Monday, July 20, 2026

Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA)

January 8, 2023

NDLEA intercepts illicit drugs consignment, arrests freight agent

Mr Babafemi said NDLEA operatives also foiled attempts to export drugs to the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
January 1, 2023

Man from Brazil caught with cocaine in candies on Christmas Day

Mr Babafemi said that the suspect who arrived via Doha on Qatar Airways was intercepted following credible intelligence.

NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi
November 20, 2022

NDLEA intercepts cocaine export to Saudi Arabia, arrests widow

The 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Kehinde Ajisegiri, was arrested over her attempt to traffic 400 grams of cocaine concealed in her footwear to Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

NDLEA
November 13, 2022

Tramadol consignment from Pakistan intercepted at Lagos airport: NDLEA

Mr Babafemi said the seized drugs were with a gross weight of 304.90 kilogrammes and were recovered after a joint examination by stakeholders on Friday, November 11.

Tramadol used to illustrate the story
November 6, 2022

NDLEA arrests two Pakistani businessmen for cocaine, skunk trafficking

Mr Babafemi said the drugs were concealed in a public address system which the suspects attempted to travel with aboard a Qatar Airways flight to Lahole, Pakistan, via Doha.

NDLEA Officers
October 27, 2022

Buhari regime reveals preferred bidders for airports concession

President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has announced its preferred and reserve bidders for Nigerian airports concession.

Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport,
October 9, 2022

Drug cartel’s plot to import 2.4 million tablets of opioids foiled by NDLEA

The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday in Abuja that the drug weighing 2,3356kg, has an estimated street value of N1.04 billion.

NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi
July 20, 2022

262 Oyo pilgrims return from Hajj

Mr Olatubosun said that the remaining batches of pilgrims from the state were expected to return to the country soonest.

Nigerian Hajj pilgrims in Medinah
May 21, 2022

NCAA, police investigate mangled corpse seen on Lagos airport runway

The unidentified body is rumoured to be a hoodlum who usually jumped through the airport fence.

Murtala Muh'd Int'l Airport.
April 14, 2022

Weapons intercepted at Lagos airport

“The suspected passenger had earlier been accused by Nigeria Immigration Service of illegally being in possession of two passports.”

Murtala Muh'd Int'l Airport