The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the upgrade of safe towers in Lagos, Kano, Abuja, and Port Harcourt airports. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this at the end of the FEC virtual meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The minister added that the analog systems in the airports will be upgraded to digital ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 3,136 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa on the Okene-Lokoja Express way in Kogi. NDLEA Head of Public affairs, Mr Jonah Achema, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja said that the illicit substance was conveyed in a 30T HOWO truck heading to the Federal ...

Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Special Area Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted suspected powdery Tramadol weighing 3.5 kilogrammes. NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr Jonah Achema, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said that a 51 year old man, Usman Ramadan was arrested with the ...

Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court Ibadan, on Monday sentenced a 40-year-old serial drug dealer, David Ndidi, to a total of five years in prison for trafficking 6,170 kg of Indian hemp. Ajoku said that she convicted and sentenced Ndidi based on the evidence before her and the fact that he pleaded guilty ...

NDLEA officials on duty   The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sokoto State Command, has arrested a woman who had been on the watch list for 10 years and 18 other drug dealers. The NDLEA Sokoto Commander, Mr Yakubu Kibo told newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto that all the suspects were arrested in February. ...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday filed one-count charge of alleged trafficking in 500g cannabis against a scavenger, Ibrahim Dauda, in a Federal High Court, Lagos. The NDLEA in a charge sheet, marked FHC/L/64C/20 by counsel, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on Feb. 5. He said ...

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee For The Elimination Of Drug Abuse, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, on Monday, said the country would be finished if drug abuse is not comprehensively tackled. Marwa was speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily where he gave some insights into his committee’s report on drug abuse in the country. Marwa’s committee ...

  A Nigerian has been discharged by a court in Saudi Arabia after charges of drug trafficking levelled against him were dismissed. Ibrahim Ibrahim, a native of Zamfara state was arrested in Jedda in 2017 after authorities discovered illegal drugs in his bag allegedly trafficked to the kingdom. According to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, ...

NDLEA officials on duty   The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos State Command, on Thursday said that it arrested 411 illicit drug offenders in 2019 Its commander,  Mr Ralph Igwenagu, stated the figure  in a press statement he signed. Igwenagu, a Commander of Narcotic (CN), in the statement also said that the illicit drugs ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, arrested 102 suspected drug traffickers across the state with substances suspected to be cannabis sativa and psychotropic drugs in 2019. The state NAFDAC Commander, Mrs Sylvia Egwunwoke, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday, that the arrests were made between January and December ...