The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has decorated 68 promoted officers in Imo. NDLEA Commander in Imo, Mr Nse Inam, an Assistant Commander-General of Narcotics, decorated the officers at a brief ceremony in Owerri on Friday. Two officers were promoted from the rank of Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) to Commander of Narcotics (CN) […]

Nigeria arrested no fewer than 8,634 suspected drug traffickers from January to August 2021, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), has disclosed. Marwa told the Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that NDLEA also made seizures of […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized 794.5kg of hard drugs and arrested 107 suspects in Imo between January and September. Mr Nse Inam, NDLEA Commander in Imo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Monday that it rehabilitated four drug addicts and counselled 73 users during the period. “Six drug addicts […]

CHAIRMAN, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), yesterday, disclosed that drug abuse is most prevalent in Oyo and Lagos states.

Precisely 7 pm on Friday while searching the internet for subjects of interest to write on, I stumbled on one a journalist friend, who sent to me, a subject via Whatsapp, on Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) and NDLEA obviously because of my keen interest in the ongoing war against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria.

HARD drug peddling and abuse is a worldwide phenomenon. It was in recognition of this fact that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, was established. It facilitates the sharing of information on the drug menace among countries. The Vienna, Austria-based UNODC in June this year, reported that in 2020, 270 million people […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a pregnant woman, a fake soldier and an Italy-bound lady for drug offences. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja, noted that the operatives had continued their nationwide “offensive action” against drug traffickers in the past week. […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has directed all successful second batch Narcotic Assistant (NASS) candidates to report for training between Friday, December 3 and Monday, December 6. This is contained in a statement by the agency’s Director Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi and issued to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. The News […]

. **Says ISIS behind production & sale of Captagon to fuel criminality. By: Kingsley Omonobi,- Abuja Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday 8th September 2021 gave details of how loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine meant for insurgents’ camps in Nigeria […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has foiled attempts by terrorist gangs to export drugs from the Middle East, to bandits and other criminals in Nigeria, following the interception of 451,807 tablets of suspected  Amphetamine (Captagon) at the Apapa Ports in Lagos.