MMIA Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/mmia/ Reliable Platform for Press Release Syndication Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:18:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/prnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PRNigeria-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C23&ssl=1 MMIA Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/mmia/ 32 32 42672738 NDLEA Seizes N6.2bn ‘Jihadi Drug’, 3.9m Opioid Pills at Lagos Airport https://prnigeria.com/2026/08/30/ndlea-seizes-jihadi-drug/ Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:18:46 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=201472 NDLEA Seizes N6.2bn ‘Jihadi Drug’, 3.9m Opioid Pills at Lagos Airport The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of captagon, popularly known as “Jihadi drug”, and millions of opioid tablets with a combined street value exceeding N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The agency also arrested a suspected […]

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]]> 201472 PHOTO: NDLEA Arrests Chinese National, Seizes N2.1bn Worth of Opioids at Lagos Airport https://prnigeria.com/2026/05/24/ndlea-arrests-chinese-drugs/ Sun, 24 May 2026 17:08:01 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=190559 NDLEA Arrests Chinese National, Seizes N2.1bn Worth of Opioids at Lagos Airport Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 63-year-old Chinese national, Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of illicit drugs into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The agency also announced […]

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]]> 190559 NDLEA Nabs Saudi-Bound Drug Lord, Dismantles Synthetic Cannabis Laboratory in Lekki https://prnigeria.com/2025/11/09/ndlea-nabs-saudi-bound-drug/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:09:59 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=173428 NDLEA Nabs Saudi-Bound Drug Lord, Dismantles Synthetic Cannabis Laboratory in Lekki A major drug kingpin, 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) while attempting to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Umrah at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The arrest, which took […]

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]]> 173428 NDLEA nabs notorious drug baron for shipping cocaine to Qatar, Saudi Arabia https://prnigeria.com/2024/09/13/ndlea-nabs-notorious-drug/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:46:49 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=143954 NDLEA nabs notorious drug baron for shipping cocaine to Qatar, Saudi Arabia The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted drug baron, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after coming under its radar over his alleged role in four foiled attempts to export cocaine to Saudi Arabia and Qatar through […]

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]]> 143954 NDLEA Intercepts Colorado, Cannabis Consignments in Lagos, Arrests Suspects https://prnigeria.com/2022/12/26/ndlea-intercepts-colorado/ Mon, 26 Dec 2022 07:54:29 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=86506 NDLEA Intercepts Colorado, Cannabis Consignments in Lagos, Arrests Suspects Consignments of Colorado concealed in vehicles imported from Montreal, Canada and packs of cannabis juice flown in from South Africa, meant for distribution ahead of the Christmas festive season, have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Tincan seaport, […]

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]]> 86506 677 Drug Traffickers Jailed, 3,359 Arrested, 65,915.891kg Seized in Q1 https://prnigeria.com/2022/04/13/drug-traffickers-jailed/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 13:31:43 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=71389 677 Drug Traffickers Jailed, 3,359 Arrested, 65,915.891kg Seized in Q1 As the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, intensifies the war against illicit drug trafficking and abuse across Nigeria, no less than Six Hundred and Seventy Seven (677) traffickers have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms between January and March 2022, with a […]

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]]> 71389 NDLEA recovers 294,440 Tramadol tabs, others in Delta, Bauchi, MMIA https://prnigeria.com/2022/03/06/ndlea-recovers-tramadol/ Sun, 06 Mar 2022 17:45:49 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=70354 NDLEA recovers 294,440 Tramadol tabs, others in Delta, Bauchi, MMIA …. Arrests 41 suspects in Kaduna, Abuja raids; Seizes 38,862 cartridges in Anambra Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted no fewer than 294,440 tablets of Tramadol, Diazepam, Swinol, Rohyphnol and Exol-5 along with other illicit drugs in major operations in […]

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]]> 70354 NDLEA intercepts N8billion cocaine, arrests drug kingpin https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/23/ndlea-intercepts-n8billion-cocaine/ Sun, 23 May 2021 17:28:47 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=63436 NDLEA intercepts N8billion cocaine, arrests drug kingpin …. Seizes $24,500 offered as bribe to compromise investigation A Brazil based drug kingpin has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who also intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8billion at the Murtala Muhammed […]

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]]> 63436 NDLEA Nabs Lagos Politician with Cocaine Concealed in Slippers https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/12/ndlea-nabs-lagos-politician-cocaine/ Wed, 12 May 2021 16:06:49 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=63214 NDLEA Nabs Lagos Politician with Cocaine Concealed in Slippers A notorious drug baron and former vice chairman of Lagos Island East local council development area, LCDA, Asekun Kehinde Sakiru, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. Asekun has been on […]

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]]> 63214 Marwa Boosts NDLEA Officers’ morale with award, cash gift https://prnigeria.com/2021/03/15/marwa-boosts-ndlea-morale/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:38:52 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=62164 Marwa Boosts NDLEA Officers’ morale with award, cash gift Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Retd) has charged men and officers of the agency to intensify the fight against drug abuse and trafficking so as to rid the country of hard drugs. He applauded them for […]

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]]> 62164 VIDEO: How NDLEA Uncovered MultiMillion Naira Cocaine Neatly Concealed in Traveling Bag https://prnigeria.com/2021/02/04/video-ndlea-traveling-bag/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:22:21 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=61200 VIDEO: How NDLEA Uncovered MultiMillion Naira Cocaine Neatly Concealed in Traveling Bag Video: https://youtu.be/-tOgNow3RNI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, continues to put the heat on drug traffickers with the latest arrest of a businessman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and another man at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, with over […]

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]]> 61200 VIDEO: How NDLEA Detected T-Shirts Stuffed with Cocaine by Trafficker https://prnigeria.com/2021/02/02/video-ndlea-cocaine-trafficker/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:56:51 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=61148 VIDEO: How NDLEA Detected T-Shirts Stuffed with Cocaine by Trafficker Video: https://youtu.be/UhriJukXwGA Few days after at least three cocaine cartels were bursted at the Murtala Mohammed Internationl Airport, MMIA, Lagos, another trafficker, Ukaegbu Bright Onyekachi has been nabbed with 3.30 kilograms of the illicit drug. The suspect was arrested on Monday, February 1st, 2021 during […]

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]]> 61148 NDLEA Seizes Cocaine worth over N30b at Lagos Airport https://prnigeria.com/2021/01/30/ndlea-cocaine-lagos-airport/ Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:50:56 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=61084 NDLEA Seizes Cocaine worth over N30b at Lagos Airport Barely one week after the new Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa vowed to dismantle drug trafficking cartels across Nigeria, the agency has made huge seizures of cocaine and heroin, with street values worth over N30billion at the […]

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]]> 61084 NIS Automates Visa on Arrival, Temporary Work Permit (TWP) in Nigeria https://prnigeria.com/2020/09/03/nis-automates-visa-arrival-twp/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:09:42 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=49678 NIS Automates Visa on Arrival, Temporary Work Permit (TWP) in Nigeria NIS hosted over 100 business stakeholders in a virtual meeting where issues of travel concern during COVID-19, procedures for residency and entry of migrants affected by the suspension of International flights and Closure land borders were addressed. The Honourable Minister of Interior was represented […]

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]]> 49678 Tragedy Averted: Lagos Bound Foreign Airlines Diverted to Ghana Airport https://prnigeria.com/2020/02/12/lagos-foreign-airlines-ghana/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:10:23 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=29236 Tragedy Averted: Lagos Bound Foreign Airlines Diverted to Ghana Airport In spite of its avowed commitment to infrastructural development at the nation’s airports tragedy was averted as Lagos bound foreign flights were diverted to nearby Ghana Airport due to weather condition and poor instrument landing systems (ILS) at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA). PRNigeria confirms […]

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