By abiodun KOMOLAFE There was a time in Nigeria when the name, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) suggested a dynamic, positive and functional institution. Perilous, and as the war against drug crimes and related offences was, society and criminals were conscious of the institution’s existence. During the time, everything was bright and beautiful for … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has launched a manhunt for a Lekki, Lagos State-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run after driving his luxury car to crush an agency officer during a search. The NDLEA made the disclosure in a statement issued by the … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), over the agency’s recent “cocaine bust” in Lagos. Earlier on Monday, the agency had said its operatives, in what “appears to be the biggest singular cocaine seizure”, seized an estimated N194 billion worth of the illicit drug in Ikorodu … Read more
Lagos NDLEA have destroyed 560,068kg cocaine, cannabis in landmark exercise EKO HOT BLOG reports that approximately 560,068.31414 kilograms of various illicit narcotics were set on fire by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday, in what may be considered the largest operation in the 32-year history of the organization. Leading top … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 40,250 kilograms of Codeine based syrup at the Apapa seaport in Lagos which were imported from India. This comes barely a week after the Agency seized 14,080kg of the banned substance at the same seaport. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this … Read more
Lawmakers Can’t Return to Constituencies For Voting In Support of Cannabis EkohotBlog reports that the chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has expressed disappointment at members of the National Assembly who voted in support of the legalization of cannabis in Nigeria dare not return to their constituencies. The Green Chamber … Read more
impromptu test necessary to show that the agency is leading by example – NDLEA chairman As part of its drive to rid the agency of drug use and also earn the moral justification to direct its workers and citizens to undergo drug test, Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and … Read more
The Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa, says the agency has confiscated over N60 billion worth of illicit drugs in the last two months, Ekohotblog reports. Speaking at a Colloquium themed, “Walk Away from Drugs” organised by the Ekiti Ministry of Justice on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, Marwa bemoaned the scourge of … Read more
The Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, on Monday received the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after some frontline health workers as well as President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, received theirs on Friday and Saturday respectively. The public vaccination is to reassure Nigerians of the safety and the efficacy of the vaccines. … Read more
Mohammed Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says criminals no longer demand ransom in monetary terms but in drugs. Speakin during the inauguration of a “special purpose committee” of the agency on Thursday, Marwa said ridding the country of illicit drug cannot be done by the agency alone, adding that … Read more
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has attributed the perennial insecurity in Nigeria to widespread use of illicit drug. The governor said this when he hosted Brig.-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NDLEA, at the Government House, Port Harcourt. Ekohotblog reports that Wike’s assertion was contained in a statement issued … Read more
Mohammed Buba Marwa, chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says the agency will propose to the federal government an arrangement that will see new and returning university students get tested for illicit drug substances. Marwa, who spoke during a meeting with commanders of the 36 states, federal capital territory (FCT) at the … Read more
Mohammed Buba Marwa, a former military governor of Lagos state, has bemoaned the scourge of drug abuse in the nation. Ekohotblog reports that Marwa, who officially took over as the new chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday, said drug abuse has eaten “very deep” into the Nigerian society, Speaking at … Read more