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
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a fake soldier, police officer and a youth corps member among 663 drug traffickers and users during raids at notorious drug joints in Lagos, Abuja, Benue and other parts of the country. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday in Abuja that assorted
Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has assured the international community of Nigeria’s preparedness and determination to go after the assets of drug barons and traffickers in any part of the country. According to a statement on Tuesday by NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi,
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seized 794.5kg of hard drugs and arrested 107 suspects in Imo between January and September. Mr Nse Inam, NDLEA Commander in Imo told the News Agency of Nigeria in Owerri on Monday that it rehabilitated four drug addicts and counselled 73 users during the period. “Six drug addicts are
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says a group of drug cartels have abducted a retired NDLEA officer after officers arrested a 19-year-old female drug dealer, Mngunengen Achir, in Benue State. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in Abuja in a statement Sunday, said Achir was arrested with 5.5kg cannabis and 112grams of diazepam on October 6
Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says cannabis cannot be legalised in Nigeria because of its level of abuse. Marwa said this on Friday while presenting an address as a guest speaker at the 2021 Ulefunta annual public lecture. The event, which held in Ondo state, was organised by Aladetoyinbo