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President Bola Tinubu has transmitted three executive bills to the House of Representatives, seeking a new legal framework for drug law enforcement, an expanded mandate for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau and the establishment of a National School of Government. The bills, dated October 12, 2026, were conveyed in three separate letters read by the…
The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 10 cannabis farms covering 3.699303 hectares in the state. The State NDLEA Commander, Mitchel Ofoyeju, disclosed this in Benin City during an interview with journalists, saying the farms had an estimated yield of 9,248.2575 kilogrammes of cannabis. Giving a breakdown of…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted more than 1.3 million pills and capsules of tramadol and other opioids, alongside about 6,000 kilogrammes of cannabis, in a nationwide crackdown that yielded illicit drugs with a combined street value of over N3.4 billion. The latest seizures were recorded in Lagos, Edo, Niger,…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday sentenced a 38-year-old South African woman to 40 years imprisonment for importing 5.75 kilogrammes of heroin into Nigeria using her three-year-old son as cover. Justice Obiora Egwuatu convicted Ms. Will Jessica Ann on two counts of importation and conspiracy to import heroin in charge No. FHC/ABJ/CR/422/2026, which…
…Marwa vows Nigeria will not become safe haven for transnational cartels The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Mexican methamphetamine kingpin attempting to flee Nigeria and dismantled another industrial-scale clandestine laboratory, exposing an expanding international network seeking to establish drug production facilities in the country’s forests and rural communities. The suspect, identified…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command, has apprehended 68 suspected drug traffickers with a combined weight of 7,531.51kg of narcotics in the month of August 2026. The State Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, revealed that the arrest is a reflection of the unwavering commitment of the command in its mission to combat drug…
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen.Buba Marwa (Retd.), has charged investigators and prosecutors of the agency to intensify efforts at tracing, seizing and recovering the proceeds and instrumentalities of narcotics trafficking, saying the war against drug cartels can no longer be won through arrests and drug seizures alone….
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a major international drug trafficking operation spanning Africa, Europe and Asia, intercepting illicit consignments worth more than N6.2 billion in Lagos while arresting a suspected cross-border kingpin and several other traffickers. The seizures expose the increasingly sophisticated methods being deployed by drug syndicates to move narcotics…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its nationwide crackdown on drug trafficking, intercepting a businesswoman allegedly attempting to smuggle 7.5 kilogrammes of cocaine to China, seizing a massive ₦12.3 billion consignment of imported cannabis at Lagos ports, and dismantling a syndicate accused of planting illicit drugs in the luggage of unsuspecting interstate…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trafficking, intercepting a massive consignment of opioids concealed in a truck carrying building materials in Taraba State and arresting a 75-year-old suspected drug dealer in Ebonyi State. The operations, which also led to the arrest of four notorious female drug…