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FG to partner UNODC on skills acquisition for inmates

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By Ukpono Ukpong The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, revealed plans to partner with the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC), on provision of skills acquisition to Nigerian Correctional facility inmates. Tunji-Oji made the call yesterday when officials of UNODC paid a

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Children constitute 50% of trafficked Nigerian victims

Ihesiulo Grace 20 January 2021 0

Half of human trafficking victims in Nigeria in 2020 were children, Chervine Oftadeh, an official of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC) said in Benin City on Tuesday. Oftadeh, an Associate Expert said his declaration was informed by a baseline assessment conducted by UNODC in Nigeria. He was speaking at a capacity […]

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UNODC takes COVID-19 sensitisation to correctional facilities in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2020 0

In a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in correctional facilities nationwide, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has begun sensitisation of inmates across the 244 facilities in Nigeria. A statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by Sylvester Atere, outreach and communications officer of UNODC, said that the sensitisation was […]

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UN to support FG’s strategies toward tackling climate change

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2019 0

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says it is working to support Federal Government’s strategies toward preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism in the same way of tackling climate change. This is contained in a statement by Mr Sylvester Atere, the Outreach and Communications Officer of UNODC on Wednesday. He said the […]

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Drug abuse: Lagos ranks highest, says Presidential Committee on drug

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2019 0

Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Presidential Advisory Committee on Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA) set up to advise the federal government on how to fight the incessant abuse of drugs across the country has embarked on a fact-finding mission to the South Western Zone of the country. The committee headed by the retired Brigadier General Muhammed Buba […]

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UNODC tackles drug abuse with launch of 4 policy publications

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2018 0

In a decisive move to combat the hydra headed problem of drug dependence among millions of Nigerian youths and widespread incidence of drug induced criminality and violence in the country, the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),is set to launch four different publications on important policies and guidelines for controlled medicines and drug […]