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NDLEA Chairman

September 19, 2023

Nigeria to host summit on combating drug abuse, trafficking

According to him, the bilateral relationships have been crucial to NDLEA’s interdiction exercises in the past year.

September 17, 2023

NDLEA seizes illicit drugs at Lagos airport, intercepts five pregnant teenagers

Mr Babafemi said 14 grammes of methamphetamine concealed in bags of semovita and soles of ladies’ high-heeled shoes were also intercepted.

NDLEA
August 23, 2023
NDLEA officials and Sowunmi Ayodeji-Kayode
July 15, 2023

NDLEA investigates shooting incident that killed two-year-old boy in Delta

According to him, the NDLEA has been in touch with the family of the deceased.

NDLEA
July 14, 2023

NDLEA intercepts 64,863kg ‘laughing gas’ consignments at Lagos, Imo ports

The seizures came barely 24 hours after the NDLEA chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa’s warning against illegal sale and use of laughing gas.

NDLEA
June 22, 2023

NDLEA arrests 122 suspected drug dealers in Enugu

The commander added that they also prosecuted 54 drug suspects and successfully treated 45 victims of substance abuse disorder.

NDLEA Officers
June 19, 2023

NDLEA arrests 31,675 offenders, seizes 6.3 million kg of drugs

Mr Marwa said over 11,000 pending cases and 23,725 offenders were counselled and rehabilitated.

NDLEA chairman Buba Marwa
May 27, 2023

May 29: NDLEA embarks on mop-up operation, nabs 20 drug users in Oyo

Mr Joe-Fadile also cautioned that the drug war in Nigeria continued and would not be business as usual, noting that the new sheriff would not tolerate illicit drug business.

NDLEA officers
April 30, 2023

NDLEA busts factory supplying Akuskura to Cameroon, Chad

The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the factory was raided on Saturday in Mubi.

NDLEA
April 4, 2023

NDLEA, Customs sign MoU to tackle illicit drugs

He said the move was undoubtedly a benchmark for information and intelligence sharing.

Buba Marwa and Col. Hameed Ali