Ms Khalifa, 39, denied the charges and her lawyer vowed to appeal the death sentence.
Dozens of students were trapped after a five-storey residential building collapsed into a university hostel in Delhi.
The NDLEA said it recovered 966,200 tablets of Tramadol 225mg worth over N1.1 billion, concealed in a 21-carton consignment from Pakistan, among others.
The agency said the arrest occurred weeks after it intercepted a 1.2kg cocaine consignment concealed in phone chargers and destined for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“The person ruling Nigeria today is doing what even military rulers did not do. Tinubu is doing what IBB, Abacha, Abdulsalam, and others combined didn’t do,” he said.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Chief Fire Officer, Alabi Muhammed, commended the firefighters for their prompt response.
The command noted that the suspects would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation.
The ADC released a list of the party’s 28 governorship candidates for the 2027 elections.
The command’s spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroje, said the victims were confirmed dead at the hospital.
