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Brazil Returnee Nabbed with 60 Wraps of Cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil returnee, Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 60 big wraps of cocaine. The suspect who was arrested during inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa,…
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NAF Thwarts MMIA Cable Theft, Apprehends Suspect
Nigeria Air Force officials have arrested one suspected armoured cable thief at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, in Lagos. The suspect, according to a statement on Friday by the Director Public Affairs & Consumer Protection of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, and two others were sighted digging FAAN underground armored…
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First Batch of Osun Hajj Pilgrims Arrives Lagos
By Folake Oye 387 Osun hajj pilgrims have successfully landed in Lagos. The Secretary of the Board, Mr Bolaji Sanni made this known in a statement issued to newsmen on behalf of the Amir Hajj, Sheik Moruf Ishola. Sheik Ishola also disclosed that the second batch of 385 contingents has already departed the kingdom of Saudi…
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NDLEA Nabs Man with 5000 Tablets of Tramadol at Lagos Airport
A 53-year-old man with a disability, Ehiarimwiam Osaromo Emmanuel, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the departure hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos for drug trafficking. Ehiarimwiam was arrested on Sunday 28th August on his way to Italy, via Doha on a Qatar Airways…
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Murtala Muhammed International Airport Commences Operations
The Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos has commenced operations as passengers await boarding for the first flight. The first commercial scheduled flight Middle East Airline, MEA, touched down at the Lagos airport at 1.20 pm local time from Beirut and was ceremonially welcomed with a water cannon demonstration by the men of the Federal…
