The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a drug trafficking syndicate attempting to smuggle cocaine to Malaysia, arresting an alleged mastermind identified as Nwabueze Felix Onyeka, a 45-year-old PhD student at the University of Putra, Malaysia. The suspect was arrested during a sting operation in Ekwusigo Local...
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In a massive blow to transnational drug trafficking networks, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has formally taken custody of a staggering 6,778.5 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis, recently intercepted during a joint examination of two containers by NDLEA operatives, men of the Nigeria Customs Service...
Lagos State Police Command has arrested five suspected members of the notorious Aye Confraternity during an intelligence-led operation along the Ago/Festac Bridge corridor, recovering a cache of weapons, suspected hard drugs, electronic devices and other incriminating items. According to the Command, the arrests were made during a routine stop-and-search...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed sympathy with residents of Lagos affected by the widespread flooding triggered by days of persistent rainfall across the state. In a message shared on his social media platform on Tuesday, Atiku said his thoughts were with families, commuters, motorists and business owners...
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, admitted in evidence more documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the alleged N1.4 billion petroleum subsidy fraud involving the Managing Director of Nadabo Energy Limited, Abubakar Ali...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, June 29, 2026, presented its third prosecution witness (PW3), Levi Amanda Opice, a Compliance Officer with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), in the ongoing trial of Ifoma Immanuel before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, over an...
Nigeria has increased its representation in the global rankings from 21 universities in 2024 and 2025 to 24 universities in 2026, making it the most represented country in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is as a result of the swift move of the Present Administration of Renewed Hope Agenda on the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 23 and Wednesday, 24 June, 2026 presented two prosecution witnesses, PW1, Babatunde Adebayo, and PW2, Paul Olufemi, in the trial of Ifoma Immanuel, who is facing charges an alleged $1.5 million fraud before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State...
United States (US) government has named a Nigerian businessman and three Nigeria-based companies among individuals and entities sanctioned for allegedly facilitating financial transactions linked to the terrorist group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The latest sanctions, announced by the U.S. Department of State, targeted a network of...
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has distanced itself from a document circulating on social media claiming to be an official public notice containing the names of candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Federal House of Representatives elections in Lagos State ahead of the 2027 General Election. In...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Friday, June 19, 2026, organised a specialised training programme on surveillance and intelligence gathering for its operatives as part of efforts to strengthen investigative capacity and enhance intelligence-led operations. The training, conducted in collaboration with the Department of...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A ‘, in collaboration with the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC), has recorded a breakthrough in the fight against wildlife trafficking with the seizure of 22 elephant tusks worth over...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has foiled an attempt to distribute expired pharmaceutical products into the Nigerian market illegally and intercepted a total of 1.8 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa in a series of intelligence-driven operations coordinated with sister security agencies. This was disclosed in a press release...
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has started a major review of telecom pricing rules, marking the first comprehensive assessment of the sector’s tariff framework in nearly eight years. The exercise, being carried out in partnership with KPMG, was launched at a Mobile Termination Rate stakeholders’ forum in Lagos on Tuesday....
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has criticised the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, arguing that the former Anambra State governor lacks the visionary leadership and enduring legacy associated with President Tinubu. In a post shared on Wednesday on X,...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Wednesday, June 10, 2026, again, arraigned a social media influencer and self-acclaimed relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, also known as Blessing CEO, over a fresh alleged N13,000,000 (Thirteen Million Naira) fraud before Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal...
Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the EFCC, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, again arraigned a social media influencer and self-acclaimed relationship therapist, Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, also known as Blessing CEO, for an alleged N69,150,000 (Sixty-Nine Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) fraud. She was arraigned before Justice R.A....
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said Nigeria’s ambition of building a one-trillion-dollar economy is driven by enterprise, investment and coordinated reforms across all levels of government. He particularly identified Lagos State as the clearest demonstration of how subnational leadership can accelerate national economic transformation. Speaking on Monday when he...
LAGOS, NIGERIA — The regulatory and digital infrastructure pillars of Nigeria’s telecommunications ecosystem, led by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Digital Realty, and IHS Nigeria, have rallied robust support for the upcoming 2026 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum (NDSF) on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and its prestigious industry awards. The...