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in Big StoryCourt Orders NDLEA To Vacate Kashamu’s Residence
Justice Ibrahim Buba has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, officials to vacate the residence of Buruji Kashamu, the senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, in Lekki, Lagos. Giving the order on Tuesday, Buba said the status quo be maintained. The NDLEA, whose operatives had laid siege on Kashamu’s residence in Lagos since […] More
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NDLEA Counsels 21,640 Persons On Drug Addiction
At least 21,640 persons nationwide have received anti-drug abuse/trafficking sensitisation counselling by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. This was done through the agency’s offline counselling services nationwide between 2010 and 2014, Ahmadu Giade, NDLEA Chairman said in a statement. Giade also disclosed that the agency has launched online counselling services to complement existing […] More
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NDLEA Impounds 810.1kg of Cannabis in Lagos
Officers of the Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have impounded compressed dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis sativa weighing 810.1kilogrammes. The seizures were made during raid operation conducted within the metropolis. The first consignment of the drug weighing 658.8 kilogrammes believed to have been imported from Ghana was […] More
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NDLEA Apprehends Man With Narcotics Worth N120 Million
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have apprehended Okonkwo Isaac Ekemezie, 51, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 36.850kg of narcotic drugs to South Africa. The consignment was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja during the outward screening of an Ethiopian Airline flight. The substances valued at N120 million were […] More
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NDLEA Arrest Drug Courier in Abuja
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a Nigerian drug courier with 15.850kg of cocaine worth N126 million at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday. Ilo Chidera Alex, 27, was apprehended following the discovery of the drugs inside his luggage at the Abuja Airport while returning from Brazil. The drug suspect, […] More
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Tackling Airport ‘Rats’
Sometime in 2009, while on a visit to the United States, US, for a journalism programme, I had a discussion with an African American called Mark. As we got talking, I asked whether he had visited Nigeria. He smiled and said no, but that he didn’t look forward to visiting. “Why?” I asked. With a […] More
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in NewsNDLEA Arrests Man with 1.535kg Drugs
Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested Darlugar Ufondu Steven, a 38-year-old man, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, for attempting to smuggle drugs to South Africa. The suspect was arrested during the outward screening of Arik Air passengers to South Africa when the anti-drug agency discovered the drug, […] More
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Okonjo Iweala’s Losing Battle at the Ports
One after the other, regulatory agencies that were driven from the ports in 2011 to decongest the ports and reduce the cycle of clearing goods are finding their way back He could hardly curtail his anger. As he walked along the corridor of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Apapa Port Command, he bemoaned the insensitivity […] More
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