Herbal Tea Merchant Arrested Over Cocaine Shipments to Saudi Arabia

Herbal Tea Merchant Arrested Over Cocaine Shipments to Saudi Arabia

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 34-year-old convicted cocaine trafficker accused of masterminding illicit drug shipments to Saudi Arabia, while intercepting more than two million opioid pills and large consignments of cannabis, methamphetamine and other drugs in coordinated operations across nine states. According to a statement signed by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, the suspect, Dunu Bethel Ebubechukwu, was […]

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Wanted Soldier Arrested Over Alleged Supply of Military Gear to Terrorists

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja A soldier declared wanted by the Nigerian Army over his alleged involvement in the illegal supply of military accoutrements to terrorists and other criminal elements has been arrested by troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Maiduguri, Borno State. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Acting Military Information Officer of Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni, the soldier, Private Mohammed Yusuf of the Nigerian […]

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Marwa Visits Ogun Meth Lab Where NDLEA Seized N480bn Drugs, Arrested Mexicans

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohamed Buba Marwa, on Tuesday conducted an on-the-spot assessment of an industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory uncovered in a remote forest in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State. The laboratory was recently dismantled by NDLEA operatives, leading to the recovery of 2,419.48 kilograms of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of over […]

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Chinese Grandmother Arrested as NDLEA Recovers N2.1bn Opioids

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja A 63-year-old Chinese grandmother has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 31 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, into Nigeria. According to a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja, the suspect, identified as Ting Hung Kiong, a Chinese […]

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4 Terrorists Killed, Two Collaborators Arrested as Troops Intensify North-East Offensive

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja Four terrorists have been killed as troops of Operation HADIN KAI sustained intensified offensives across the North-East under Operation Desert Sanity V, while two suspected collaborators were arrested and another terror suspect surrendered to security forces. The successes were disclosed in a statement on Friday signed by Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI. He said the […]

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One Rescued, Seven Arrested After Gunmen Attack Bus on Ayere-Kabba Road in Kogi State

By Toffa Momoh LOKOJA— The Kogi State Police Command says it has rescued one victim and arrested seven suspects following a kidnapping incident along the Ayere–Kabba Road on April 13, 2026. Police said armed men attacked a Chisco Transport Company Toyota Hiace bus, registration number KJA 405 YJ, traveling from Lagos to Abuja at about 8:30 p.m. The attack occurred inward Kabba Local Government Area. A joint security response led […]

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FCT Minister Takes Action After Jikwoyi Building Collapse: Owner Arrested, Land Revoked

By Toffa Momoh | Abuja The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has ordered the arrest of the owner of a building which collapsed on Good Friday, April 3, at Jikwoyi area of the FCT, and directed the seizure of the land. Addressing journalists during an on-the-spot assessment of the wreckage on Tuesday, the Minister disclosed that the owner was already in the advanced stages of building […]

April 9, 2026 26

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Five arrested after stray bullet kills girl at wedding in Maiduguri

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja Five people have been arrested in north-east Nigeria after a young girl was killed by a stray bullet during a wedding celebration in Maiduguri, the military says. In a statement signed by Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, media information officer for Operation Hadin Kai, troops said the suspects were detained following an unauthorised discharge of firearms in the Ngomari area on 4 April. The military said the […]

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UK-bound 74-year-old arrested at Abuja airport with 11kg of cocaine

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja A 74-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested at Abuja’s international airport after authorities discovered 11 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage as he attempted to board a flight to the United Kingdom. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the suspect, identified as Ikwuakalom Nwakoro Emeka, was intercepted at the departure hall of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Saturday while trying to board […]

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