NDLEA Showcases Nigeria’s Drug Control Reforms at UN General Assembly

NDLEA Showcases Nigeria’s Drug Control Reforms at UN General Assembly

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja Agency calls for stronger intelligence-sharing, action against illicit finance. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has presented Nigeria’s drug control reforms as a model of institutional transformation, highlighting its enforcement record and integrated approach to tackling drug trafficking and substance abuse at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States. The agency also called for stronger international intelligence-sharing, intensified action against illicit financial […]

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Drug Abuse, Mental Illness Feed Each Other, Marwa Warns

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja NDLEA boss calls for increased mental health funding, prioritises women, children. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has warned that drug abuse and mental illness reinforce each other, urging the government to increase funding for mental healthcare and expand access to treatment. Marwa said addressing drug abuse without tackling underlying mental health […]

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NDLEA, UAE Sign Pact to Shut Down Nigeria-UAE Drug Trafficking Route

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the United Arab Emirates’ National Drug Enforcement Authority (NDEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen intelligence-sharing and joint operations against drug trafficking between both countries. The agreement was signed on Saturday, September 26, 2026, on the sidelines of the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi, UAE, according to the […]

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NDLEA EXPANDS CRACKDOWN ON TRANSNATIONAL DRUG CARTELS, BUSTS ENUGU METH LAB

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arraigned luxury goods dealer and lifestyle influencer, Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two alleged accomplices over the attempted export of 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine to the United Kingdom. Afolabi was arraigned alongside Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch before Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos on a 22-count […]

September 25, 2026 11

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NDLEA Arrests Fugitive Drug Kingpin Linked to 49.70kg Heroin Shipment

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested and repatriated Festus Ibewuike, alias Chidibest Ibewuike, a suspected drug kingpin who had been on the run for more than two years over his alleged involvement in a 49.70kg heroin shipment intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. In a statement signed by its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the agency said Ibewuike was arrested […]

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NDLEA Boss Orders Investigators to Target Drug Cartels’ Financial Networks

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has directed investigators and prosecutors to intensify efforts to trace, seize and recover the proceeds and assets of drug traffickers. Marwa gave the charge on Wednesday in Abuja while declaring open an advanced capacity-building programme on financial investigations, asset tracing, forfeiture and recovery of proceeds linked to […]

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NDLEA Seizes N6.2bn ‘Jihadi Drug’, Opioids at Lagos Airport, Arrests Cross-Border Kingpin

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drugs worth more than N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, including 47,200 tablets of captagon, popularly known as the ‘Jihadi drug,’ concealed inside local bathing soap brought from Ghana. The 49-year-old alleged cross-border drug kingpin, Akinbile Kazeem Aikins, was arrested on Saturday, August 22, 2026, after arriving from Accra, Ghana, aboard an African […]

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Drug War Is Generational Task, Marwa Tells NDLEA Officers

By ZZainab Uzomah The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has urged officers and personnel of the agency to remain resilient, describing the fight against illicit drugs as a generational responsibility. Marwa spoke on Thursday at the 12th Chairman/CEO’s Commendations and Awards ceremony held at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja. The ceremony saw the agency honour 274 […]

August 14, 2026 14

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Marwa urges traditional rulers, parents to take ownership of drug war

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), has called on traditional rulers, parents and community leaders to take greater responsibility in the fight against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria. In a statement released on Saturday by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, Marwa made the call at the 10th […]

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