The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has foiled the attempt by an alleged trans-border trafficker to smuggle 50,000 pills of tramadol 225mg from Ghana into Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Mr Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement in Abuja. Mr Babafemi said that the interception came in another…
Two senior officers were also elevated to the rank of Deputy Commander General of Narcotics, 22 as Assistant Commander General of Narcotics, and 66 as Commander of Narcotics. A statement by Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi in Abuja on Wednesday, said the promotion, which followed weeks of examination and interviews conducted for qualified candidates,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has announced its operatives have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate allegedly headed by a couple, Agbakoba Mmadu, and Agbakoba Chinwe as well as their associate, Okoye Maryjane, where large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered. The…
By Yetunde Oke As the world marks World Drug Day, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says drug abuse which is now termed problematic drug use is a moral and health issue that must be tackled. Deputy Commander, General of Narcotics, NDLEA, Ibadan Zone 1, Mrs Oluwatoyin Tittus-Awogbuyi said this while speaking on this year’s…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four intending pilgrims as they planned to ingest wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight on Wednesday. Narrating how the arrest was made, Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said its officials had raided Emerald Hotel,…
By Yetunde Oke National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and Pensioners’ FM have partnered on illicit drug demand reduction in Oyo State. This was made known during a courtesy on Pensioners’ FM by NDLEA, Drug Demand Reduction Unit Zone 1, Ibadan, Oyo and Osun States Command. In a remark, Zonal Commander of NDLEA, Zone 1,…
The upper chamber of the National Assembly on Thursday approved death penalty for importers, manufacturers and traffickers of hard drugs. The decision of the Senate to approve death penalty as punishment for importation of hard drugs into the country was sequel to a debate on a bill on National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act…
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has expressed the appreciation of officers and men of the anti-narcotic agency to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his continuous support for the ongoing efforts to curb the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday convicted and sentenced a 51-year-old Qatar-based Nigerian businessman, Uchegbu Obi, and two others to five years imprisonment, for trafficking 38.5 kilograms of tramadol. The other two convicts sentenced alongside Obi are Usman Inda, 48, and Sani Salisu, 48. The convicts were arraigned on two counts bordering on…
The Nigerian Army,35 Artillery Brigade has handed over 365 pieces of pawpaw-size wrapped cannabis sativa weighing about 176 kg to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ogun State Command. The Commander, 35 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier-General Mohammed Aminu, who was represented by the Garrison Commander, Colonel Legborsi Nule at the handing over of the exhibits,…