The federal government yesterday launched harmonised departure and arrival cards at the Kaduna International Airport,as it begins the service of alternate airport to Abuja, which was shut down in the midnight of Wednesday. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Abdulrahman Danbazau, accompanied by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, explained that the harmonised departure/arrival […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has inaugurated its ANTI-CORRUPTION and TRANSPARENCY UNIT(ACTU). The eleven man committee which was sworn in on Thursday, March 2nd at an event in Lagos were charged to ensure the domestication of the key tenets of ICPC, which are transparency, accountability and good ethical practices at the Federal Airports Authority […]
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said they have discovered 6.158kg of heroin allegedly abandoned at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. The agency said in a statement that the consignment, which originated from Pakistan was left unclaimed on the conveyor belt at the arrival hall during the inward screening of […]
The Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized more drugs and won more convictions in 2016. The Agency seized a total of sixteen thousand, five hundred and seventy-one (16,571.289kgs) of narcotic drugs and successfully prosecuted two hundred and twelve (212) drug dealers last year while one hundred and forty […]
There have been many reports about drug trafficking from the nation’s airports, which occur on daily basis. But beyond the drugs being trafficked, it has become obvious that Nigeria is also a consuming nation of hard and illicit drugs. A visit to drug rehabilitation centres will show how many young Nigerians and others who are […]