Extortion as a Culture at Nigerian Airports

Security operatives at the nation’s airports have imbibed the extortion of passengers as a culture and this has grave implications. An  activist, Lanre David Lijadu recently wrote on his Facebook account what he went through on arrival and departure from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. He painted a sordid picture of how security operatives extort money from […]

NDLEA Arrests Two Suspects with Cocaine at MMIA

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an importer of electronics on his way to Hong Kong for ingesting cocaine. Another suspect who lives in Athens, Greece was also apprehended in connection with unlawful possession of wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine. The arrests were made at the Murtalla […]

NDLEA Intercepts 83.390 kg of ephedrine to South Africa

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd) said that the Agency’s counter-narcotic measures at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos had led to the interception of the largest quantity of ephedrine with a total weight of 83.390kgs. The ephedrine which was concealed in female […]

Nigeria’s Porous Airports

Despite the seemingly tight security at the nation’s airports, incidents of stowaways and other illegal infiltrations to supposedly secure areas of the airports are on the rise. The report last Wednesday of a dead body found in the wheel-well of Arik Air aircraft on arrival in Johannesburg at the South Africa Airways Technical maintenance at […]

NDLEA Arrests Passenger with Drugs Worth N14bn at Lagos Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, have intercepted methamphetamine worth N14 billion as the Agency seeks stiffer punishment for methamphetamine production and trafficking. The seized drug weighing 45kgs was  concealed inside foodstuff in a luggage meant for export to South Africa. The discovery was […]