By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command has declared an increased revenue generation of N 9. 7 Billion. The command in a renewed anti-smuggling operations also intercepted contraband with DPV of ₦9.8 billion iwithin two months.The Controller of Seme area Command, Comptr. Abdullah Kaila disclosed this during his first official press…
By Femi Anamelechi Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has in a strategic fight against illicit drug abuse and trafficking across the country arrested 63-year-old Chinese grandma Ting Hung Kiong for attempting to smuggle large consignment of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis into Nigeria.The female Chinese national who naturalised in Malaysia was arrested…
By Femi Anamelechi In connotation of the celebration of May 27th, 2026 Children’s Day Celebration Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA), on Saturday, 23 May 2026 celebration of Children called for more attention on child welfare, family support, and community outreach at the command.The controller of Seme Boarder Area Command Comptroller, Abdullahi Kaila in his address…
By Femi Anamelechi President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the staff for the remarkable achievement in busting a Nigerian-Mexican drug syndicate and dismantling a highly sophisticated multi-million-dollar illegal drug production network in the country. Chairman of the agency, Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), on Wednesday announced…
By Femi Anamelechi Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has urged Nigerians to rise and counter the toxic pop-culture that glamourizes abuse of substances as an acceptable way of life especially among the youth.Marwa gave the charge during the official commissioning of the Agency’s…
By Femi Anamelechi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dealt another crippling blow to transnational organized crime by completely dismantling a highly sophisticated, multi-million-dollar Nigerian- Mexican methamphetamine production syndicate.The clinical, simultaneous operation, executed by elite operatives of the Agency’s Special Operations Unit (SOU), led to the shutdown of an industrial-scale clandestine laboratory, the…
By Femi Anamelechi International partners including the European Union (EU), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) have assured Nigeria of support in its determination to tackle the problem of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the next five years. The assurance was given…
From Marcel Duru Owerri A Medical Practitioner based in Abia State Dr Ahams Eze has condemned the Imo State governor Hope Uzodimma for allowing Traditional Medicine Practitioners from different Nationalities to take over Health Care Delivery in the State. Speaking at Somachi the Pavilion of Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Owerri-North Local Government Area of Imo…
By Femi Anamelechi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine and various opioids concealed in walls of cartons used to package cloths and other items going to the United Kingdom and Australia.The two seizures were recorded at a courier company in Lagos on Friday 15th May 2026 during…
By Femi Anamelechi The Nigeria Customs Service, Tin Can Island Port Command in a renewed bid against Drug Trafficking has intercepted 4,173.5 kilograms of cannabis Indica valued at approximately ₦16.6 billion. Comptroller Frank Onyeka in charge of Tin Can Port disclosed this at a press briefing on Wednesday, 13 May 2026, According to him, the…
