NDLEA
8 Jan
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday, justified its global support with successes, including the seizure of 2.6 million kilogrammes of illicit drugs and the arrest of 18,500 drug trafficking offenders in 2024.
7 Jan
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday justified its global support with tremendous successes, including the seizure of 2.6 million kilogrammes of illicit drugs and the arrest of 18,500 drug trafficking offenders in 2024. Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the anti-drug agency, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd.), disclosed this at the commissioning of…
6 Jan
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested an ex-convict, Eniola Sodade, for passport racketeering at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect had earlier been arrested by operatives of the Tincan…
6 Jan
A wanted drug kingpin and Lagos socialite, Alhaja Aishat Feyisara Ajoke Elediye, 61, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a new vigour against drug trafficking in the New Year.
5 Jan
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has started the year with significant arrests and drug seizures across Nigeria, including the apprehension of a US-trained Nollywood filmmaker and a notorious Lagos drug kingpin. According to a statement by NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi on Sunday, operatives arrested Emeka Emmanuel Mbadiwe, a filmmaker and motivational speaker, in…
2 Jan
The Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested 1,345 suspects and seized 8.430.239 kg of illicit substances in 2024.
31 Dec
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, arrested no fewer than 1,290 suspects and recovered 4,589.361kg of illicit substances in 2024. The Commander, NDLEA, Kaduna State Command, Mr Samaila Danmalam, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kaduna that the arrests and seizures were made between January and December…
31 Dec
Rights group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has applauded the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for its relentless war against drug trafficking and narcotics abuse.
30 Dec
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Orizu Ifeanyi Arthur, who allegedly ingested 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine.
29 Dec
The National Drug Law Enforment Agency (NDLEA) has arrested six foreigners found with two boats loaded with drugs at the Eleko Beach in Lagos Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said operatives of the Marine Command of NDLEA at 2:30am on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, December 24, 2024 intercepted two…
29 Dec
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Ifeanyi Orizu for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine. Mr Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that Orizu was intercepted while attempting to board an Air France flight 844 from the…
27 Dec
Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has sentenced four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilogrammes of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022 to various jail terms totalling 28 years with hard labour.
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