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Why Nigeria Must Punish Drug Pushers—Reps Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen
… says abuse is a menace to society
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said Nigeria must punish drug pushers to have a better society, saying the abuse is a menace to society.
“We must punish…
Drug Kingpin, Festus Ibewuike, Arrested Over Seized 49.70kg of Heroin
Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully secured the arrest and repatriation of Festus Ibewuike, alias Chidibest Ibewuike, a fugitive drug kingpin who had evaded arrest for over two years following the…
Court of Appeal Upholds Ex-NEXIM Bank MD, Orya’s 490 Years Jail Term for N2.4b Fraud
Justice Muhammed Danjuma of the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, affirmed the conviction and sentence of a former Managing Director of Nigeria Export Import Bank, NEXIM, Robert Orya by Justice F.E. Messiri of the…
NDLEA Nabs Businessman Over Cocaine Shipment to Saudi Arabia, Bursts Meth Cartels in Nine States
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have, in a coordinated sweep across the country arrested a convicted cocaine trafficker who disguised himself as a herbal tea merchant, intercepted a 20,000-litre fuel tanker…
NDLEA Boss Charges Investigators to Dismantle Financial Structures of Drug Cartels
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), has charged investigators and prosecutors of the Agency to intensify efforts at tracing, seizing and recovering the…
EFCC Recovers ₦1.233Trillion in 34 Months
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has broken its monetary asset recovery record in both national and foreign currencies in the 34 months of Ola Olukoyede’s leadership.
The disclosure was made on Monday, August 31, 2026…
ICPC Shares Experience with China , Seeks to Strengthen Anti-Corruption Policies
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, has said that Nigeria will continue to draw lessons from global best practices and comparative experiences…
Two Nigerians, Afeez Olawale, Adebola Adekunle, Extradited to U.S. for Alleged Child Exploitation,…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, facilitated the extradition of the duo of Mudashiru Afeez Ola wale and Adebola Festus Adekunle to the United States…
N4.4bn worth of Loud seized at Apapa, Lekki ports; recovers consignments of meth, skunk, opioids in…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recorded significant breakthroughs across the country's land and maritime borders, including the arrest of a 101-year-old great grandmother for dealing in illicit drug,…
Tinubu Suspends Three Permanent Secretaries as ICPC Uncovers Another Fake Agency in Abuja
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it has uncovered yet another “fake” federal government agency operating at the Federal Secretariat Complex, Abuja.
In a statement…