Over 3.58m Nigerian Women, Girls Are Drug Abusers – UN

Women, Girls among I in 4 of over 14.3million drug users in Nigeria – UN   The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, has said that Nigeria has over 14.3 million people who use drugs and 1 in 4 of this population is a woman or girl. Data analysis by Platforms Africa shows that 1 in 4 of 14.3 is over 3.575 million. The development was revealed as Nigeria, with the support of the European Union and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC officially launched…

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BREAKING: NDLEA writes APC, Seeks Drug Integrity Test for Tinubu, Osinbajo, Others

  Drug control agency seeks drugs integrity test for APC, PDP Aspirants, Politicians before Primaries   The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (rtd) has written a letter to the Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC, Sen Abdullahi Adamu, requesting that officials of the NDLEA be given access to conduct drugs integrity tests for politicians seeking political offices in the country. Platforms Africa reports that top on the list of politicians that have declared intention to run under the banner…

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