The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command has seized tons of marijuana from smugglers and handed it over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NCS Controller in Ogun, Bamidele Makinde, handed over the seized drugs to the NDLEA Commander in Ogun, Ishaku Yusuf Kwajafa,...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari against the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit on Thursday after the counsel for the NDLEA, Joseph Sunday, prayed the court...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it has arrested a notorious queen of drug cartel, Lami Rigima, who is supplying psychoactive substances to traffickers in Taraba. In a statement, The NDLEA Spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said the anti-drug agency arrested...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made a haul of 1,399kg of drugs in Kaduna in March. It sealed a shop and four houses in the process. Commander of the NDLEA in the state, Mr Umar Adoro, gave the breakdown of drugs seized as 997.121kg of Indian...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – No fewer than 7 suspects have been arrested by operatives of The Ogun State Police Command following the discovery of a large expanse of land cultivated for planting Indian hemp. The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, Dsp Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja – No less than 9.5 million tablets of Tramadol and Exol 5 worth over N5 billion have been intercepted by The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in three states. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, said that...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, declined to grant the bail application of suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that the the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had placed sufficient evidence before the court to refuse the bail request. Justice Nwite also...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted substantial quantities of Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Cannabis sativa packaged for export to five countries. The countries are: Australia, China, Qatar, Ireland and Thailand through some courier companies in Lagos. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director, Media...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – The Adamawa State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with 1,000 sachets of Tramadol concealed in a Television and Sound speakers in Yola. The state police spokesman, ASP Sulaiman Nguroje, who confirmed the development to newsmen on Thursday in...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, AGF has granted a request by the NDLEA to seize the assets of embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. Malami approved the request by the NDLEA to confiscate assets belonging to Abba Kyari and his co-accused. According...
The Kaduna State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, said that it arrested a total of 111 drug traffickers between January and February 2022, in the state. Mr. Umar Adoro, the commander, Kaduna command, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- No fewer than four persons were killed on Tuesday’s attack on the facility of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state. It was learnt that the security agencies killed two of the gunmen, while others escaped with injuries at the incident that...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, threatened to strike out a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari against National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Justice Inyang Ekwo, gave the warning following the delay by Kyari’s lawyer, Cynthia Ikena, to serve NDLEA counsel, Joseph Sunday,...
A woman identified as wife of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, on Monday, fainted at the Federal High Court in Abuja. She slumped on the ground shortly after trial Justice Emeka Nwite deferred ruling on applications that DCP Kyari and six other persons facing drug...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed March 28 for ruling in a bail application filed by suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel to the prosecution and defence argued their applications for and against the bail plea. The News Agency...
A combined N4.2 billion has been traced to the separate accounts of suspended ‘super cop’ and disgraced former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari; and his deputy, ACP Sunday Ubua. The details are part of a report sent to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami,...
Suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his co-defendant, ACP Sunday Ubia, on Monday, asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to admit them to bail. Kyari and Ubia, through their lawyer, Mahmud Magaji, told Justice Emeka Nwite while arguing the bail application Magaji, who said the offences with which Kyari and...
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, (SAN) has described as false the media reports that his office had conclusively exonerated Abba Kyari. The clarification was made in a statement issued on Sunday by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a preacher and the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel, for carrying 54 sticks of drugs. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in the statement.on Sunday that the suspect was...
There are strong indications that the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, may be plotting to save a former Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, from facing criminal prosecution for alleged money laundering. Weeks after directing the police to probe him...