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NDLEA: Marwa, top officials undergo drug integrity test

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Aminu Imam

�As agency intercepts N2bn worth of drugs at Lagos airport The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, along with Directors, men and officers at the national headquarters of the agency in Abuja yesterday submitted themselves for a surprise drug integrity test. According to the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a press statement issued yesterday, officials were taken unawares when upon resumption, the gates to the NDLEA headquarters office were ordered shut and everyone asked to gather in batches at the conference hall where…

Chadian lady arrested at Abuja airport with heroin in her private part

March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested�a�Chadian lady, Vivien Tarmadji, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight 911 en route Addis Ababa-Italy with 234.35 grams of heroin concealed in her private part. Tarmadji, who runs a saloon business in Italy since 2016 upon her relocation to the country via Libya, was nabbed by vigilant narcotics agents during an outward clearance of the airline at the boarding gate after being scanned. A statement by the Spokesperson of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi,…

Nigerians to get NDLEA drug-free certificates before marriage – Marwa

March 21, 2021March 21, 2021 Aminu Imam

The chairman of Nigerian drugs enforcement office, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has said young Nigerians would soon be required to certify themselves free from illicit drugs before they could get married. The NDLEA boss, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, at a colloquium organised by the Ekiti State’s Ministry of Justice, said parents will be asked to list drug-free documents as part of requirements for approving their children�s marriage. He described the menace of drug use in the country as �worrisome��. He called…

‘Drug abuse rate higher in southern Nigeria’ � NDLEA

March 20, 2021March 20, 2021 Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), said the South-West region has the highest rate of drug use in Nigeria. The Chairman, Buba Marwa, disclosed this yesterday, during the inauguration of a Behavioural Action Care Foundation Centre in Ogbomoso, Osun State. The chairman said the prevalence in Oyo State is 23 percent, while Kano State has a prevalence of 16 percent. �The South-West has the worst prevalence. The prevalence is 22.4 percent. In other Southern regions, the prevalence in South-South is 16.6 percent and South-East 14.8 percent. He further said,…

NDLEA Chairman, Marwa recommends drug test for politicians

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Aminu Imam

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has recommended a drug test for all aspiring politicians in the country. This recommendation was made by the NDLEA boss during a meeting with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of Lagos State, in Marina on Wednesday. According to him,�Running for public offices is a big responsibility. One should not be in this important assignment for the public while his or her head is filled up because of drugs”. �The drug scourge is now an epidemic in Nigeria. The…

�90% of criminalities in Nigeria linked to drug abuse� � Marwa

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Aminu Imam

Says war against illicit drugs is fight to finish The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) has said that 90% of criminalities in Nigeria is linked to drug abuse. The new NDLEA helmsman, who disclosed this at three different fora on Monday, where he met with various stakeholders in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, said as such the war against the menace of illicit drug trafficking, peddling and abuse is a fight to finish with him in the saddle of…

NDLEA intercepts 40 parcels of cocaine worth N32 bn in Lagos

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Aminu Imam

…Arrests 2 drug traffickers Two suspected drug traffickers have been arrested and 40 parcels of cocaine weighing 43.11 kilogrammes, estimated at more than N32 billion, intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA). The anti-drug agency disclosed that the seizure was made by its Tin-Can Island Command, in Lagos on Monday. According to the agency, the consignment containing the illicit drug was put under surveillance by operatives of the Tin-Can Island Command for some days until two clearing agents showed up on Monday, February 8, 2021 to clear them.…

NDLEA officials arrest drug trafficker who concealed cocaine in T-shirts

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Aminu Imam

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a cocaine trafficker identified as Ukaegbu Bright Onyekachi at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), in Lagos. It was learnt that the cocaine trafficker, Onyekachi, who arrived Nigeria on board Ethiopian Airlines from S�o Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, was nabbed with 3.30 kilogrammes of the illicit drug during the inward clearance of passengers at the E-arrival hall of the MMIA. Speaking on the incident, Ahmadu Garba, who is the NDLEA commander at MMIA, said the hard drug was…

NDLEA seizes 26kg cocaine, largest in 15 years

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it seized cocaine and heroin worth N30 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), in Lagos. It said the drugs were allegedly seized from a 33-year-old lady, Onyejegbu Ifesinachi Jennifer, who arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The NDLEA said the seizure weighed 26.840 kilograms, the biggest single seizure from an individual in the past 15 years. It added that the drugs were seized after she was searched in line with NDLEA protocol profiling passengers �from high risk…

NDLEA seeks approval for drug test on govt appointees, security agencies, students

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), says it will seek Government’s approval to conduct drug tests on tertiary institutions� new students, security agencies� fresh recruits and appointees. The Chairman of the agency, Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), disclosed this during a meeting with Commanders of the 36 States, FCT and special Commands yesterday, in Abuja. Marwa said that he would soon propose to the government the necessity for drug tests for all tertiary institutions-resuming students. He added that the test would also be conducted for National Youths Service Corps, (NYSC), members, new…