Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has revealed that the agency seized 1.3 billion tramadol tablets and 4.4 million bottles of codeine between January 2024 and June 2025. Marwa shared these figures during a plenary session at a two-day Government-Citizens’ Engagement event in Kaduna...
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Adeshina Fasasi, a witness for the defense, testified on Thursday before the Federal High Court in Abuja that an analysis of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari’s call records showed no communication with any phone number associated with a suspected cocaine dealer, referred to as Mike Coke. Fasasi,...
A National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officer was shot dead by suspected drug dealers during a raid on an apartment in Ondo town’s Ita’nla area on Tuesday. The officer, attached to the NDLEA’s Ondo Command, was part of a team that stormed the building to recover drugs stored...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted 60-year-old drug kingpin, Okpara Paul Chigozie, ending seven years of evading the long arm of the law, even as he was caught attempting to ship large quantities...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday raided Sarah Sam Hotels located at 115 Ogudu road in Kosofe, Lagos where different party drugs are being distributed and sold. A statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said...
Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT transferred 45 bags of suspected Indian Hemp, weighing 1,575 kilograms, to the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday at Apapa, Lagos. Commodore Paul Nimmyel, represented by the base’s Executive Officer, Capt. Idongesit Udoessien, said the seizure occurred near Ilesha Beach as part...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in microwaves imported from Thailand and wraps of cocaine built into ladies’ lipsticks going to Guinea at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- No fewer than 28,054.053 kilograms of skunk, a local strain of cannabis, were destroyed on three farms measuring over 11 hectares at Ewere Uzebba forest in Owan West LGA of Edo on Tuesday 8th July, while 82kg of already processed cannabis was recovered from the...
Senate has called on the Federal Government to assist the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in paying a compensation of N200 million to the family of a two-year-old boy killed by a stray bullet fired by NDLEA operatives in Asaba, Delta State. The Senate’s resolution followed the presentation...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) has categorically denied allegations that it has been used to peddle drugs since President Bola Tinubu took office. In a statement signed by Franklin Alao, NIPOST Director, Corporate Communications, the service described the allegations as baseless and without merit. Alao...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia respectively. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi,...
By OLa MODUPE, Lagos- A notorious drug kingpin Ajetsibo Emami popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ was on Saturday 28th June arrested in Ikeja Lagos after NDLEA operatives dismantled his drug trafficking network in a three-day operation leading to the arrest of three other suspects. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced the arrest of three suspects in connection with the kidnapping of the Anambra State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The suspects, identified as Emeka Ede, Okwudili Aja, and Onyebuchi Aja, were apprehended during a raid operation...
By OLA MODUPE, Abuja- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an ex-international football player Segun George Hunkarin along with his businessman partner Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu over attempt to smuggle a consignment of cocaine into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,(MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has declined to assent to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill, 2025, which was recently passed by the National Assembly. The bill aimed to grant the NDLEA the power to retain a portion of the proceeds from drug-related crimes....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised concerns about the increasing prevalence of drug abuse among young people, particularly undergraduates. According to the Oyo State NDLEA Commander, Olayinke Joe-Fadile, about four to five out of 10 undergraduates are into drugs. “We now can see children from age...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- A 43-year-old female make-up artist, Adekoya Adebukonla Mary who claimed to be travelling to India for a fibroid surgery has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos after 2.20 kilograms of...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos- At a courier company in Lagos, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation (DOGI) on Thursday 19th June intercepted a shipment of sewn female dresses containing 1.3kg Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, going to...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) have arrested another businessman, 44-year-old Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian for ingesting 53 wraps of the same class A drug while on his way to Tehran Khomeini, Islamic Republic of Iran....
MTN Nigeria and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have joined forces to tackle the growing menace of drug abuse among youths in Enugu State. The partnership was inaugurated during the first-ever “Advocacy Walk Against Drug Abuse” on Saturday, part of MTN’s Anti-Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP). The Enugu...