The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives attached to courier companies in Lagos State have intercepted consignments of cocaine and methamphetamine. The Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said…
By Sodiq Adelakun The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully prevented members of transnational drug trafficking organizations from exporting methamphetamine and skunk through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and courier companies in Lagos. One individual, Ugwu Peter Tochukwu,…
By Sodiq Adelakun In a series of recent operations, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully intercepted drug shipments hidden in unexpected items. The agency’s efforts have resulted in the seizure of significant quantities of illegal substances and…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has arrested 21 persons including touts, illegal foreign exchange dealers, hawkers and scavengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Mr Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, made this…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA Lagos Command) said it issued 53,644 Visa on Arrival (VoA) to foreigners that passed through the terminal in 2022. This is because the command has added two additional VoA offices,…
The Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seized 23 packages of tramadol with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth N1.8 billion between January and March. At a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday, the Customs…
By Sodiq Adelakun The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 2.7kg of cannabis concealed in dried onions which was to be exported to Dubai through a postal firm. It also said no fewer than 1,205, 260 pills of…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Murtala Muhammed Airport Command (MMAC) has intercepted hard drugs, military and police hardwares at the cargo section of the domestic wing of the airport. The Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Sambo Dangaladima, said…
The domestic runway (18L/36R) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) in Lagos was reopened earlier today for flight services, four months after it was closed down by the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Recall the runway was earlier closed…
…As notorious drug kingpin bags seven years imprisonment Desperate attempts by the tramadol drug cartel to smuggle into Nigeria over Two Million Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand (2, 465, 000) tablets of the pharmaceutical opioid in 225mg and 250mg, weighing…
