How drug syndicate landed Nigerian businessman in Ethiopian prison
Businessman caught in "a web of deception, a family trapped in anguish, and a growing campaign for justice that is rapidly taking on humanitarian dimensions"
Ramadan: NDLEA raids Kano drug den, arrests 19 suspects
He added that the recovered exhibits were currently in NDLEA custody, while investigations were ongoing.
SODAEC alarms over zero capital allocation to NDLEA in 2025
The Society for Drug Abuse Enlightenment and Control (SODAEC) has raised concern over the reported absence of capital funding for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in 2025, warning that the development could undermine Nigeria’s fight against drug trafficking, banditry, and terrorism.
N1 Billion Cocaine Bust: Customs, NDLEA forge stronger alliance in Seme seizure
In a significant victory against transnational drug trafficking, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has handed over a massive haul of cocaine valued at N1 billion, an arrested suspect, and the vehicle used for conveyance to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at FOU, Lagos. The handover, conducted at the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone […]
China-bound auto parts dealer excretes 95 wraps of cocaine — NDLEA
By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, while attempting to travel to China with 95 jumbo cocaine wraps weighing 1.589 kilograms concealed in his stomach. The arrest occurred on Saturday, 31 January 2026, during […]
NDLEA intercepts Brazil returnee with cocaine hidden in private part, footwear
*Seizes drugs, 12,500 pentazocine ampoules in 6 states By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested Uche Franklin Onyekwere, a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for concealing cocaine in his private part and the soles of his footwear. Onyekwere, 47, was intercepted on January 29, […]
