A total of 17, 647 drug offenders and 10 barons have been arrested in the past 17 months, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday. NDLEA Chairman/Chief Executive, Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) stated this during a press conference in Abuja, saying that over 2,369 convicts were jailed with more than […]
Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled an attempt by drug traffickers to export parcels of methamphetamine, popularly called Mkpuru Mmiri. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this, yesterday, said the drugs, which were concealed in cornflakes packs and body cream containers, were to be exported to […]
An Abuja Federal High Court has on Tuesday sentenced two co-defendants in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over an alleged drug deal. The duo who are the 6th and 7th defendants, were sentenced to six years in imprisonment by the court. In the […]
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has asked that youth corps members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) undergo drug tests as they report for their mandatory one-year national service at various orientation camps across the country. He said that this is […]
Wanted drug kingpin behind the 2000.6kg Cannabis Sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on 2nd December 2021, Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru (a.k.a. Lawrence Ik Okamaru) has been arrested in Ondo State. His arrest comes after five months of manhunt by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Two suspects, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has arrested a wanted 59-year-old drug baroness, Bridget Oghenekevwe Emeka aka MAMA said to be the backbone of a major cartel distributing drugs in Delta and adjourning states. Her cover was broken on Sunday 15th May following her arrest by operatives, at her palatial mansion where she […]
Fresh bids by drug cartels to export Tramadol, Ecstasy MDMA, and Cannabis to Milan, Italy, and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The officials seized 203, 879 tablets of various pharmaceutical opioids and […]
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has asked Nigerians to prepare for the worst fuel crisis. To avoid this, the petrol marketers association asked the Federal Government to prevail on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority to pay its members their outstanding bridging claims amounting to over N500 billion. The IPMAN […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of psychoactive substances in Kaduna, Yobe and Plateau States. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said a drug dealer, Obinna Anene, a.k.a Young Alhaji, was arrested on May 6 at Buwaya […]
A widow, Jamila Abdullahi, 30-year-old, has been arrested by operatives of the police in Kano for dealing in illicit drugs. Jamila, a resident of Kwanar Ungogo Quarters, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State was arrested for the second time within a month. Confirming the development, the spokesperson of Kano Police Command, SP Abdullahi […]
