The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted the request of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to dismantle a clandestine laboratory allegedly used for the production of methamphetamine, a psychotropic substance similar to cocaine, heroine and LSD. Justice Musa Kakaki ordered the dismantling of the laboratory and destructi...
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed tomorrow, Friday July 24 to rule on an application by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seeking permission to destroy a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory uncovered in a remote forest in Ogun State. Justice Musa Kakaki fixed the date after a special court sitting held yesterday at [&...
•NDLEA vest and the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that the Federal Government is working to remove the option of fines for convicted drug traffickers, describing the provision as a loophole that weakens the fight against drug-related crimes. Speaking on Channels Television t...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dislodged a powerful drug cartel in Mushin, a suburb of Lagos. The Frontier exclusively reports that the sting operation was carried out by the Agency in the early morning hours of yesterday, Sunday, June 14, 2026. According to our source who lives in the neighborhood and preferred […...
Troops of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Malumfashi, in collaboration with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested seven suspected drug peddlers during a joint raid in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State. Security sources said the operation was conducted at about 5:00 p.m. on April 27 at Kw...
•Abba Kyari The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday screened a video evidence tendered by the Nigeria Police through Police officer Inspector El-John Nwoke, attached to the Force Headquarters, revealing how operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) allegedly helped drug traffickers at airports. The video evidence...
•Abba Kyari The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed that its substantive drug case against suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari is proceeding as planned. The case is scheduled for continuation before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, March 16, 2026, reports The Guardian. This...
•Impounded goods Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have uncovered a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Isiozi Obiato, Umuaka, in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. The agency said 18.4 kilograms of methamphetamine, large quantities of precursor chemicals and equipment used for the production of the illici...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an 80-year-old former convict, Jeremiah Isaiah Nkanta, in Mmanta-Abak, Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, with 5.7 kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement today. He said Nkanta had previously ...
•Suspended DCP Abba Kyari The Federal High Court in Abuja, today, fixed February 26, 2026, for judgment in a case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended Deputy Commisdioner of Police Abba Kyari. The NDLEA is prosecuting Kyari, the former head of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), and his two younger [...
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