Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 63-year-old grandfather, Afolabi Abideen Kolawole, for allegedly shipping illicit substances to his daughter in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said Afolabi was behind an intercepted drug exhibit going to Dubai. Afolabi’s consignment had […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted over 2.3 million tablets of illicit drugs known as opioids and other psychoactive substances meant for distribution in seven northern states. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, identifying the states as Borno, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Zamfara, Gombe, and Nasarawa. […]
Chairman of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), on Thursday, said the anti-narcotics agency had arrested 18,940 drug traffickers in the last 18 months. Marwa who spoke in Abuja during a one-day drug awareness conference, 2022 titled, ‘Drug and Substance Abuse: The Effect on Mental Health and National Security’, […]
Anti-narcotic officers at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu have arrested a 50-year-old Mgbeobuna Victor Eberechukwu for ingesting 77 pellets of cocaine. NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday that Mgbeobuna was arrested on Saturday 6th Aug following his arrival from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia onboard an Ethiopian airline flight. The suspect […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered 442 parcels of Crystal Methamphetamine concealed in heads of fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) through the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. The 11.90kg consignment was brought to the SAHCO export […]
Rising debt has pushed Nigeria up the World Bank’s top 10 International Development Association borrowers’ list. The World Bank Fiscal Year 2021 audited financial statements, known as the IDA financial statement, showed that Nigeria was rated fifth on the list with $11.7bn IDA debt stock as of June 30, 2021. However, the newly released […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a trans-border drug dealer, Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong, with three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri, believed to have been imported from India. The consignment weighing 90kgs and loaded into a commercial bus with registration number RSH 691XC at Ojuelegba in […]
Authorities of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have destroyed about 120 tonnes of seized drugs in the Badagry area of Lagos State. NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brigadier General Buba Marwa, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing in Lagos, stating that the drugs are those seized in the Lagos zone within the […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered a laboratory used for the production of methamphetamine (Mkpurummiri) in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lagos. NDLEA officials were said to have busted the laboratory domiciled at K-5A/2, Road 14, VGC, on Saturday. The development was disclosed in an internal security incident memo signed by Yusuff […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 51 suspects in a raid at Sky restaurant in Nasarawa area of Kano State. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday in Abuja that the suspects, arrested on Friday 29th July, were caught with various quantities of cannabis and codeine-based […]
