Tag: Ndlea
Photographer jailed 4 years for illicit drug
A 30 year-old photographer, Lucky Guieze and an 18 year-old Abdul Rasheed were on Thursday, sentenced to two years jail…
NDLEA arrests drug baron, intercepts 576kg of narcotics
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug baron, Tochukwu Ubah, alleged to be coordinating a…
NDLEA uncovers drug cartel in Enugu Airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it has uncovered a suspected drug trafficking cartel at the…
NDLEA nabs notorious drug dealer in Plateau
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Plateau, has arrested an alleged notorious psychotropic drug dealer operating in the…
Man jailed for life for dealing in marijuana
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, Tuesday, sentenced a 39-year-old man, Sule Ibrahim, to life…
NDLEA rehabilitates 210 drug addicts in Jigawa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has rehabilitated 210 drug addicts in Jigawa over the last 20 months. Mr…
NDLEA arrests man with 108 ATM cards
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday said it had arrested a 34-year-old man, (name withheld) suspected to…
NDLEA nabs Brazil-bound passenger with $34,000
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a passenger for attempting to smuggle out 23 wraps containing 34,000…
Men caught with 448 Travellers Cheques, 108 ATM cards to face trial
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign Jonathan Odu Isikwei for unlawful possession of 448 travellers…
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How Fake And Substandard Drugs Get To Nigeria
Last year, Duke University Press published “Speculative Markets: Drug Circuits and Derivative Life in Nigeria” by Kristin Peterson, who teaches…
480 drug suspects arrested
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had arrested 480 suspects for drug-related offences in Katsina…
Nigerian Youth And Drug Abuse
By Michael Oputeh A drug is a substance used for medical purposes that changes the state or function of the…
NDLEA celebrates UN Drug Free Day with success report
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano It was a record of success for this year’s United Nations’ International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit…
Kashamu Flees From Abuja Flight
Prince Buruji Kashamu, the Ogun east senator, wanted in the United States, may appear to be a tough guy, mounting…
Kashamu Vs NDLEA: Court Dismisses Contempt Proceedings
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday affirmed the order of the court issued…
NDLEA arrests 70 for drug offences in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it had arrested 70 suspects for…
Kashamu’s Extradition: Court rules on Contempt Against AGF, NDLEA Tuesday
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has reserved ruling in a committal proceeding filed by…
NDLEA destroys 24 hectares of cannabis in Oyo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in a combined six hours joint operation on Thursday raided and destroyed 24…
You cannot arrest, extradite Kasamu Buruji, Court tells NDLEA
Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court has re-affirmed its earlier order not to arrest the Ogun East senator-elect, Buruji Kasamu…
Kashamu Hid In Toilet For 6 Days
A Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu, wanted by the United States government for alleged drug offences, hid in his apartment’s toilet in…
Court adjourns Buruji Kashamu’s case till June 19
Akin Kuponiyi A federal high court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for the umpteenth time adjourned till June 19 the…
Court stops NDLEA, Police, others from arresting, extraditing Kashamu
Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday barred the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and 11…
Court sends NDLEA packing from Kashamu’s residence
Akin Kuponiyi Reprieve came the way of the Ogun East senator-elect Buruji Kasamu today as a Federal high court sitting…
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Buruji Kashamu in no-show in Lagos, lawyers mount legal hurdles
Akin Kuponiyi/Judiciary correspondent It was like waiting for Godot in Lagos today as the much expected legal battle to extradite…
Get ready for extradition proceedings, NDLEA tells Kashamu
The National Drug Law enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on May 24 told Buruji Kashamu to get prepared for extradition proceedings. In…
Bode George denies involvement with Buruji Kashamu’ s arrest
Chief Bode George has described as a huge joke, the allegation that he was involved with the US inspired attempt…
Kashamu’s attempted arrest: NGO calls for due process
A non-governmental organisation, One Child One Teacher Africa (OCOTA), has expressed concern about Saturday’s attempted arrest of Senator-elect Buruji Kashamu…
UPDATE: Buruji Kashamu placed under house arrest
NDLEA operatives who stormed the Lekki home of Prince Buruji Kashamu, will wait till Monday, to know whether they could…
NDLEA storms Buruji Kashamu’s home, set to extradite him
Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) stormed the Lekki, Lagos home of Ogun East senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu…
Two arrested with 2.7kg cocaine at Kano airport
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Two Nigerians from the eastern part of the country have been nabbed by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,…