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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) have agreed to strengthen existing partnership and synergy in various areas of operations especially in the fight against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking.

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Rector of St. Catherine’s the Salesian House of Theology, Maynooth University Archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland, Dr. Cyril Odia has expressed worry over increasing number of street children in Nigeria, saying it is a national embarrassment. Odia who is the Executive Producer of the movie, The Oratory, recently premiered in Lagos spoke at a press conference in Lagos yesterday, where he …

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 20-year-old graduate, Miss Bee Okoro for producing and selling drugged candies and cookies and a 27-year-old dispatch rider, Idewo Raimi, who handles door-to-door delivery for her.

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danger of writing a tribute to any high profile personality in Nigeria today is obvious: the writer runs the risk of being misrepresented as a political praise singer, or at times, time and tide can cast him as a bootlicker, especially, if the subject of his adulation suffers a reversal of fortune, materially or reputation-wise. But with Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), OFR, you can safely write an eulogy because, you can be sure that ten years later, his stock

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has Intercepted loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine met for insurgents camps in Nigeria at the Apapa Port, Lagos.

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Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday 25th August joined widows of deceased officers of the Agency to appreciate and pray for President Muhammadu Buhari for granting intervention fund to pay the burial entitlements of at least 188 personnel who died in active service.

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By Victor Emeruwa 32 years after the establishment of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), it appears the agency is on a renewed offensive to push back the brutal rise in the incidences of illicit substances abuse and high rate of drug trafficking in Nigeria. In a much visible effort to cut the rising menace of illicit drug use …

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Tayo Olanipekun Agencies of the Nigerian government assisted the United States of America in the arrest and successful extradition of a Pakistani national charged with drug trafficking and money laundering, U.S Mission to Nigeria has said. The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice with the prosecutors from the Central Authority Unit (CAU) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made …

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The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has apprehended a 50-year-old mother of seven, who allegedly hid 40kg of cannabis in a consignment of vegetables. The state Commander of the agency, Mr. Buba Wakawa, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Tuesday. Wakawa said that the suspect, who lives in Ibadan, was arrested on …

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has confirmed a report published by African Business Travel News( ABTN) on Sunday that it has  arrested of many staffers of the two ground handling companies operating in Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for their involvement in aiding drug trafficking in the airport. The nation’s anti-narcotic agency in a release by its  Principal Staff …

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