By Femi Anamelechi Nigerian youths have been urged to embrace skills acquisition and other empowerment opportunities provided in various intervention programmes offered by government and other stakeholders as a safeguard against falling into the trap of substance abuse and other social vices.Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed…
By Femi Anamelechi Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) has called for a strong national response and sustained support for the alternative development programme recently initiated to curb illicit cannabis cultivation, uplift rural communities and strengthen national security.Marwa spoke at a press conference in…
By Femi Anamelechi A Brazil based Nigerian businessman Uche Franklin Onyekwere has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja-Lagos for concealing parcels of cocaine in his private part and soles of his footwear. Onyekwere was arrested on Thursday…
By Femi Anamelechi Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) has explained that the introduction of Alternative Development Project in Nigeria will end age-long battle between law enforcement and illicit drug producers while also offering them sustainable livelihoods that will ensure food security in line with…
By Femi Anamelechi Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), has declared that with an outstanding record of 77,792 arrests including 128 barons, 14,225 convictions and over 14.8 million kilograms of illicit substances seized in the past five years, the era of Nigeria serving as…
By Femi Anamelechi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have successfully apprehended a long-wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo-kanmo”, ending a 12 year manhunt following his involvement in the brutal killing of three NDLEA officers. Kanmo-Kanmo, who is notorious for drug trafficking, evading arrest and mobilizing armed thugs against security…
By Femi Anamelechi A delegation of senior officials of the United States Africa Command on Tuesday 13th January 2026 met with the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd) during which they commended the existing relationship between NDLEA and AFRICOM, with an assurance of enhanced collaboration…
By Femi Anamelechi As part of renewed efforts against illicit drugs importation and smuggling at the Nation’s premium Ports, officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Area Command in a collaborative operation with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have foiled an attempt to smuggle 30.1 kilograms of cocaine through the Apapa Port…
By Femi Anamelechi The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade has assured the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) of support and collaboration in his renewed mandate to curb the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country.The revered traditional ruler…
NDLAE arrest Notorious bandits’ drug supplier ‘Gamboli’ in Niger. intercepts US, Canada, Sweden-bound opioids in black soup containers….as Eagle eyed operatives uncovers clandestine codeine syrup factory in Abia By Femi Anamelechi Three weeks after escaping arrest at his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro local government area of Niger state, a notorious supplier of illicit…
