By Ibe Pascal A criminologist and member of the Center For Innovative And Pragmatic Development Initiative, CiPDI, Chinenye Nwadike Fasugba has highlighted the recommendations on the roles of civil societies in the implementation of drugs policies. Fasugba spoke on Tuesday during the United Nations partnership forum side effect organized by the United Nations Office on […]
A 20ft laden container has fallen on a commercial bus in the Ojuelegba area of Lagos State, crushing nine passengers to death. Investigations reveal that the commercial bus was picking up passengers at the bus stop along the Ojuelegba Bridge when the truck lost control and fell over the side of the bridge. Early […]
Buba Marwa, the chairperson of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says the agency secured its highest number of convictions within one year in 2022. He said this on Wednesday at a media briefing to mark his second anniversary in office. He warned that unrepentant drug barons and cartels will face tougher times […]
Drugs intercepted by NDLEA operatives NDLEA has intercepted 3,975kg of skunk and 58,200 tramadol pills in four states and arrested 11 suspects in connection with the seizure. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the arrest of 11 suspects in interdiction operations led to the seizure of almost four tons of […]
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has disclosed that the Agency has in 22 months seized over One Hundred Million pills of pharmaceutical opioid, Tramadol that could have impacted negatively on the youth population and national productivity in Nigeria. He stated this on […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 60-year-old grandmother and a pregnant woman among those busted during interdiction operations. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi said, “During theoperstions 5,527.15 kilograms of methamphetamine and cannabis sativa, as well as 132,090 tablets of tramadol and 2,000 bottles of codeine were seized […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has declared an Abuja drug lord, Ibrahim Momoh, popular as ‘Ibrahim Bendel’ wanted. Operatives of the NDLEA had stormed the warehouse of the notorious drug lord and ex-convict, where 81 jumbo bags of cannabis weighed 1,278kgs. The drug lord had escaped from prison custody to return to […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Mrs. Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos for attempting to traffic 400grams of cocaine concealed in her footwear to Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The suspect, who claims to be a businesswoman trading […]
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ekiti State Command, has arrested eight suspects and recovered 1,465 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa at Ire-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The NDLEA arrested the suspects during a raid on the farm located in Oye Local Government Area of the state. The Deputy Commandant, Narcotic Operations, Mohammed Ibrahim, led the […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has informed of how it uncovered plans by some drug cartels to introduce fentanyl into the Nigerian market. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, who made this known on Tuesday, described the illicit drug as 100 times stronger than tramadol. He said the drug, with misleading labels, can […]
