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A survey by Kaduna State Bureau for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (KADBUSA) has revealed that 10% of Kaduna state citizens have drug abuse problem, while creating a linkage …
10% percent Kaduna citizens suffer drug abuse – KADBUSA Read More
Taraba state Governor Darius Ishaku, Wednesday, urged governors of the 19 northern states to throw their weight behind the campaign of their respective wives to check drug addiction and rehabilitate …
Ishaku to northern govs: Tackle drug consumption now Read More
I would like to give my piece of admonition on the menace of drug abuse that agitates almost all parts of this country (Nigeria). You would find a syndicate group …
How to curtail drug abuse Read More
Again, the nexus between drug abuse and crimes/banditry is occupying public discourse as ELEOJO IDACHABA writes. The level of banditry in the country of late is unprecedented. Analysts are of …
How drug abuse triggers banditry in society Read More
Worried by the worsening security problems posed by bandits and kidnappers in the northern part of the country, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Youth African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has organized …
Banditry: YALI sensitises Bauchi students on drug abuse Read More
The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari the appointment of Brig.-Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd) as the new chairman of the National Drug Law …
Group lauds Marwa’s appointment as NDLEA chairman Read More
An Abuja-based media practitioner, Comrade Yemi Itodo, has called for synergy between journalists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as well as civil society organisations (CSOs) that were engaged in social works, …
Why NGOs, CSOs must partner media against social vices – Itodo Read More
Nigeria has been ranked highest in drug use prevalence rate in the world with 14.3% as against 5.3% for the entire global community. The National Programme Officer of the United …
Nigeria ranks highest in drug use prevalence – UNO Read More
Over four Kilometres stretch of a farm suspected to be cannabis sativa worth N1.5 billion in Igalamela/Odolu local government area of kogi state has been destroyed by the state command …
NDLEA destroys N1.5bn cannabis sativa farm in Kogi Read More
Ondo state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested no fewer than 150 hard drug suspects between January and June 2020. A total of 7, 702.114kg …
World Drug Day: Ondo NDLEA seizes 7, 70.114kg hard drugs, 150 suspects Read MoreThe commander of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Cross River state, Mrs. Anthonia Edeh, has said the agency had arrested 146 suspects and rehabilitated 114 others within …
Cross River NDLEA nabs 146 drug suspects, rehabilitates 114 Read More
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kano state command said it has impounded 7.8 tonnes of Illicit drugs in Kano from the beginning of lockdown period to date. The …
NDLEA impounds 7.8 tonnes of narcotics in Kano Read MoreFollowing the involvement of the youth of Imo state on drug related activities, the state House of Assembly has invited the state Commandant of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency …
Imo Assembly summons NDLEA, state orientation agency on drug abuse Read MoreA 16-year-old was Monday brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly belonging to an unlawful society and smoking Indian hemp in public. The police arraigned the …
16-year-old docked for cultism, hemp smoking Read MoreThe Kano Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA) has impounded over 150 cartons of unregistered drugs suspected to be Potwin and 30 cartons of Janify Caftarian injection allegedly smuggled into Kano …
KAROTA impounds 150 unregistered drugs in Kano Read MoreThe use of illicit drugs among our youths cannot be extricated from why there has been a heightened security concern in our country in recent times. So many people see …
How to tackle substance abuse Read MoreA 20-year-old man, Olarewaju Oderinde, was Thursday arraigned before a Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, for allegedly being in possession of 500 grammes of Indian hemp (cannabis sativa). The prosecutor, …
Man, 20, docked for possessing 500g of marijuana Read MoreA Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr Stephen Oluwaniyi, has called for an holistic approach to reverse the increasing cases of substance used and drug abuse in the country. Oluwaniyi, Head of Training …
Psychiatrist calls for holistic approach to curb drug abuse Read MoreThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agents (NDLEA) on Tuesday said it arrested 249 suspected illicit drug peddlers as well as seized 426.5988kg of drugs in some parts of Anambra state …
NDLEA arrests 249 suspects, seize over 400 hard drugs in Anambra Read MoreAn aspirant for the chairmanship of Bassa local government area of Kogi state in the April 2020 chairmanship election, Zakeri Ibrahim Yembo, has called on youth in Bassa land in …
Bassa LG chair aspirant advises youth on drug abuse Read MoreThe Kano state government has intercepted 145 cartoons of expired and illicit drugs stored in a warehouse located on Niger Street in Fagge local government area of Kano metropolis. The …
Kano intercepts 145 cartons of illicit, expired drugs Read MoreThe Gombe State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Mr Julius Ishaya, Tuesday announced the state government’s plan to identify sports talents to curb youth restiveness in the state. Ishaya said …
Gombe to identify grassroots sports talents Read MoreThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) was established by Decree Number 48 of 1989 and charged with the mandate of eliminating the growing, processing, manufacturing, selling, exporting, and trafficking …
War against drug trafficking: Is NDLEA equal to the task? Read MoreThe National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Edo state command has arrested 29 suspected drug traffickers. The state commander of the agency, Mr Buba Wakawa, disclosed this in an interview …
NDLEA arrests 29 drug suspects in Edo Read MoreThe prevalence of illegal rehabilitation centres across northern Nigeria has once again brought to the fore issues surrounding drug abuse and mental health in Nigeria, SAMSON BENJAMIN writes. The Police …
How drug abuse fuels north’s rehabilitation centres Read More