Criminals now demand ransom in drugs, says Marwa
According to him, kidnappers and other criminals have adopted the practice of demanding ransom in drugs from their victims.
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Tag: Drug abuse
Drug abuse: NDLEA rehabilitates top civil servants, security agents, students
The state Commander, Olusegun Oke, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Bauchi that the figure consisted of ...
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NOA sensitises public on FOI Act, rape, drug abuse
Vitus Ekeocha, NOA’s director in Imo State, said this at a one-day interactive forum organised by the agency for stakeholders ...
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Omo-Agege seeks more funding for NDLEA to tackle drug abuse
Omo-Agege, who decried the growing trend of drug abuse among the youth, also called for establishment of more rehabilitation centres ...
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ANCOPSS urges principals to checkmate students’ tendency for social vices
The FCT President of ANCOPSS, Alhaji Abdulkarim Abdulrahaman, who gave the advice in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, also ...
Read morePSN, NDLEA partner to sensitise against drug abuse
The newly elected Kwara PSN Chairman, Mr Juwon Otelaja, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ...
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35.9m people suffer from drug use disorders globally – UNODC
Abubakar Danraka, Chairman, Abuja Branch of the Association of Hospital Administration Pharmacists of Nigeria, quoted UNODC as reporting.
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Nigeria’s economic woes fuelling drug abuse among youths — Obi
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Peter Obi, has blamed the horrible spate ...
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Kano to begin compulsory drug tests for political office holders, civil servants, students
In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammed Garba, on Friday, to mark the International Day ...
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NDLEA arrests suspect with 247kg cannabis in Imo
The Imo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 48 year-old-man with substance suspected to ...
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Drug abuse: 19 Northern Governors’ wives vow to rehabilitate youths
Wives of the 19 Northern States Governors on Tuesday said they are to tackle the issue of drug abuse that ...
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Gov. AbdulRazaq urges youth to shun drug abuse
AbdulRazaq made the call on Tuesday evening in Ilorin, the state capital, when he received members of the Scouts Association ...
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Drug abuse: WBC suspends Dillian Whyte
Whyte, who was cleared to fight by UK Anti-Doping and the British Boxing Board of Control, won the WBC's interim ...
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Odumakin wants more government action to check drug abuse
A women’s rights activist, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, has called for a state of emergency in the health sector in Nigeria, ...
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MTN ASAP: Rivers, Imo join in fight against substance abuse
The MTN-led Anti Substance Abuse Programme has berthed the campaign against drug abuse in Rivers and Imo, an official said ...
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Drug Abuse: FG reviewing National Drug Control Master Plan – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said his administration is in the process of reviewing the National Drug Control Master Plan ...
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Drug trafficking: FG reads riot act to airlines
The Federal Government says it will henceforth penalise any airline whose staff collude with baggage handlers to tag names of ...
Read moreFG restates commitment to solving drug abuse menace
The Presidential Advisory Committee on Elimination of Drug Abuse on Thursday restated its commitment to solving drug abuse menace in ...
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Drug Abuse: No new registration for alcohol in sachets — NAFDAC DG
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control says it will no longer approve new registration for alcohol ...
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Drug abuse: Presidential committee pledges to support NAFDAC
The Presidential Committee on Elimination of Drug Abuse has pledged unwavering support to the National Agency for Food Administration and ...
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