EDUCATION

NDLEA, Education Ministry Agree on Drug Education in School Curriculum, Test for Varsity Students, Others

Daily Dispatch July 30, 2025

Compulsory drug integrity test for students of tertiary institutions and the review of current secondary school curriculum to include drug education are part of agreements reached between the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Federal Ministry of Education when the NDLEA

NEWS

Chinese bizman, 80-yr-old grandma arrested as NDLEA seizes Colos in moimoi sachets

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2025

… Intercepts Loud consignments in processed food cans from Canada; others in Lagos, Cross River, Edo, Ondo, Nasarawa, Borno, Niger, Ogun, Gombe, Kaduna, Kogi raids A Chinese businessman Liang Tak You and an 80-year-old grandma Mrs. Grace Ekpeme top the list of arrests made by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in […]

NEWS

NDLEA, NARTO collaborate on war against drug trafficking

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2025

. Deployment of NDLEA officers to parks, depots; drug test for drivers top agreements Leaders of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) have pledged to work with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to curb the use of truck and passenger vehicles to traffic illicit drugs as part ongoing offensive action against […]

NEWS

NDLEA Arrests Wanted Drug Baron on the Run for 7 Years

Daily Dispatch July 20, 2025

Operatives of a special operations unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted 60-year-old alleged drug kingpin, Okpara Chigozie, who had been on the run for seven years. A statement by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi said Okpara was caught attempting to ship large quantities of cocaine […]

NEWS

NDLEA Recovers Cocaine, Loud from Microwaves, Lipsticks at Lagos Airport

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2025

… Nabs Wanted Drug Kingpin Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in microwaves imported from Thailand and wraps of cocaine built into ladies’ lipsticks going to Guinea at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi

NEWS

NDLEA intercepts Saudi, UK-bound cocaine in lipsticks, property title documents

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2025

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia respectively. The spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the illicit drug consignments were recovered from cargos being prepared for shipment at