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 courtesy visit to his Office in Abuja. The Minister said […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]