25 years after, NDLEA gets forensic labs in Abuja, Enugu, trains 20 officers
May 12, 2025 …As US-INL donates forensic equipment to enhance Lagos lab After over 25 years of conducting forensic analysis in a single laboratory facility in Lagos, the National Drug…
Assets Recovery: Forum Seeks Action against Stolen Assets
April 16, 2025 The African Asset Recovery Practitioners Forum, AARP, has charged African countries to join hands in forging a road map and actionable processes against resource theft and asset…
Drug trafficking generates $400bn annually in Lake Chad – UNODC
Jan. 31, 2025 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Friday said drug trafficking generated an estimated 400 billion dollars annually in Sahel and Lake Chad Basin…
Minister urges higher institutions to Integrate Human Trafficking Awareness, Migration Literacy into Academic Curricula
January 29, 2025 Minister of Women Affairs, Hon. Imaan Sulaiman- Ibrahim, has called on universities and higher institutions to integrate human trafficking awareness and migration literacy into their curricula as…
Human trafficking: 25% increase of detected victims, more children being exploited – UN report
Dec. 11, 2024 Child trafficking, trafficking for forced labour and forced criminality are rising as poverty, conflict, and climate change leave more people vulnerable to exploitation, according to the latest…
85,000 women, girls killed globally intentionally in 2023 – UN Women
Nov. 25, 2024 Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2023, with 60 per cent of the homicides committed by intimate partners or other family members, UN Women…
NDLEA’s diving capability will discourage large cocaine shipments to Nigeria – Marwa
August 6, 2024 Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has said that the recent training and certification of officers of…
70% of Nigerians refuse to pay bribes- NBS
July 11, 2024 The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 70 per cent of Nigerians refused to pay bribes in 2023 on at least one occasion. This is according to…
Kush’, ‘Khadafi’ and ‘Monkey Tail’ drugs pose health risks in Africa, UN agency says
June 27, 2024 The United Nations on Wednesday flagged harmful new drug concoctions, named kush, Khadafi, and Monkey Tail, as posing particular health risks across Africa because of their varying…
World Drug Report 2024: Estimated 64mn people suffer from drug use disorders globally – UNODC
June 26, 2024 As the world commemorates the International Day against Drug abuse and illicit trafficking, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday released its latest report…