By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA,) has intercepted three million capsules of opioids more dangerous and potent than tramadol at Jaelith Bonded Container Terminal under Tincan seaport in Apapa area of Lagos. In a statement issued on Friday, The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi,...
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No fewer than 20 lawyers have expressed desire to defend the suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Musa Shafiu, a legal practitioner, who disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday, on behalf of other lawyers, said the lawyers are ready to defend Kyari in a suit filed by the National Drug Law...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out the motion filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to further detain suspended DCP Abba Kyari and six others for 14 days. Justice Zainab Abubakar struck out the application after counsel to the NDLEC, S. S. Obot, informed...
Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered that embattled police cop, DCP Abba Kyari and six others be remanded in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) till March 14. Kyari was arraigned on Monday morning before Justice Emeka Nwite where he pleaded not guilty to charges...
Suspended police officer Abba Kyari on Monday pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges brought against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA had filed eight counts of hard drugs trafficking against Mr Kyari, who is also wanted in the United States for his relationship...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday arraigned suspended police officer Abba Kyari and six others over drug trafficking related offences. The NDLEA had filed eight counts of hard drugs trafficking against Mr Kyari, who is also wanted in the United States for his relationship with convicted...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 294,440 tablets of Tramadol, Diazepam, Swinol, Rohyphnol, and Exol-5, along with other illicit drugs in major operations. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday, in Abuja....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it has arrested no fewer than 41 suspects in Abuja and Kaduna State for drug related crimes. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja, said about 30...
The Federal Government will, on Monday, arraigned the suspended DCP Abba Kyari, on eight-count charge bordering on drug trafficking. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Kyari, alongside six others, will be arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal...
A Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant the bail application of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said the application had been overtaken by events following an order of a sister court, granting the National Drug Law...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it has seized at least 649,300 capsules of Tramadol, totalling 225 mg and 809,850 Euros in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who revealed this in a statement issued in Abuja, said the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a major drug kingpin and Ssx other suspects, recovering 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Saturday in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Operatives of the NDLEA came under attack on Saturday in the course of effecting the arrest of a suspected drug kingpin in the island of Lagos State. NDLEA’s spokesman Mr Femi Babafemi confirmed the attack in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday. “NDLEA...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, rejected the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)’s objection to take the bail application of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo declined to the objection after counsel for the agency, Mike Kassa, informed that the resplendent (NDLEA)...
Popular music artistes, Oniyide Azeez(Zinoleesky) and Mohbad (Ilerioluwa Oladimeji) have been arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Both artistes were busted in the early hours of Thursday in their home in Lekki area of Lagos state. According to eyewitness reports and video footage uploaded...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted the request by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) permission to further detain suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari for 14 days on allegations bordering on drug trafficking. The NDLEA, in an ex-parte application moved before Justice Zainab...
The suspended DCP, Abba Kyari, says the allegation linking him to an international drug cartel by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is untrue. Kyari disclosed this in an affidavit in support of his motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ANJ/CS/182/22 and filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant an application for bail filed by the suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who declined to grant the plea in a motion ex-parte brought by Kyari’s Lawyer, C. O. Ikena, ordered that the respondent, National Drug Law Enforcement...
Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, has dragged the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja challenging his continued detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari who is currently on suspension from the Nigerian Police Force is seeking an...
I must admit my inadequacy today right from the word go. I do not know the meaning of Kyari neither do I know what Hushpuppi means. At the sentimental level it means I want my readers to define and explain to themselves what the hell I am writing about...