Tag Archives: airport

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the man who had lived inside the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in France for years and inspired Steven Spielberg’s 2004 film “The Terminal”, has died at the same airport, according to reports.   Nasseri was pronounced dead by the airport medical team at Terminal 2F and had …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a businesswoman, Okefun Darlington Chisom over her links with two Pakistani nationals arrested with cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.   The Pakistanis, Asif Muhammed, 45 and Hussain Naveed, 57, were arrested with 8 kilograms of cocaine concealed in …

A Nigerian man identified as Obiefuna Tochukwu Kenneth has reportedly died after he slumped at an airport.    Details of the incident including name of the airport and country, are still sketchy at the time of filing this report.   However, one Chimuanya Desmond who confirmed the incident in a …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA attached to the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, have intercepted a consignment of different illicit drugs: Cannabis, Cocaine and Methamphetamine as well as Tramadol 225 mg and Rohyphnol.   Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos with 8 kilograms of cocaine concealed in a public address system while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Lahole, Pakistan via Doha.   Spokesperson of the …

Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA have intercepted cocaine packaged as tablets of bathing soap at Enugu airport.   27-year-old Madu Chukwuemeka Miracle pictured above, arrived at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu from Nairobi, Kenya via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday 26th Oct.   A statement …

LIB has received exclusive photos and video of singer Harrysong at the Airport Police Command in Lagos after his arrest this morning  We earlier reported that the singer was picked up immediately after landing in Nigeria following a petition sent to the IGP by music executive, Sososoberekon. Harrysong had in …

A Nigerian man has shared the story of how his friend escaped being kidnapped in Abuja.   In a Twitter thread, @iam_paulash said the kidnappers trailed his friend who drove to the airport to drop off his cousin. He said his friend was on his way home when the men who …

Lagos State government led by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced on Friday that it will commence the building of an airport in the Lekki area of the state next year. Quoting the Special Adviser to the governor on Public Private Partnerships, Ope George, Sanwo-Olu’s aide on New Media, Jubril Gawat, said …

Lagos government has unveiled its plan to construct a new airport in the Lekki-Epe axis of the state.   Jubril Gawat, senior special assistant (SSA) to the governor of Lagos state on new media, who quoted Ope George, special adviser to the governor on public private partnerships (PPPs), said the project will …