NDLEA – City Business News

January 23, 2026 No Responses

Marwa Sets 2026 Operational Targets For NDLEA Commanders

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), has set the tone for the 2026 operational goals with a high-level strategic meeting with directors, commanders and heads of formations during which...

January 18, 2026 No Responses

NDLEA Nabs Drug Kingpin After 12-Year Manhunt

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a long-wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo-kanmo,” bringing to an end a 12-year manhunt over his alleged involvement in the killing of three NDLEA officers...

January 2, 2026 No Responses

Customs, NDLEA Intercept 30kg Cocaine On Foreign Vessel At Apapa Port

Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, working in synergy with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 30 slabs of cocaine weighing 30.1 kilograms aboard a foreign vessel at the Apapa Port, Lagos.A state...

December 21, 2025 No Responses

Drug Kingpin Arrested With 23.50kg Cocaine

Twenty months after a cocaine trafficking cartel led by a couple: Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda was smashed in Lagos and Ogun state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with multi-billion-naira worth of the...

December 17, 2025 No Responses

NAHCO Hosts New NDLEA MMIA Commander

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO Plc) on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, received the newly appointed Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Strategic Command, CN Muhammad Tuk...

December 17, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Secures Court Order To Detain Vessel, 21 Crew

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured an order of a Federal High Court in Lagos to detain a ship, its captain and 20 other crew members following the seizure of 25.5 kilograms of cocaine in the hatch...

December 12, 2025 No Responses

Customs, NDLEA Intercept 1,187kg Canadian Loud At Apapa Port

By ebosele@hotmail.com. — Barely five days after the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted 25.5kg of cocaine aboard a Brazilian-flagged vessel, both agencies have recorded yet another major breakth...

November 26, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Dismantles N6.7b Opioids Cartel, Arrests Drug Baron

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recorded another major breakthrough in the nationwide crackdown on drug syndicates with the dismantling of a large-scale opioids cartel in Lagos and the arrest of a suspected kingpin, Onyekach...

November 23, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Smashes Six Drug Syndicates

In one of the Agency’s most sweeping offensives in recent times, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled at least six drug trafficking syndicates across the country, recovering tons of assorted illicit substances and arresting nine ke...

November 21, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine Shipment From Brazil, Detains Ship, 20 Crew

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted another cocaine-laden vessel at the Apapa seaport in Lagos, barely six months after 10 Thai sailors were convicted and fined $4.3 million for trafficking 32.9kg of the drug into...

November 16, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Wanted Drug Baron In Lagos

A wanted drug baron who operates under the cover of a businessman and hotelier, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, has been arrested by operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after weeks...

November 14, 2025 No Responses

NDLEA Strengthens Maritime Operations, Sends Officers To UK For Advanced Training

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has strengthened its maritime surveillance and interdiction capabilities following the successful completion of a week working visit to the United Kingdom by officers from the Agency’s Directorate of Seaport O...

November 14, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Reappoints Marwa As NDLEA Chairman

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the appointment of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for another five-year term.Marwa was first appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in Jan...

November 11, 2025 No Responses

PTML Customs Intercepts ₦29.4b Cocaine, Hands Over To NDLEA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port and Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command, has intercepted cocaine shipment valued at ₦29.4 billion.Comptroller Joe Anani, Customs Area Controller of PTML Command, disclosed this during a press conference on Tu...