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Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) has said that the agency is planning alternative development strategies that would take drug cartels out of business and protect the environment from the damaging effects of illicit drug cultivation and production. The NDLEA boss stated this while outlining efforts by Nigeria to curb the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug production and trafficking in his presentation at the third committee session of the ongoing 78th United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in...

Heads of Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa have called for the setting up of specialized courts to try drug cases and other organized crimes across the continent. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja disclosed on Saturday, 30th September 2023 that these were part of recommendations adopted at the end of the weeklong 31st Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLAF) in Abuja on Friday, September 29, 2023. According to them, "Governments should consider the establishment of national specialized courts and asset recovery...