By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MAJOR ANTI-narcotics action uncovered 70 parcels of cocaine ingeniously concealed inside cocoa butter body cream containers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) confirmed that the consignment, bound for London in th...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent STRONGER TIES against the global menace of illicit drug trafficking gained momentum as instruments of ratification were formally exchanged between the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Government of Qatar. The exchange was conducted by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s ANTI-narcotics agency said it has stepped up its clampdown on transnational drug networks with a string of coordinated raids that exposed two cocaine cartels behind six separate shipments bound for the United Kingdom (UK). At the weekend, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLE...
By Favour Olisah, JKNewsMedia Reporter TWO NIGERIANS who returned from Brazil have excreted 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine while in observatory custody after their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. One of the suspects, 46-year-old Ofoma S...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent DRUG ENFORCEMENT operatives intercepted two million two hundred and forty-eight thousand (2,248,000) pills of tramadol 200mg/225mg disguised as multi-vitamins at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. The consignment, with an estimated street value of Three Billion Nine...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A MAJOR international drug trafficking syndicate has been dismantled following a two-week intelligence-led operation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos, leading to the arrest of three cartel leaders and the seizure of a cocaine consignment valued at N5.3 ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A SEVENTY-five-old man, Uchelue Ikechukwu, was among six suspects arrested with illicit drugs in Anambra State as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intensified nationwide operations that also led to the destruction of 178,750 kilograms of cannabis on a 71.5-hectare farm in Taraba...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent CONVICTIONS OF two major drug traffickers have been secured by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as a Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced 37-year-old Ajetsibo Emami, known as “Warri Kinsman,” and 51-year-old Solomon Akpomuai to a combined 10 years imprisonment. Emami was appreh...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A THREE-year manhunt for 36-year-old drug kingpin Sunday Ibigide ended in Asaba, Delta State, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted him on Sunday 10th August 2025 with 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilogrammes. NDLEA stated that Ibigide had been decla...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter LONG WANTED founder and self-acclaimed general overseer of a religious body called “The Turn of Mercy Church”, a prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele, also known as Abbas Ajakaiye, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly masterminding multi...
