A 59-year-old Nigerian businessman, Sylva Ezeokoli, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine concealed in his stomach. The arrest was made on Friday at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. Ezeokoli, who had spent 35 years in Brazil, was returning home aboard …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has officially relocated its headquarters to a new facility in the Jahi area of Abuja. The first phase of the project inaugurated during an interdenominational service on Wednesday, is expected to be completed with the 2025 budgetary provisions. This was disclosed in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on …

A 50-year-old businessman, who allegedly ingested 90 wraps of cocaine at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA), Enugu, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In a statement in Abuja, the Director of Media and Advocacy, (NDLEA), Mr Femi Babafemi, yesterday, said that the suspect was intercepted on Wednesday at the arrival hall of …

Labour Party (LP) has again denied working clandestinely for President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general election. The National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh, clarified the party’s position in a statement in Abuja, on Friday. Ifoh’s rebuttal was in response to a viral video where a popular human rights lawyer, Deji …

A Nigerian, Damilare Samuel, has instituted a N50 million rights enforcement suit against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Damilare popularly called Na God, in the suit by his lawyer, Bayo Onifade, is contending that he has been in NDLEA’s custody since 25 September 2024, without any formal charge against him. He is, therefore, asking the court for “A …

The Senate has constituted a six-member ad hoc committee, headed by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe to investigate drug allegations against the Deputy Leader, Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru (APC Kwara South). This followed a ‘personal explanation’ by Ashiru under Order 42, of the Senate rules, in which the lawmaker said his privileges were breached by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). …

The Chairman/Chief Executive of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Marwa (retd), has said the capacity of the anti-narcotic body within the maritime space would further tighten the noose on drug barons and cartels with the volume of recent arrests and seizures of illicit substances on the waterways and seaports. Marwa stated this, yesterday, at the commissioning …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted drugs valued at N22.7 billion in separate operations at Lagos and Rivers seaports. The seizures included over 32 million tramadol pills at Lekki Deep Seaport and 1.4 million bottles of codeine syrup at Apapa and Port Harcourt ports, in a major blow to transnational drug cartels. Femi Babafemi, spokesman …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a total of 25,000,000.00 pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Tincan port complex in Lagos. The seizures were made on Tuesday, 17 September and Friday, 20 September 2024 from three containers which had been on the watchlist of the …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers by three courier firms in Lagos, heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus. In a statement, yesterday, NDLEA said: “In one of the logistics companies, no fewer than 30 parcels of cocaine …