The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, gave the figure at a media briefing to mark his one year in office.
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The defendant, also a social media influencer, was dragged to court by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Obi Cubana revealed these and also spoke on his perception of hard drugs in an interview he granted Daddy Freeze.
The Public Affairs Officer of the Command, Dan Simon-Peter, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Jos.
Kareem was arraigned in December 2021 by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on one count of drug trafficking,
The suspects have been charged in the court on Wednesday in Lagos for allegedly peddling 12,238kg of Canabis.
This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by Assistant Media Officer, NDLEA, Imo State Command, Aloysius Nworisa.
The tonnes of illicit drugs were burnt to ashes at the Central Dump Site at Egbedi along Iwo/Ibadan Road on Friday.
The agency also disclosed that it rescued 34 children aged between eight and 14 on the Okene-Lokoja Expressway.
Wilson Uwujaren, spokesperson for the Commission, revealed this in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the five-year plan, launched on Monday in Abuja, would run from 2021-2025.
Obot Bassey, the state NDLEA Commander, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday.
Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotic, Senator Hezekiah Dimka said his committee uncovered the anomaly in the course of scrutinizing the budget document presented to it by the Ministry of Finance and quickly raised the alarm.
He gave the charge at the passing out parade of the new officers at the NDLEA Academy, Jos, Plateau State on Friday.
It also arrested 136 drug suspects and seized 763.7kgs of hard drugs between January and October 2021 in the state.
Marwa told Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State whom he visited that the drugs seized were worth N120 billion.
This was contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Monday in Abuja.
“I would like to encourage officers to venture more into the field of writing to expand the frontiers of knowledge in the service”, he stated.
The suspect was dragged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency before the court on Wednesday in Lagos.
The appointment was contained in a statement by Sunday Kwogo, Principal Staff Officer, Press and Advocacy, Katsina State Command.