Tag: NDLEA
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War against illicit drugs must be a national movement, Tinubu declares at WDD
…hails Marwa, personnel, NDLEA on globally acclaimed successes . 66,085 arrested; 11.1million kg drugs seized; 12,201 convicted; 26,393 rehabilitated in 53 months – Marwa President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that the fight against the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria must be embraced by all as a national movement rather…
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Real reason Tinubu rejected NDLEA Amendment Bill
President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill, 2025, recently passed by the National Assembly.
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Just in: Tinubu declines assent to amended NDLEA Act
President Bola Tinubu has declined to endorse the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill, 2025, recently passed by the National Assembly. In a letter addressed to the Senate and read during plenary on Wednesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu cited constitutional grounds for his decision, referencing Section 58, Subsection 4 of…
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4 out of 10 undergraduates are into drugs – NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that about 4 out of 10 university undergraduates in the country are into drugs.
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Abducted NDLEA director in Anambra rescued – Police
The Police Command in Anambra says the Director, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state, Mr Daniel Onyishi, who was abducted by gunmen on June 12, has been rescued.
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NDLEA intercepts over 1million pills of opioids in Bauchi
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 1.013million pills of opioids along Bauchi-Darazo road in Bauchi State.
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Woman going to India for fibroid surgery nabbed with 2.20kg cocaine at MMIA
. As NDLEA intercepts Bahrain, Australia-bound Loud, Cocaine consignments in cloth hangers, female dress; over 1million pills of opioids in Bauchi; raids provision stores in Edo A 43-year-old female make-up artist, Adekoya Adebukonla Mary who claimed to be travelling to India for a fibroid surgery has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law…
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Iran-bound businessman arrested at PH airport for ingesting 53 wraps of cocaine
. As NDLEA recovers tramadol consignments in winter jackets going to Europe at Lagos airport; intercepts N1.1billion opioids in Rivers; 2,687kg skunk in Cross River Barely two weeks after operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Kano, intercepted a 60-year-old businessman Chinedu Leonard Okigbo heading to…
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NDLEA destroys cannabis farms, arrests 39 suspects in Edo
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed two cannabis farms, arrested 39 suspected drug traffickers, and seized over 1.3 tonnes of illicit drugs in May.
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Illicit drug consignment packaged as green tea intercepted at Lagos airport
. As NDLEA arrests 2 young ladies with over 108kg Skunk, Loud, Colorado, Meth in Edo No fewer than sixty-six (66) parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International…