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Jan

2026

LSSTF Strengthens Airport Security with Patrol Vehicle Donation to NDLEA

NATIONAL NEWS#AirportSecurity, #Antidrugcampaign, #BorderSecurity, #CrimePrevention, #DrugControl, #DrugTrafficking, #LSSTF, #NationalSecurity, #NDLEA

LSSTF Strengthens Airport Security with Patrol Vehicle Donation to NDLEA "Lagos State Security Trust Fund donates an operational vehicle to NDLEA Airport Command, boosting efforts to combat drug trafficking and enhance airport security in Lagos." The Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) has reinforced Nigeria’s fight against drug trafficking with the donation of an operational vehicle to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Airport Command, a move aimed at strengthening security at the nation’s major air gateways. The intervention forms part of LSSTF’s sustained support for security and law enforcement agencies operating across Lagos State, particularly those at the…

Jan

2026

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NDLEA Nabs Notorious ‘Kanmo-Kanmo’ After 12 Years on the Run Over Killing of three Officers

CRIME#CannabisSeizure, #DrugWarNigeria #CrimeNews, #KanmoKanmo, #LawEnforcement, #NDLEA, #OgunStateNews, #Securitynews

NDLEA Nabs Notorious ‘Kanmo-Kanmo’ After 12 Years on the Run Over Killing of Three Officers The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a long-wanted drug trafficking kingpin popularly known as “Kanmo-Kanmo”, 12 years after his alleged involvement in the killing of three NDLEA officers. The suspect, Lekan Jimoh, was apprehended on Friday, January 16, 2026, in Owode, Ogun State, following a covert, intelligence-driven operation by NDLEA tactical teams. Confirming the arrest in a statement on Sunday, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said operatives recovered 69 kilograms of skunk, a potent strain of cannabis, from…

Dec

2025

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Court Fixes February 2026 for Judgment in Abba Kyari’s Money Laundering, NDLEA Asset Forfeiture Case

NATIONAL NEWS#AbbaKyari, #AbujaCourt, #AssetDeclaration, #CourtJudgmentNigeria, #DrugEnforcementNigeria, #FederalHighCourt, #MoneyLaunderingCase, #NDLEA, #NigeriaCrimeNews, #PoliceCorruption

Court Fixes February 2026 for Judgment in Abba Kyari’s Money Laundering, NDLEA Asset Forfeiture Case Judgment Set for Feb 26, 2026 as Court Hears Final Arguments in NDLEA’s Asset Forfeiture Case Against Abba Kyari. "The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed February 26, 2026, for judgment in the NDLEA’s asset forfeiture and money laundering case against suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his brothers". The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed February 26, 2026, for judgment in the case instituted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former head of the…

Oct

2025

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NDLEA Arrests man at Kano Airport with 127 Wraps of Cocaine in private part, stomach

CRIME#Cocaine, #EjioforGodwinEmeka, #NationalDrugLawEnforcementAgency, #NDLEA

NDLEA Arrests man at Kano Airport with 127 Wraps of Cocaine in private part, stomach Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 52-year-old businessman, Ejiofor Godwin Emeka, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 127 wraps of cocaine into Nigeria. Ejiofor, who reportedly owns and operates boutiques in Lagos and Onitsha, Anambra State, was intercepted on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, upon arrival from Bangkok, Thailand, aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight (ET 941). According to a statement released on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy,…

Jul

2025

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Senate approves N200m compensation for Family of 2 year old killed by stray bullet fired by NDLEA official in Delta

NATIONAL NEWS#Compensation, #IGPKayodeAdeoluEgbetokun, #IvanOnoseOmhonrina, #NationalDrugLawEnforcementAgency, #NDLEA, #SenateCommitteeonEthics, #SenatorNedaImaseun, #Straybullet

Senate approves N200m compensation for Family of 2 year old killed by stray bullet fired by NDLEA official in Delta The sum of N200 million has been approved for the family of the 2-years-old baby, Ivan Onose Omhonrina, who was accidentally shot de@d during a raid on a notorious drug joint by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Delta State on July 13, 2023. The Senate gave the approval during the plenary today, when the matter came up following a petition submitted by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Senator Neda Imaseun. Part of…

Jul

2024

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Breaking: SGF, Sen Akuma congratulates Ebonyi born Kosi Collette Oko for winning NDLEA essay competition

Education, NATIONAL NEWS#Essaycompetition, #NDLEA

…She deserves the best, SGF, Sen. Akuma…We are proud of her, NDLEA boss, Gen Umar The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen George Akume has congratulated Ms Colette Mary Kosi Oko for emerging 3rd position in the essay competition organised by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The essay competition, which is an annual event organised by the drug enforcement agency, seeks to encourage reading and writing culture among secondary school students, had contestants drawn from the 36 states of the federation including the FCT. With the topic, "The influence of Social Media In Promoting Drug Abuse…

Jul

2023

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UPDATE ON NDLEA: Stray Bullet Kills 2-year-old Boy In Delta

CRIME, METRO#Bullet, #DeltaState, #NDLEA, death

UPDATE: [NDLEA]: Stray Bullet Kills 2-year-old Boy In Delta A 2-year-old boy identified as IvanOnoseriegba, was struck by a stray bullet from operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Delta State Command while chasing suspected drug peddlers along Okpanam Road, Oshimili north local government area of the State. It was gathered that the NDLEA personnel shot sporadically into the air on Thursday July 13th 2023, when the stray bullet hit Ivan who was with his younger brother in his mother's shop on Edoz Plaza, close the Sweet Spirit hotel. The younger brother, Erhumossele, was equally wounded in one…

May

2023

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NDLEA seizes 8,852kg illicit drugs consignment in Lagos, after gun duel • Intercepts 1,080 litres of NPS in Ogun, Adamawa others

CRIME#CrystalMeth, #Methamphetamine, #NDLEA

NDLEA seizes 8,852kg illicit drugs consignment in Lagos, after gun duel • Intercepts 1,080 litres of NPS in Ogun, Adamawa, others Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilograms (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis, at the Eleko beach road in Lekki area of Lagos after a 30-minute gun fight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in two long trucks, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report. Acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives had laid ambush for the traffickers along the…

Oct

2022

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Nigeria, Not Dumping Ground For Loud, Commandant Eweka Tells Ghana …As NSCDC Lagos Intercepts 101 bags of cannabis worth N65m

CRIME#CannabisSativa, #DrugAddiction, #IllicitDrugs, #NAOSNP, #NDLEA, NSCDC

Nigeria, Not Dumping Ground For Loud, Commandant Eweka Tells Ghana ...As NSCDC Lagos Intercepts 101 bags of cannabis worth N65m Commandant Eweka has warned Ghana not to make Nigeria dumping ground for ‘loud’. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) today paraded 101 bags of cannabis sativa in the high seas of Lagos enroute Benin republic. National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP gathered that the five suspects dived into the sea and eloped upon sighting the NSCDC officials whom they regarded as ‘uncompromising’. The illicit drug intercepted was said to originate from Ghana. It is…

Oct

2022

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NDLEA Apprehends 179.102 kilogrammes of Crystal Meth (Mkpuri mmiri), Tramadol, Other Drugs

CRIME#CrystalMeth, #MkpuruMiri, #NDLEA, #Tramadol

NDLEA Apprehends 179.102 kilogrammes of Crystal Meth (Mkpuri mmiri), Tramadol, Other Drugs The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ebonyi Command on Wednesday, said it assimilated 179.102 kilogrammes of different illicit drugs between January and September 2022 in the state. The state Commander, Mr Iyke Uche told journalists in Abakaliki that seizures were made in various locations, including rural communities. Uche explained that the confesticated drugs include: cannabis sativa, tramadol, Flunitrazepam, Tramadol, Methamphetamine, popularly known as "Mkpurummiri, and other illicit substances. He said that the total of convicted persons were 27 in the period under review. The Commander decried the…