Tag: NDLEA

“One in seven Nigerians take drugs. We have found out that there is a nexus between drug use and crime," ...

Mr Marwa ordered operatives of the agency to completely wipe out drug cartels in Lagos State.

“I am directed to hand over the suspects and the drugs to officials of the NDLEA for further investigations and ...

The official says Mr Malami has made remarkable interventions as the chief law officer of the country.

The agency says the consignment was brought into Nigeria from Bazil on board a vessel and two clearing agents have ...

The NDLEA says it arrested 471 drug offenders- 424 males and 47 females - in 2020 despite the challenges of ...

Buba Marwa speaks on the prevalence of drug use in Nigeria.

Mr Malami said the recruitment should be halted as such gathering could violate COVID-19 protocols.

The local council election is scheduled for January 16.

The suspected drug trafficker was intercepted while attempting to board a Turkish airline flight to Northern Cyprus.

Pam Ezekiel Adamu was serving in Gombe command before his dismissal in 2019

The anti-narcotics officials were conveying some drug suspects, arrested in Michika, to Yola when they were attacked by a mob ...

The seizure was excluding the liquid based drugs such as codeine, an official said.

A slew of contradictory letters from NDLEA was partly responsible for the refusal of a court to extradite the late ...

Mr Hamisu said that the number of females arrested within the seven months could be considered small but it was ...

Some food sellers have resorted to the use of paracetamol to reduce cooking time while boiling meat.

Nigeria is also faced with battling the Lassa fever outbreak.

The smuggled bags of rice, each weighing 50kg, were intercepted on December 19 through intelligence received by troops of Sector ...

An official says the exercise would be a 'permanent' one.

The gadgets include 111 IVM Patrol vehicles, three trucks, 71 smart motorbikes, 49 pickups and nine mobile surveillance vans equipped ...

The hard drugs recovered include 239.9kg of cannabis sativa, 59.7kg psychotropic substances and 274 bottles of codeine syrup.

During the period under review, the command, on September 5, arrested a notorious drug dealer in Jimeta-Yola, 59- year old ...

Other drugs that were seized included Tramadol, Codeine and large quantities of rubber solution (used for patching tyres).

Mr Kashamu says it was established that he was not the one implicated in the alleged narcotics offence committed in ...

The agency has lost no fewer than 200 of its personnel in the line of duty since inception.