Trafficking Traps Hide Behind Jobs, Scholarships, Travel Offers, GADA Warns Students
A job offer, a scholarship or a chance to travel may look like a ticket to a better life, but GADA has warned that such attractive opportunities could conceal trafficking traps targeting unsuspecting young people.
NDLEA Busts Couple’s Drug Warehouse in Benin, Seizes Over 400kg of Narcotics
Operatives seized 22 bags of skunk weighing 219.5 kilogrammes and compressed blocks of Canadian Loud (a potent strain of synthetic cannabis) weighing 192.67 kilogrammes.
Edo: NDLEA Busts Cannabis Farm, Arrests 42, Seizes Over 4.9 Tonnes Of Cannabis
The Command also disclosed that suspected members of a drug cartel abandoned consignments of codeine cough syrup and tramadol while fleeing to evade arrest during enforcement operations.
NDLEA Hauls Massive 6,778.5kg Canadian Loud Cannabis at Lagos Port in Major Bust
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has taken formal custody of a staggering 6,778.5 kilograms of “Canadian Loud,” a potent strain of cannabis, seized at Apapa Port in Lagos during a collaborative operation with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other security agencies.
Ikpea Leads Edo Drug Destruction Exercise, Seeks Stronger Crackdown On Abuse, Trafficking
Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics, Joseph Ikpea, has reiterated the National Assembly’s commitment to tackling drug abuse and trafficking in Nigeria, describing the public destruction of seized narcotics worth millions of naira as a clear demonstration of the government’s resolve to combat the illicit drug trade. Speaking […]
NDLEA Cannabis Raid Sparks Public Outrage In C’River
The development follows an earlier operation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, working alongside troops of the Nigerian Army 13 Brigade in Calabar.
NDLEA Busts International Drug Ring, Arrests Ivorian Cocaine Courier, Nigerian Medical Doctor
He was found to have ingested 82 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.49kg. Gohouri had arrived in Lagos from Milan on January 17, 2026, and spent three weeks shuttling between Lagos and Enugu before travelling to Kano, where he spent a week and swallowed the cocaine consignment in his hotel room.
NDLEA Intercepts Drugs Concealed in Jackets, Cream at Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted multiple attempts by drug trafficking syndicates to smuggle illicit substances concealed in carton walls, winter jackets, and body cream containers through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and a Lagos-based courier firm. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, […]
‘No Work for Us, No Work for You’ — Labour Unions Barricade NAFDAC Lagos Office in Day 7 Protest Over Sachet Alcohol Ban
Protesters, numbering in the hundreds, chanted “No work for us, no work for you” while blocking the office entrance from around 7:00 a.m., effectively preventing staff from entering the premises for nearly two hours. The demonstration temporarily halted operations until officers from the Nigeria Police Force, Odi-Olowo Division, intervened around 11:00 a.m. to reopen access. The protest remained peaceful, with no reports of violence or arrests.
NDLEA Raids Drug Dens in Kano, Arrests 19 in ‘Operation Ramadan Mubarak’
The operation, codenamed “Operation Ramadan Mubarak,” was launched following credible intelligence from a concerned community member, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari.