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Latest Politics, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Saturday, February 6th, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari recently appointed former military governor of Borno and Lagos states, Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd) as the Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Marwa, who has since assumed duty, replaced Col. Muhammad Abdalla (retd), whose tenure expired in January 2021. His appointment came at a time of frightening […]
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Latest Politics, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
From Godwin Tsa Abuja Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa, has ordered commanders and special commands of the agency to mop up illicit drugs across the country or face the music. Besides, the new NDLEA boss has proposed drug tests for all tertiary institution students […]
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Kogi, Latest Politics, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency), State News
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
NDLEA officials By Friday Idachaba The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kogi Command has destroyed a 10-hectare Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) plantation in Okula community, Ofu Local Government Area of the state. Mr Alfred Adewumi, NDLEA Commander in the state, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen shortly after the destruction of the farm on […]
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Edo, Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency), State News
Monday, October 8th, 2018
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested 103 suspects for trafficking illicit drugs. Mr Peter Ogar, Head of Operations and Intelligence in the command, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin on Monday. Ogar said the suspects, comprised of 88 […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Friday, April 14th, 2017
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Bayelsa State Command, has apprehended 64 suspected drug traffickers in the state. NDLEA also said it impounded 38 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in the state. The State Commander, NDLEA, Mrs. Josephine Obi, said while 45 of the suspects were males, 19 others were females. She said […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Monday, April 18th, 2016
Leke Baiyewu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Saturday said it had apprehended a woman, Dorothy Onyekasi, for allegedly faking pregnancy at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos, with 86 pellets of a white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine tied to her belly. The NDLEA said the cocaine weighed 1.720kg with […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Sunday, March 13th, 2016
7643 National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has discovered a methamphetamine laboratory run by Mexicans and dislodged a major drug trafficking organisation in the country. Officials of the Special Enforcement Team NDLEA discovered the illicit methamphetamine production laboratory in Asaba, Delta State. According to the Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the “super” methamphetamine laboratory, […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Obiefuna advertisement TOP HEADLINES A THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Lagos-based trader and suspected drug peddler has died of cocaine ingestion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The suspect, identified as Ndulue Emmanuel Obiefuna, collapsed at the Departure Hall and was taken to a nearby hospital. Ndulue was an intending […]
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Latest Politics, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency)
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Mr. Buruji Kashamu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday failed to bring the senator-elect for Ogun-East senatorial district, Mr. Buruji Kashamu, before a Federal High Court, Lagos, for extradition hearing despite a declaration by the agency that he would be produced in court. The agency, whose operatives had laid siege to Kashamu’s […]
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Headlines, NDLEA (Anti-Drug Agency), State News
Thursday, December 4th, 2014
The Katsina State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has set ablaze 6,795.2 kilogrammes of drugs, including Cannabis sativa (popularly called hemp) among other narcotic substances. The NDLEA Public Relations Officer, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said hemp constituted 5,879kg of the burnt drugs which were valued at N120m, a statement said on Thursday. The […]