THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday auctioned properties and assets seized from drug cartels, worth millions of naira. Speaking during the event in Abuja, the NDLEA chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa said that the agency followed a due process and transparency in the auction. Marwa, who …
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a woman, Omolola Kayode, who trafficked in Marijuana. Kayode, 30, was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before Justice Mohammed Kala on a count charge of drug trafficking. She pleaded guilty. Following her guilty plea, the court reviewed …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ondo Command, says it has destroyed about 56 hectares of suspected hemp farmland in the state. The State Commander of the agency, Mr Kayode Raji, disclosed this on Monday in Akure during the decoration of 51 personnel of the command, who were recently …
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A major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’ has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, following the arrest of the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Joachin Chikaodi Mbonu and his associate in his …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ondo Command says it has destroyed about 56 hectares of suspected hemp farmland in the state. The State Commander of the agency, Mr Kayode Raji, disclosed this on Monday in Akure during the decoration of 51 personnel of the command, who were …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is to collaborate with all stakeholders including traditional rulers and community gatekeepers to ensure that the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking is stamped out from communities across the country. The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, made this known on …
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The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 360 suspects in connection with various drug-related offences in Anambra State. The Anambra State Commander of NDLEA, Onyeishi Daniel, disclosed this at the 2024 United Nation’s Day Against Drug Abuse at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka …
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THE operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a packaged consignment of 8.2 kilograms of methamphetamine at a motor park in Mazamaza, Ojo area of Lagos State. The highly addictive illicit substance, also called ice or crystal meth, was packed in imported Dunkin’ turtle love chocolate …
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A snake-guarded shrine for storing illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin, the Edo State capital, has been raided by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), who detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects. Different quantities of illicit substances …
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EThe Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed grave concerns over projections indicating a significant rise in drug intake in Africa, particularly Nigeria, by 2030. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), drug use on the continent is expected to surge by 40%, driven …
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