Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of captagon, widely known as ‘Jihadi drug’ and millions of opioid pills worth over N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to...
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Former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai (retd.), has cautioned the United States (US) government against releasing documents allegedly linked to past drug-trafficking investigations involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, warning that such a move could undermine Nigeria’s sovereignty and influence the 2027 general election. Buratai made the...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recorded significant breakthroughs across the country’s land and maritime borders, including the arrest of a 101-year-old great grandmother for dealing in illicit drug, the interception of cocaine concealed in edible cassava flour popularly known as fufu, and the seizure...
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has called on the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to release records relating to President Bola Tinubu, insisting that the agency should not rely on claims of “danger to lives” to withhold information that can legally be...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled an international cocaine trafficking cartel that used Nigeria as a transit hub for moving illicit drugs to the United Kingdom, other parts of Europe and Asia, arresting its Nigerian arrowhead, a self-styled luxury goods dealer and social media influencer, as he...
A 30-year-old Italy-based businessman Joseph Cyril has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu for ingesting 98 wraps of cocaine while heading to Italy via Addis Ababa and France. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this...
Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas has signed three executive orders aimed at banning political thuggery, regulating mining activities to protect host communities, and intensifying the fight against drug abuse across the state. The governor signed the executive orders on Sunday at the Executive Chamber of the TY Danjuma House...
Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has described as a monumental own goal the Presidency’s attempt to invoke China in attacking him, saying the comparison has only exposed President Bola Tinubu to even greater public scrutiny. In a statement...
Atiku Media Office has renewed its criticism of President Bola Tinubu over his past US narcotics case, insisting that records relating to the forfeiture of $460,000 allegedly linked to heroin trafficking remain part of the public record and cannot be erased. In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday,...
Media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has defended the engagement of lobbyists in the United States, arguing that there is nothing inappropriate about the practice while renewing calls for the release of files relating to President Bola Tinubu by US authorities. In a post published...
Ongoing efforts to dismantle a transnational drug trafficking syndicate smuggling tramadol from Togo, through Benin Republic into Nigeria have yielded another success with the interception of two long trailers used to move One Million Six Hundred and Thirty (1,630,000) pills of tramadol 250mg concealed in fabricated compartments of the...
A 38-year-old South African lady, Ms. Will Jessica Ann has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja. The suspect was arrested after she was found to have concealed 14 large blocks of heroin weighing 5.75 kilograms...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the terminal 2 arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos on 28th June 2026 intercepted a commercial motorcycle operator popularly known as ‘Okada rider’, 48-year-old Onyechere Daniel Chinadu following his arrival from Madagascar via Addis...
Sokoto State Advancement Forum (SAF), in collaboration with the Centre for Peace Studies at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), held a one-day brainstorming session on tackling youth drug abuse in the state. Speaking at the event, SAF Chairman, Ambassador Ahmed Muhammad Wali, represented by Prof. Riskuwa Arabu Shehu, said...
A 67-year-old Nigerian-British woman has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after operatives uncovered 13 kilograms of cocaine ingeniously concealed inside fake plantain peels at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The suspect, identified as Mrs. Mary Yetunde Barek, was apprehended on Sunday, June...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a drug trafficking syndicate attempting to smuggle cocaine to Malaysia, arresting an alleged mastermind identified as Nwabueze Felix Onyeka, a 45-year-old PhD student at the University of Putra, Malaysia. The suspect was arrested during a sting operation in Ekwusigo Local...
In a massive blow to transnational drug trafficking networks, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has formally taken custody of a staggering 6,778.5 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis, recently intercepted during a joint examination of two containers by NDLEA operatives, men of the Nigeria Customs Service...
The Executive Director of the Caleb Initiative for Drug Abuse Awareness (CIDAA Foundation), Amb. Jeremiah Caleb Onyedikachi, has urged governments, institutions, and citizens to adopt a stronger community response to drug abuse by embracing public health-centred, evidence-based, and human rights-oriented approaches to prevention and recovery. Speaking at the World...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, has arrested 1,107 suspected drug offenders, seized over 12.7 tonnes of illicit drugs and dismantled 662 drug joints across the state within one year. The State Commander, CN Maijama’a Muhammad, disclosed this in Kaduna during a press briefing to commemorate...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have struck yet another decisive blow against transnational drug syndicates following the discovery and dismantling of a fortified, industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory operated by a Nigerian-Mexican cartel deep within the forest of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area, Oyo...