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5 things to know about Mallinson Ukatu, billionaire-linked to Abba Kyari

5 things to know about Mallinson Ukatu, billionaire-linked to Abba Kyari

Suspected billionaire drug baron behind the N3 billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. He was nabbed onboard a flight to Abuja at the MM2 terminal of […]

NDLEA destroys 17 suspected cannabis sativa farms in Edo in 3 months

NDLEA destroys 17 suspected cannabis sativa farms in Edo in 3 months

The Edo command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has destroyed 17 suspected cannabis sativa farms measuring over 15 hectares in the state. Mr Buba Wakawa, state Commander of the agency, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Benin, on Tuesday. Wakawa explained that the […]

NDLEA nabs GO of Anambra church with drugs at Lagos airport

NDLEA nabs GO of Anambra church with drugs at Lagos airport

By Kingsley Omonobi, Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his body. […]

NDLEA intercepts 3m opioid caps at Lagos terminal; 8, 613kg Loud at Eko beach

NDLEA intercepts 3m opioid caps at Lagos terminal; 8, 613kg Loud at Eko beach

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have 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. The seizure of 3,000,000 capsules of Tapentadol and Carisoprodol weighing 1,500 kilograms on Monday 7th March 2022, followed a similar […]

Abba Kyari faces dismissal by Police, trial by NDLEA

Abba Kyari faces dismissal by Police, trial by NDLEA

*Police move to dismiss Abba Kyari before extradition *Extradition to provide him opportunity to clear himself —Source *NDLEA files 8-count charge against him, 6 others By Kingsley Omonobi & Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Few days after the Federal Government approved the request by the United States for suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP […]

NDLEA: Beyond the Abba Kyari saga

NDLEA: Beyond the Abba Kyari saga

IF not for the recent operation carried out by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Nigerians would not have known that the police authorities had kept the otherwise suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, and Commander of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Abba Kyari, on active duty despite announcing his […]

NDLEA: Court rejects Abba Kyari’s plea for bail

NDLEA: Court rejects Abba Kyari’s plea for bail

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, declined to order the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to release the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is currently in its custody, on bail. However, the court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, […]

My ex-convict boyfriend lured me into hemp business — Suspect

My ex-convict boyfriend lured me into hemp business — Suspect

By Dayo Johnson & Peter Okutu A 31-year-old Senior Secondary School II dropout, Mary Donejay, has narrated how her ex-convict boyfriend, Henry Daniel, lured her into the Indian hemp business in Ondo State with a promise to finance their wedding with the proceeds. Both suspects were arrested alongside 11 others by operatives of the Nigerian Drug […]