A Nigerian woman based in Brazil, Mrs. Anita Ugochinyere Ogbonna, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with 100 pellets of cocaine concealed in her private part and handbag. The agency said the mother of three was arrested on Friday night on arrival […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted the public on the activities of scammers taking advantage of the employment screening exercise conducted by the agency. Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said that fraudster are demanding for payment from the shortlisted candidates. […]
The Authorities of the Abia State University Uturu ABSU, have confirmed the death of a 400-level Optometry student of the university who jumped down from a three-storey building after allegedly smoking drug. The incident reportedly happened on Saturday at the deceased lodge called Favour lodge located off the campus. According to reports, the deceased student […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says the danger posed by illicit drugs is worse than the impact of insurgency, banditry and other threats to the nation’s stability. The president stated this on Saturday during the launch of War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), an initiative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), to commemorate the United Nations […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has seized 646.23 kilograms of hard drugs and arrested 60 drug suspects in Imo State between January and June 2021. The seized drugs are Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and tramadol while the suspects arrested were between the ages of 17 and 60 years. Briefing […]
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa has urged parents to ensure that their sons or daughter in-law passed through a drug test before allowing wedding to hold. Through this, the NDLEA boss said the meance of drugs in the society can be curtailed. Brig. Gen. […]
One Udogwu Johnson, a passenger on Qatar Airways flight from GRU in Brazil, was on Friday arrested at the ‘D’ arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with nine wraps of cocaine weighing 300 grams in his pants. Also, an Uber driver and two other suspected traffickers have been arrested by operatives of […]
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, has warned against attempt to legalise cannabis in Nigeria. In a statement signed by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, Marwa said this at a national security summit organised by the House of Representatives on Wednesday in Abuja. He […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has nabbed ex-Lagos council boss and drug baron, Asekun Kehinde, recovering one kilogramme of cocaine and N145 million in the process. Asekun, a former vice-chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area, was nabbed by operatives of the NDLEA at Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos last Friday while […]
An 80-year-old woman, Mrs Mary Adebayo, her 19-year-old granddaughter, Funmilola Adebayo and two other ladies have been arrested in Akure, Ondo State by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for allegedly selling assorted illicit drugs including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, tramadol, swinol and skuchies. They were apprehended following intelligence-based raids and follow up […]
