'Drug use, mental illness feed each other’ - NDLEA boss Marwa

'Drug use, mental illness feed each other’ - NDLEA boss Marwa

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has said that drug use and mental illness feed each other, warning that “if we only arrest the symptoms, we will keep missing the cause.” In a statement, the Director of Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja, Femi Babafemi, said Marwa made the remark on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, while chairing the f…

NDLEA arrests 1,860 suspects, seizes 5.4 tonnes of illicit drugs in Kano - NewsTmes.com.ng

Advertisement The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano Strategic Command, says it arrested 1,860 suspects, including 92 females, and seized more than 5.4 tonnes of illicit drugs between January and September 2026. Advertisement The command also secured 89 convictions and filed 126 new cases in court during the nine-month period, while 135 cases remained …

Over 53,000 drug rehabilitation cases in 5 years — NDLEA’s Marwa urged urgent funding for mental health

By Omoyeni Ojeifo More than 53,843 people have passed through rehabilitation facilities operated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in five years, as its Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retired), calls for greater investment in mental healthcare. Marwa disclosed the figure on Tuesday, while chairing the fifth edition of The Conversation Conference (TCC 5.0), organised by Intersect Consortium in Abuja. PerSecondNews repo…

NDLEA Calls For Stronger Intelligence-Sharing, Action Against Illicit Finance, Investment In Institutions In Developing Countries - Security News Alert

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has presented the transformation of Nigeria’s drug control architecture as a practical case study of how institutions can adapt to evolving threats and deliver measurable results at the ongoing 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. This was part of the highlights […] The post NDLEA Calls For Stronger Intelligence-Sharing, Action Against Illicit Finance,  Investmen…

NDLEA arrests 38,242, seizes drugs worth ₦2.5tn - Lagos Television

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 38,242 suspects, seized more than 5.8 million kilogrammes of illicit drugs valued at over ₦2.5 trillion and secured 6,232 convictions between January 2025 and September 2026. The figures were disclosed at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, where Nigeria...

NDLEA arrests 1,860 suspects, seizes over 5.4 tonnes of illicit drugs in Kano

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kano Strategic Command, has arrested 1,860 suspects and seized 5,409.814 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs between January and September. The NDLEA Public Relations Officer in Kano, ASN Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Kano, on behalf …