The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 9.30 kilograms of cociane worth over N2.7 billion at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said a 32-year-old drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, was arrested with the consignment. Babafemi said the […]
The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa, has said that 15 million Nigerians indulge in the consumption of illicit drugs. Marwa disclosed this in an interactive session with Local Government Chairmen in Plateau on Wednesday in Jos. He decried the surge in the distribution and consumption […]
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), said in Jos on Tuesday that the agency intercepted 2.3 million kilograms of illicit drugs in the last 10 months. Marwa told Plateau’s Gov. Simon Lalong whom he visited that the drugs seized were worth N120 billion. The NDLEA boss also said […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted fresh consignments of cocaine and heroin weighing 16.85 kilograms and worth more than N4.9 billion in street value. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi stated that NDLEA operatives intercepted the consignments […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it frustrated drug traffickers’ desperate attempts to export large kilogrammes of Cocaine, Methamphetamine and Cannabis in three different states of the country. NDLEA’s spokesperson Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Bababfemi said that operatives of the agency seized the consignments which were […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has solicited the cooperation of Nigerians in its fight against the menace of drug abuse. Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba-Marwa (Retired), NDLEA Chairman, made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Centre for Ethical Rebirth Among Nigerian Youths (CERANY), an NGO. The News […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized consignments of London-bound cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine and Indian hemp at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja that narcotic officers of the agency intercepted 20 parcels of cocaine on […]
The National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has seized 3,300 kilogrammes of drugs in Abuja Lagos, Edo and Kaduna States.The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that operatives of the agency uncovered a hotel in Abuja where drugs were sold […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Benue State Command has arrested a man with a fabricated high calibre G3 rifle and 78 rounds of live ammunition. The Chairman, NDLEA, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, who said this during a news conference on Thursday in Abuja noted that the suspect would be handed over to […]
The Benue State Command of the NDLEA has arrested two ladies, Chioma Afam, 36, and Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for allegedly trafficking 296,000 tablets of illicit drugs. The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made the announcement in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the duo used […]
Joy Joseph, Lagos A medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma, has been arrested in Auchi, Edo state, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for operating an online catering service, Omachi’s kitchen, through which she sells drugged cookies and biscuits. Daily Times reports that after weeks of intelligence and surveillance, narcotic officers of […]
IDRIS AHMED, LOKOJA National Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drugs law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier-General Muhammed Buba Marwa (Rtd), has disclosed that no fewer than 14.3 million young and adult Nigerians from the ages of 16 to 64 years abuse hard substances. He disclosed this at the weekend while delivering a speech […]
Joy Joseph, Lagos. A serving officer of a law enforcement agency, Popoola Abayomi, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state. The drug dealer who serves in the Lagos State Command of the security agency […]
*Uncover heroin in Pakistan rerurnee’s an is at Lagos port Joy Joseph, Lagos. A serving officer of a law enforcement agency, Popoola Abayomi, has been arrested by opertaoves of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state. The drug dealer who […]
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa, has described drug abuse as a national tragedy and major cause of insecurity in the country. Marwa, who spoke at a stakeholders meeting held on Friday in Lokoja, lamented that drug abuse remained the major cause of insecurity in the country. He noted that […]
*Marwa hails President Buhari’s support for Agency’s work Joy Joseph, Lagos. Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has approved the immediate promotion of 3,506 officers and men to their next ranks, thus breaking the jinx of long years of stagnation in the Agency. The promotion […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an Uber driver, and two other suspected traffickers with different quantities of cocaine at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Mr Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the Uber driver, Lawal Tunde Rasheed, was […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has intercepted and seized no fewer than 100,000 bottles of codeine syrup with a total weight of 15,325 kgs at the Onne seaport, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Joy Joseph, Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have again seized illicit drugs including cocaine, heroin and cannabis, all weighing 37.3kilograms; with seven suspects arrested. It was learnt that the seizures were made in five different bids, as the drug traffickers tried to import some of the substance into Nigeria, while others attempted […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it seized 34,950 capsules of Tramadol and Diazepam in Lagos meant for delivery to insurgents in Borno. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, in Abuja. Babafemi said that a 25-year-old suspect, Mohammed Isah, recruited to […]