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Silent Killer Exposed! Watch out!
This Wednesday, 21st May, 2025, tune in to Premier FM 93.5 for Mid Week Cruise and join our esteemed guests the Commandant, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Oyo State, Yinka Joe Fadile and a Psychoanalyst, Drug prevention, Treatment and Care Expert – Pastor Tunji Agboola as they tackle a pressing issue, “Substance Abuse;The Silent…
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NDLEA Warns Barons, Destroys Largest Drugs Seizure
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has destroyed 1.6 million kilograms of assorted illicit drugs. This, the agency said, was the largest single volume of narcotics ever destroyed at once in the agency’s history. The illicit substances destroyed included 123kg of cocaine, 46.8kg of heroin, 1.4 million kilograms of cannabis, 148,000kg of codeine syrup, 3,244.26kg…
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Adigun-Agboworin Seeks Govt-Owned Rehab Centres for Drug Addicts
By Oluwakayode Banjo Lawmaker representing Ibadan North East/South East Federal Constituency, Mr Abass Adigun-Agboworin has advocated the establishment of government owned rehabilitation centres for victims of drug abuse across the country. Mr Adigun-Agboworin made the call in Ibadan at a sensitisation on the war against drug abuse organised by the House of Representatives Committee on…
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NDLEA Intercepts Indian Lady with 72 Parcels of Heroin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has intercepted a 42-year-old Indian woman, Ms. Neetu Neetu, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin concealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates. According to a statement issued by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday,…
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Businessman Excretes 120 Pellets of Cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Abuba, for attempting to traffic cocaine to Istanbul, Turkey. Abuba, a native of Zaire Province in Angola, was intercepted on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, while trying to board an Egypt Air flight MS…
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Govt.Tackles Doping Among Athletes in Ogun
By Olusegun Folarin Ogun State Government is seeking to eradicate the use of drugs and its abuse among athletes to have a drug free festival as the state prepares for the multi sport event. Commissioner for Sports Development, Mr Wasiu Isiaka, stated this in Abeokuta while receiving the team from the National Drug Law Enforcement…
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NDLEA Intercepts UK-bound Illicit Drug Consignment in Duvet
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in duvet, packaged for export to the United Kingdom through the cargo shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA in…
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NDLEA Intercepts Trailer Load of Skunk, Seizes N1.1bn Codeine Shipment
By Olaolu Fawole A 40ft trailer load of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 2,217.6 kilograms has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while being distributed into six vehicles at an abandoned fuel station in Kagini, Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja for onward distribution to…
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NDLEA Secures 221 Convictions in Ogun
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has arrested 675 drug offenders in Ogun State this year, out of which 221 persons have been convicted by the courts of law, while other cases are at various stages of prosecution. Ogun State Commander of the Agency, Mr Tijani Rabe made this known to…
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Speaker, House of Representatives Identifies Solutions to Drug Abuse, Illicit Trafficking
By Mosope Kehinde The Speaker, House of Representatives, Dr. Tajudeen Abass has urged all relevant stakeholders to join hands with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, in the fight against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Dr Abass gave the charge while speaking at the…
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Drug abuse responsible for most psychiatric cases – Professor Laosebikan
By Rasheedah Makinde The high rate of drug abuse, especially among the youths is responsible for the influx of mentally derailed people in the society. A professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at the University College Teaching Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Victor Laosebikan stated this in a lecture in Ibadan to commemorate this year’s International Day…
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NDLEA Declares Zero Tolerance for Drug Abuse, Illicit Trafficking
By Rasheedah Makinde Nigeria drug law enforcement agency, NDLEA says it has declared zero tolerance for drug abuse and illicit trafficking. The NDLEA commander in Oyo state, Mr Olayinka Joe-Fadile stated this during a walk to commemorate this year’s international day against Drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Mr Joe-Fadile said the walk became imperative as…
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NDLEA Bursts Snake-guarded Shrine used to Store Illicit Drugs
By Olaolu Fawole A snake guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin city, Edo state, has been raided by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects. Different quantities of illicit substances such…
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NDLEA Intercepts Another 175,000 Bottles of Codeine-based Syrup
By Olaolu Fawole Barely a week after seizing a shipment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers state, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have again intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of the same opioid imported from India. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media &…
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NDLEA Arrests Four, Declares Couple Wanted
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared a couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade, wanted for running a cocaine cartel from India. This follows the arrest of four members of the syndicate in Lagos, where a Sports Utility Vehicle was recovered and two houses traced to them were sealed for forfeiture to…
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3 Wanted Drug Kingpins in NDLEA Net
By Olaolu Fawole Over two months after they were declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America. This followed the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of heroin…
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Man Choked by Ingested Drugs, Vomits, Excretes 80 Wraps of Cocaine
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Ogbonna was arrested on Sunday 31st March, 2024, while attempting to board…
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NDLEA Arrests Stylist, Dispatch Rider for Selling Drugged Chin-chin to Students
By Olaolu Fawole A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. NDLEA officers on patrol around Opolo area of Yenagoa…
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NDLEA Swoops on Skuchies Factories, Arrests 26-Year-Old Lady
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have nabbed a 26-year-old lady, Obasanmi Esther Iyanu, who produces and distributes skuchies during a raid on her hideout in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. At least, 16.5 litres of the illicit substance and different quantities of molly and cannabis were recovered from her during the…
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NDLEA Intercepts Vietnam-bound Bizman with Cocaine
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage while attempting to board an Ethiopia Airlines flight number 950 to Vietnam via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. Ejike was…
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NDLEA Arrests Female Lawyer Who Inherited Illegal Drug Trade from Father
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a large consignment of Loud, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis, concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA in a statement on Sunday,…
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First Lady Urges State Govts to Fight Substance Abuse
By Yosi Ardel (Abuja) The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged state governments to prioritize the fight against substance abuse in their strategic work plans for a safe and secure society. Mrs Tinubu stated this at the opening ceremony of a two-day drug prevention, treatment, and care training organized by the NDLEA for the spouses…
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NDLEA Nabs Man for Supplying Drugs to Terrorists
The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it has arrested a 42-year old man, Ahmad Mohammed, responsible for supplying drugs to insurgents in Borno State. In a statement on Sunday by agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the suspect is part 24 suspected traffickers and dealers recently arrested by its operatives. The statement revealed…
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NDLEA Intercepts Over 14 Tons of ‘Loud’ in Lagos
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have intercepted large consignments of Ghanaian Loud smuggled into Lagos in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14, 524.8 kilogrammes. The NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the three vehicles…
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Brazil Returnee Nabbed with 60 Wraps of Cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil returnee, Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 60 big wraps of cocaine. The suspect who was arrested during inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa,…
