The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed the United States government’s intention to work on improving the agency’s capacity for intelligence gathering and prosecution. Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s spokesperson disclosed this in a statement on Monday, According to him, the project will also support the agency’s forensic and chemical analysis capacity. Babafemi noted that the support, which is from the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, was...

The United States government has announced a project that will strengthen intelligence gathering and prosecution capabilities as well as forensic and chemical analysis capacity of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The project will be implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Nigeria. The latest support from the U.S. Department of States Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) comes on the heels of an award of...