FEC approves upgrade of safe towers in 4 airports, project to gulp N13.122bnÂ
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the upgrade of safe towers in Lagos, Kano, Abuja, and Port Harcourt airports. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this at the…
NDLEA begins probe of over 3,000 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa intercepted in Kogi
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 3,136 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa on the Okene-Lokoja Express way in Kogi. NDLEA Head of Public affairs, Mr Jonah Achema, who…
NDLEA arrests 51 yr old man with 3.5kg of powdery Tramadol
Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Special Area Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted suspected powdery Tramadol weighing 3.5 kilogrammes. NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr…
Court sentences 40 year old serial drug dealer to 5 years imprisonment
Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court Ibadan, on Monday sentenced a 40-year-old serial drug dealer, David Ndidi, to a total of five years in prison for trafficking 6,170…
NDLEA nabs woman on watch list for 10 years over alleged drug peddling in Sokoto
NDLEA officials on duty The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sokoto State Command, has arrested a woman who had been on the watch list for 10 years and…
 Scavenger in court for drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday filed one-count charge of alleged trafficking in 500g cannabis against a scavenger, Ibrahim Dauda, in a Federal High Court, Lagos….
Drug abuse is the root cause of most of our problems including security, it must be tackled – Marwa
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee For The Elimination Of Drug Abuse, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, on Monday, said the country would be finished if drug abuse is not comprehensively…
Nigerian freed of drug trafficking charges in Saudi Arabia after 3 years – NIDCOM
A Nigerian has been discharged by a court in Saudi Arabia after charges of drug trafficking levelled against him were dismissed. Ibrahim Ibrahim, a native of Zamfara state was…
NDLEA Lagos Command nabbed over 400 illicit drug offenders in 2019
NDLEA officials on duty The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos State Command, on Thursday said that it arrested 411 illicit drug offenders in 2019 Its commander,  Mr Ralph…
NAFDAC says over 100 suspected drug traffickers arrested by NDLEA in Niger in 2019
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, arrested 102 suspected drug traffickers across the state with substances suspected to be cannabis sativa and psychotropic drugs in 2019. The…