Pretty Mike Granted N50m Bail Over Alleged Drug-Related Offences.

Popular Lagos socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Nwalie, popularly known as Pretty Mike, has been granted N50 million bail by the Federal High Court in Lagos after being arraigned on alleged drug-related offences.

Nwalie, who owns Proxy Lagos Night Club, was arraigned alongside the club’s supervisor, Joachim Hillary (32), by the Federal Government through the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). They were charged with conspiracy, unlawful possession, and allowing the nightclub premises to be used for illegal drug activities.

According to NDLEA prosecutor Buhari Abdullahi, the alleged offences occurred on October 26, 2025, at the club located at No. 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. The agency claimed the duo conspired to organize a drug party at the venue.

During a follow-up raid, officers reportedly recovered 200 grams of Cannabis Sativa and 177 cylinders of Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas), weighing 364.662 kg. Hillary was further accused of possessing 200 grams of Cannabis Sativa on October 25, 2025.

Pretty Mike, 45, was accused of permitting his premises to be used for drug-related activities, contrary to Sections 14(b) and 20(1)(c) of the NDLEA Act.

Both defendants pleaded not guilty.

Defence counsel, Dr. B.S. Awosika (SAN), urged the court to grant bail on liberal terms, arguing that the men had no prior cr+minal record and would appear for trial. The prosecution opposed the application, saying the defendants had not provided enough supporting facts.

In his ruling, Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa held that the prosecution failed to show sufficient grounds to deny bail, noting that the defendants remain presumed innocent. He granted each N50 million bail with two sureties in the same sum and ordered the sureties to swear to an affidavit of means. The defendants were released to their counsel pending completion of their bail conditions.

The case was adjourned to January 14, 2026, for trial.

Court Orders Interim Forfeiture of Pretty Mike’s Nightclub Over Drug Allegations.

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of a property belonging to popular socialite and entertainer, Mike Nwalie, popularly known as Pretty Mike, over allegations that the premises were being used for drug storage and distribution.

Justice Musa Kakaki granted the order on Tuesday after hearing an ex parte motion filed by counsel to the National Dr¥g Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr. Buhari Abdulahi.

The property, located at No. 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, and operating as Proxy Lagos Night Club, was allegedly used as a storage and distribution centre for 169 cylinders (384.662 kilograms) of nitrous oxide, popularly called laughing gas, and 200 grams of cannabis sativa.

According to the NDLEA, the nightclub is jointly owned by Pretty Mike and one Joachim Hillary, who allegedly used the premises as a base to prepare for a “large-scale drug party.”

In an affidavit deposed to by Deputy Commander of Narcotics, Nasiru Garba Bungudu, the NDLEA said it received credible intelligence in October about preparations for a major drug event at the club. Acting on the tip-off, operatives from the Lagos Strategic Command stormed the venue around midnight on October 26, 2025, recovering the substances and arresting over 200 persons, including the two respondents.

Laboratory tests later confirmed that the seized materials were controlled drugs. The agency also alleged that the club had a record of similar drug-related activities carried out with the knowledge and consent of its owners.

After reviewing the evidence, Justice Kakaki granted the NDLEA’s application, ordering the interim forfeiture of the nightclub to the Federal Government and directing that all operations at the venue remain suspended.

The matter was adjourned to January 28, 2026, for further hearing.

NDLEA arrests Pretty Mike, others during drug party in Lagos.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the early hours of Sunday 26th October, 2025, raided Proxy Night club at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, where a drug party was going on.

Over 100 suspects including the owner of the club, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike, were arrested and taken into custody for screening.

Cartons of illicit substances including Loud, and laughing gas, were recovered from suspects at the party and the club’s store.

A statement released by the NDLEA said the raid followed intelligence about the drug party.

NDLEA operatives who were embedded in the party between 11:00 pm on Saturday 25th October however disrupted the gathering at 3:00 am on Sunday 26th October based on Standard Operating Procedures, SOPs.

A total of 70 parcels of cocaine factory packed in walls of cocoa butter formula body cream containers heading to London, United Kingdom have been uncovered at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with three suspects arrested in series of follow-up operations across Lagos.

The cocaine consignments weighing 3.60 kilograms were discovered on 14th October 2025 during examination of cargoes packaged as personal effects going to London, UK on an Air Peace flight.

A cargo agent Lawal Mustapha Olakunle who presented the consignment for airfreight was promptly arrested while investigations stretching into two weeks led to the arrest of two principal suspects linked to the attempt to export the concealed Class A drug to the UK.

Lagos socialite, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, alias Pretty Mike, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) during a raid on a night club in the Victoria Island area of the state.