President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd) as the New Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Until his appointment as Marwa was the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Drug Abuse.…
*Truck crushes couple to death in Ogun (Guardian)*NDLEA impounds 3,413kg of drugs at Lagos airport (Independent)
Truck crushes couple to death in Ogun (Guardian) Two persons suspected to be husband and wife were on Tuesday crushed to death in an accident involving a Toyota Camry car, Sino truck and a motorcycle around Odogbara, few metres from…
Recruitment: NDLEA releases list of successful candidates
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has released the list of successful applicants in its ongoing recruitment exercise. NDLEA spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, announced this in a statement made available to the News…
Kill me instead of destroying my Indian hemp farm, suspect begs NDLEA
A suspected Indian hemp farmer, Clement Akor, has begged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to take his life instead of destroying his 10-hectare cannabis plantation. Akor, a 42-year-old father of six from Enabo village in the Ankpa Local Government…
*UNILAG alumnus accused of rape knows fate August 17 (Independent) *NDLEA files drug trafficking charge against 25-year-old man (Guardian)
UNILAG alumnus accused of rape knows fate August 17 (Independent) An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has fixed August 17 as judgment date in the case involving John Otema, an alumnus of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) accused…
*NDLEA dismantles first-ever hashish oil laboratory in Lagos (Nation) *Financial autonomy to legislature best Sallah gift – Obasa (Guardian)
NDLEA dismantles first-ever hashish oil laboratory in Lagos (Nation) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a clandestine laboratory for the production of hashish oil in Lagos. According to a statement by the Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs…
*Explosion averted as tankers collide, spills content on Otedola bridge (Guardian) *Curfew: Lagos police chief Odumosu shuts out journalists (Nation)
Explosion averted as tankers collide, spills content on Otedola bridge (Guardian) Another explosion was yesterday averted at the popular Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway when loaded tankers laden with kerosene and diesel had a head-on collision in-ward Berger and…
*Robbers steal taxi after giving driver drugged suya (Nation) *Task force demolishes illegal structures, others at Mile 2 (Guardian)
Robbers steal taxi after giving driver drugged suya (Nation) The police in Lagos are on the trail of two men who allegedly drugged a hailing service driver and made away with his Toyota Camry car. It was gathered that the…
*Father of four confesses using his Sienna bus for one chance operation (Vanguard) *How trigger-happy policeman killed Lagos resident – Baale (Punch)
Father of four confesses using his Sienna bus for one chance operation (Vanguard) A 50-year old, leader of a one chance robbery gang, Matthew Tokeme who is currently being investigated by the Lagos State Police Command has revealed that he…