Strengthen fight against drug abuse during elections, 2Baba tells NDLEA
By Ewepu Gabriel and Ezra Ukanwa Popular musician, Innocent Idibia, also known as 2Baba, has called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to step-up its fight against drug abuse in the build-up to the 2023 general elections. 2Baba made the call when he led members of the 2Baba Foundation and a team from […]
Renewed onslaught on drug abuse
By Kayode Akinmade If you have been watching the raid on drug barons, couriers and syndicates in recent weeks, you cannot have missed the decidedly resonant indicators of a new direction in Nigeria’s anti-drug war. Early last month, during a week-long raid, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 31 suspects in […]
10 % of Kaduna residents abuse drugs – Official
Dr Joseph Maigari, Director-General, Kaduna State Bureau for Substance Abuse, Prevention and Treatment (KADBUSA), says about 10 per cent of the state’s residents engage in drug abuse. Maigari made the disclosure on Thursday when he led other management staff of the bureau on a courtesy visit to the palace of the Agwatyap in Atak-Njei, Zango […]
Drug Abuse: Northern govs’ wives pledge support for Taraba rehabilitation centre
…As Gov Ishaku urges colleagues to support wives By Femi Bolaji Wives of governors in the 19 Northern states have pledged their support to the newly commissioned rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Taraba State to ensure it remains functional. Chairperson of the forum and wife to the governor of Niger State, Dr. Aminat […]
Drug abuse: N’Assembly won’t allow degeneration of our values, says Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly is focused on strengthening regulatory mechanisms to ensure that our values as Nigerians do not suffer degeneration as a result of drug abuse. Lawan made this known in a keynote address delivered to declare open a Public Hearing on the National Drugs Law […]
Nigeria must address drug abuse to solve insecurity problem — Wike
Rivers state governor, Nyesome Wike has said Nigeria must address the menace of drug abuse to be able to surmount the current security challenges confronting the country.
