase says the existence of units contravenes the original plan National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it will not spare […]
•Suspended police chief, others taken to custody after being linked to drug deals •How Presidency forced IG to release him to anti-drug agency By Yusuf Alli, Gbenga Omokhunu, Nicholas Kalu And Samuel Oamen There were strong indications last night that suspended […]
Agency Report The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested no fewer than 5,000 suspects and secured 500 convictions between January and May 2021 for drug abuse and trafficking. The agency’s Chief Executive Officer, Retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Marwa, […]
By Nicholas Kalu, Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two women, Chioma Afam, 36, and Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for allegedly trying to smuggle 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra State to Gombe […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, both of who specialise in producing and selling drug cookies to school children and other unsuspecting members of […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said Tuesday that it has arrested 8,778 suspected drug traffickers comprising 8,143 males and 635 females in 2015. A total of 903,624.56kg of narcotic drugs was equally seized in the period under review. […]
An Emirates flight EK 262 from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Dubai, United Arab Emirates has made an emergency landing in Lagos on Saturday due to the deteriorating health condition of a suspected cocaine trafficker. Screening by anti-narcotic officials found four […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday arrested a woman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, who faked pregnancy with wraps of substances suspected to be cocaine.This is contained in a statement issued and signed by the […]