• * As Agency Arrests 70-year-old Grandpa, Nigerien, 3 Others In Ekiti Forest, FCT, Nasarawa, Katsina Raids

By Mercy Okoro (Crime/Narcotics Reporter)

Large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis worth over Two Billion One Hundred and Eighty-Five Million Naira (N2,185,000,000.00) in street value have been intercepted at the Port Harcourt seaports, Onne and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

• * Marwa Commends Personnel, Grants Him Special Promotion

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has approved special promotion for an officer of the Agency, Francis Ameh Igonoh, a Superintendent of Narcotics, after he emerged the 2024 winner of the prestigious International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) Outstanding Operational Success Award.

• * As NDLEA Busts Drug Trafficking Syndicate At Lagos Airport, Arrests 4, Seizes 15.6kg Meth, Loud; Intercepts Cocaine Consignment In Paint Buckets Going To UK; Nabs Physically Challenged d Dealer In Edo State

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old Paris, France-bound businessman, Emmanuel Okechuku Orjinze for ingesting 111 wraps of cocaine, which he excreted after days of observation in the agencys custody following his arrest at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja.

By Nnanna Kalu Abia (State Correspondent, in Umuahia)

The Abia State Police Command has asked the general public to disregard what it described as a misleading report in some Online news portals alleging that gunmen, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, abducted an Archbishop of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Uka Uka Osim, in Abia State.

• * Intercepts 4,752kg Cannabis Concealed In Gas Tanker In Abuja; Nabs Ex-convict With Assorted Illicit Drugs In Osun

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have smashed an international drug syndicate with networks in parts of Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand.

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief Noemrth Central, in Minna)

Gbeganu community, in Chanchaga Local Government Area (LGA), Niger state has raised alarm over incessant attacks, leading to loss of properties to criminals in the area.

• * As NDLEA Recovers 900,000 Opioid Pills, 1,347.4kg Cannabis In Kano, Kogi, Imo, Edo, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti Raids.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2million counterfeit cash owned by three suspects: eight-month pregnant Favour Peter, 24; Esther Adukwu, 27, and Ochigbo Michael, 39, who were arrested at Jabi park in Abuja in a follow up operation on Tuesday 9th April following the seizure of the fake naira notes in Lokoja, Kogi state.

• * Says Indigenous Ethnic Nationalities Should Define Their Friends, Enemies; Should Renegotiate Nigeria
• Seek Ban On Nomadic Cattle Rearing; Demand New Constitution; Ask Tinubu To Appoint Special Investigator To Probe Killings

By Our Reporter

A coalition of statesmen in Nigeria under the aegis of National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) on Thursday blamed foreign invaders masquerading as religious extremists for the spate of killings and blooshed in the country.

• * Appeals For Responsible Indulgence During The Festival

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Department of State Services (DSS) celebrate the Eid-El-Fitr festival with the Muslim Ummah.

• Choked By Ingested Drugs
• Charms Fail Two Frug Mules At Lagos Airport As NDLEA Intercepts Their Consignment Concealed In False Bottoms of Bags, Arrests Both; Seizes 2,144 Parcels of Imported Colorado At Tincan Port

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine.

• * Urges Citizens To Refrain From Acts of Violence, Indulgence In Narcotic Substances And Excessive Alcoholism, Bigotry And Other Social Vices

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Director General, Management and Staff of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday, felicitate the Christian faithful on the celebration of Easter.

• * NUJ Kicks, Demands Release of Abducted Editor of FirstNews

• Other Media Bodies, News Organisations, Eminent Journalists Urged To Put Pressure On Abductors

• Olatunji's Wife, Children, Other Family Members Plead For The Intervention of President Bola Tinubu

By Chinwendu Agoha (Media, Society & Governance Reporter)

Barely one week after the editor of First News Online Newspaper, Mr Segun Olatunji, was abducted in Lagos, the authorities of the Nigerian Police Force has ordered an immediate investigation to unravel the whereabout of the missing journalist.