THE Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa said the agency seized 1.3 billion pills of Tramadol and 4.4 million bottles of Codeine between January 2024 and June 2025. Marwa made the disclosure during a plenary session at the two-day interactive Session on Government-citizens’ …
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NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) continues to show strong commitment toward a drug-free Nigeria, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN investigations reveal an aggressive and sustained national campaign by the agency, with encouraging signs of success. This is reflected in a noticeable decline in arrests, seizures, and …
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted 60-year-old drug kingpin, ending seven years of evading the law. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi said that the suspect was caught while …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it recovered large quantities of banned Tramadol and opium pills during separate raids conducted over the past four days across four states. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the agency’s operatives …
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 37-year-old man, Samuel Bitrus, to 18 months imprisonment for drug trafficking. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had arraigned Bitrus on June 27 before Justice Yelin Bogoro on a four-count charge of exporting 42.2kg of Cannabis Sativa to the …
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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, remanded a 30-year-old man, Opeyemi Ogunjimi at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending trial, for allegedly being in possession of firearms. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, fixed commencement of his trial for Nov. 6. The defendant, was arraigned on a three-count charge, by the Department …
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The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it arrested 37 suspected drug traffickers and seized narcotic drugs weighing 345.421 kilogrammes in June. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the State Commander of the agency disclosed this on Monday while reviewing the operations of the command in the fight against …
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The Department of State Security (DSS) has arrested a businessman, Ajah Johnson Uchenna, and his wife, Rosemary Uchenna, along with their two daughters – Stella Uchenna and Ngozi Uchenna – as well as their family friend, Okoro Elijah, for drug. The DSS, after the drug burst, handed over to the …
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) said on Sunday that it has intercepted a total of 52 pieces of travelers cheques concealed in children books worth $17.7million. The cheques, according to a statement issued by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in Abuja, were enroute to Malaysia through Istanbul on …
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has destroyed 24,175 kilograms of skunk on 9.67 hectares of cannabis farmland at Ikaka, Oke-Ila forest, Osun. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives had raided the area …
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