By Femi Anamelechi Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has called for collective action involving families, religious and community leaders to stem the tide of substance abuse, cultism and banditry among Nigerian youths. Marwa who made the call while delivering the keynote address at a…
By Femi Anamelechi An Ajah based businessman, Johnson Uchenna and his wife Rosemary Uchenna were on Monday 4th August 2025 sentenced to a total of 22 and a half years imprisonment by Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court 8 in Lagos for dealing in illicit drugs.The couple were first arrested on Friday 13th…
By Femi Anamelechi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday 29th July 2025, conducted a public auction of forfeited houses which were either acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking or used as instrumentality of committing the crime.The exercise which took place at the Agency’s National Headquarters in Abuja had pre-qualified auctioneers, bidders, representatives…
By Femi Anamelechi Leaders of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) have pledged to work with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to curb the use of truck and passenger vehicles to traffic illicit drugs as part ongoing offensive action against substance abuse and trafficking across Nigeria. The commitment was made on…
By Femi Anamelechi NDLEA has as part of the Agency’s commitment to intensify the fight against illicit drugs assured the Chairman of Police Service Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu (Rtd) of support on carrying out drug integrity test on new Police recruits. This was part of the inter- Agency collaborative agreement when the PSC Boss Argungu…
By Femi Anamelechi NDLEA officers acting on credible intelligence have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in microwaves imported from Thailand, the cargo was subjected to thorough search during which 23 parcels of loud weighing 11.3kg concealed in new microwaves were recovered. A suspect Ezenwegbu Chike was arrested in connection with…
By Femi Anamelechi His checked baggage contained 17 parcels of methamphetamine weighing 17.5 kg and three parcels of cocaine totaling 3.05 kg, all concealed within bedsheets. A fellow passenger on the Ethiopian Airlines flight, Azu Follygan Kpodar, was also detained after officers discovered 1.25 kg of liquid cocaine hidden in a plastic soap container marked…
By Femi Anamelechi. Hajiya Zainab Hussian the Mother -in-law of the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) is dead. Hajiya Hussain who is the mother of Hajiya Munira Marwa, wife of Gen. Marwa, died in the early hours of Saturday 21st June 2025 in…
By Femi Anamelechi Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has commissioned a high-tech Vision Centre at its National Headquarters Annex in Abuja as part of efforts to promote and prioritise staff welfare as well as to boost their morale. The facility, a product of…
By Femi Anamelechi The spice and get rich by all means syndrome has landed 25-year-old Nigerian Lady Ifeoluwa Akinwunmi in trouble as she has been arrested by the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch in India for alleged drug trafficking. Akinwunmi, who reportedly works as a hairstylist and nail artist, claimed she had travelled…
