Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says inadequate funding is affecting the operations of the agency. Speaking on Wednesday when he appeared before the house of representatives committee on drugs and narcotics, Marwa said personnel of the agency are “tempted” to collect bribes from drugs barons due to inadequate funding […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled the desperate efforts by drug cartels to export cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and cannabis to London, United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. A statement by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy said narcotic officers of the Agency on Thursday, October28, during […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says “cabals” at the Nigerian ports are behind the influx of fake and substandard drugs into the country. Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general of NAFDAC, spoke on Thursday when she appeared before the house of representatives committee on healthcare services. Adeyeye said the cabal was formed […]
NDLEA Considers Six Standard Rehab Centres To Tackle Drug AddictionThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) will establish six standard rehabilitation centres as part of efforts to address the high number of persons suffering from drug addiction in the country, Mr Buba Marwa said on Wednesday. Marwa, a retired brigadier general and Chairman/Chief Executive of […]
Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has charged officers of the agency to go all out and root out drug barons and cartels from their hideouts across the country. Marwa gave the directive on Monday at the special operations training graduation ceremony for 143 officers of the strike force corps […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted over 2,060 kilograms of assorted drugs. The drugs which include heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, tramadol and Rohypnol were seized in operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos as well as Ondo, Edo, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau and some courier companies. In a statement on […]
NDLEA Commander in Imo, Mr Nse Inam (middle) and some of the decorated officers in Owerri on Friday. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has decorated 68 promoted officers in Imo. NDLEA Commander in Imo, Mr Nse Inam, an Assistant Commander-General of Narcotics, decorated the officers at a brief ceremony in Owerri on Friday. […]
A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has commissioned Amana Sanatorium, a drug rehabilitation clinic in Kano to commemorate his 65th birthday anniversary celebration. The multi-purpose centre, located at Jido village on the outskirt of Kano Municipality along Kano-Wudil Federal Highway, has a depression management section and a reformatory centre. Speaking at […]
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), Thursday, said that the agency was proposing an amendment to the NDLEA Act to specify a maximum penalty of life jail for drug offenders in the country. Gen. Marwa stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the […]
Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says public office holders should be made to undergo an integrity drug test. Speaking with NAN on Monday, Marwa said the idea behind the call for the test “is to reduce the prevalence of drug abuse” in the country. He called on state governments […]
