Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a pregnant woman, nursing mother, a 200-level university student and 26 others with 9,437.6 kilogrammes of Cannabis sativa and 138,053 tablets of pharmaceutical opioids, among other illicit drugs. The suspects were arrested during operations across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and 12 […]
…Secures conviction of a notorious drug kingpin Desperate attempts by the tramadol drug cartel to smuggle into Nigeria over Two Million Four Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand (2, 465, 000) tablets of the pharmaceutical opioid in 225mg and 250mg, weighing Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty-Six kilograms (2,356kgs) with an estimated street value of One […]
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved N580.5 million for the purchase of four armoured vehicles for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). According to Abubakar Malami, minister of justice, the decision to procure the armoured vehicles was taken to encourage and safeguard the lives of NDLEA operatives. Speaking with journalists at the […]
A 75-year-old grandpa, Usman Bokina Bajama (alias Clemen) tops the list of 22 suspects arrested in operations across seven states by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, during which One Million One Thousand Three Hundred and Eighty Seven (1,001,387) bottles/capsules of banned new psychoactive substance, Akuskura and tramadol as well as […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), over the agency’s recent “cocaine bust” in Lagos. Earlier on Monday, the agency had said its operatives, in what “appears to be the biggest singular cocaine seizure”, seized an estimated N194 billion worth of the illicit drug in […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized 1.8 tonnes of cocaine worth “N194 billion” in Lagos state. In a statement on Monday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s media director, said the drugs were seized from a warehouse in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. Babafemi, who described the development as one that “appears […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an ex-convict, Onyeka Charles Madukolu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos for importing 5.90 kilograms of cocaine concealed in cans of deodorants and ladies lip gloss into Nigeria. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Director, Media & […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), said it has never sold two buildings, in Adeniyi Jones Ikeja and Ikoyi areas of Lagos in 2021 or 2022. ”For clarity purposes, NDLEA did not auction any property in 2021 or 2022,” the agency said. The Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi in a […]
The Police have arrested a thirty-two-year-old man who farms plants suspected to be Cannabis Sativa in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A statement by the FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, says the suspect, Thaddeus Joseph, was arrested by a team of the Command attached to the Anti-Narcotics Section. According to her, […]
MINISTER of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Muhammad, Tuesday, said President Muhammadu Buhari is determined to tackle the rising menace of drug abuse prevalent amongst Nigerian youths. Mohammed who stated this in Asaba, Delta state during the opening ceremony of a two-day Annual Roundtable on Cultural Orientation, ARTCO, organised by the National Institute for Cultural […]
