By JKNewsMedia Reporter CALLS FOR a strong national response and sustained support for an alternative development programme dominated a briefing by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa retired, as he urged stakeholders to curb illicit cannabis cultivation, up...
By Joke Kujenya NIGERIA’S DRUG problem poses a complex challenge with profound impacts on individuals, families, society, and the nation. To address this issue effectively, the Federal Government is shifting towards increased collaboration with relevant ministries, agencies, development partners, and stakeholders, moving away from the fr...
By Joke Kujenya OPERATIVES OF the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled a major drug operation in the Igor community, Benin City, Edo State. The raid uncovered a shrine used as a storage facility for illicit drugs, guarded by a large black snake. Hidden within a specially constructed hole in the wall, covered […]
By Joke Kujenya A DREADFUL DRUG cartel led by 49-year-old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year-old sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi. has been successfully pulled down to pieces in a major operation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The special operation, conducted in Aba, Abia State, resulted in the arrest of the siblings a...
By Joke Kujenya FOUR INTENDING pilgrims to the ongoing hajj in Saudi Arabia were caught ingesting wraps of cocaine on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) when they conducted a raid at Emerald Hotel in the Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos state. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media […]
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNMedia Reporter SIGNIFICANT SEIZURES of illicit drugs valued at over Two Billion One Hundred and Eighty-Five Million Naira (N2,185,000,000.00) in various locations across Nigeria have been intercepted on Sunday by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). A substantial consignment of Loud, a synthetic...
By Joke Kujenya THE NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made a significant breakthrough in its battle against drug trafficking with the interception of three trailer loads of opioids in Lagos state. The seizure, comprising a staggering three million four hundred and fifty thousand pills and three hundred and forty-four thousand bo...
By Joke Kujenya IN A series of coordinated operations spanning various states, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have disclosed that the agency has made significant seizures, culminating in the arrest of multiple suspects and the confiscation of illicit substances within the last one week. Among the apprehended in...
By Joke Kujenya OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully intercepted drug traffickers attempting to smuggle cocaine through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, In a daring operation, the NDLEA arrested a Delhi-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbinnam who had ingested 80 wraps of ...
By Helen Okechukwu, JKNMedia Reporter TO STEM the tide of illicit drug sales, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has struck a significant blow against a counterfeit drug cartel in Lagos State. In the clampdown, the agency seized a staggering N50million worth of contraband in a targeted raid on street [&h...
