Abandoned and Shamed: Pains, burdens of divorced women in the north (DailyTrust) Many women are accusing men in Northern Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim society of divorcing them recklessly and leaving them with the financial burden of caring for their children. In…
*2 killed, 15 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Punch)*Passport Office introduces Saturday, Sunday services in Ikeja (Sun)
2 killed, 15 injured in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway accident (Punch) Two persons lost their lives on Saturday, while 15 others sustained injuries when a speeding DAF truck overturned at a diversion point along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Our correspondent gathered that the…
NDLEA seeks government partnership for drug-free society (Guardian)
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Retired Col. Muhammad Abdallah, has called on state governments to partner with the agency to address the scourge of drug trafficking and abuse. Abdallah, made the call in Abuja on Monday in…
Two drug addicts drown in River Niger evading NDLEA arrest (Guardian)
Luck ran out of two alleged drug addicts in Lokoja on Sunday when the men of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) swooped on their joint called ‘Bunk’ behind Moremi, where they buy and smoke Marijuana, also known as ‘weeds.’…
Fire guts EFCC office in Abuja (Guardian) * Nine farmers killed in Boko Haram attack in Borno (Guardian)
Fire guts EFCC office in Abuja (Guardian) A fire incident yesterday night gutted the Wuse 2 office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was confirmed in a statement by the…
NDLEA intercepts 12 containers of Tramadol at Lagos port (Punch)
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted over 340 million tablets of Tramadol stashed in 12 containers at the Apapa Port in Lagos. The agency said the contraband, which has been on its watch list since November, 2017, was…
Alarm over Chinese “human flesh” drugs (Vanguard)
It sounds like a tale from a fictitious horror novel or movie, but unknown to millions of Nigerians they could easily be consumers of Chinese drugs made with human flesh! It would have been difficult to believe this shocking news…
Adamawa youths now use urine, dry leaves as intoxicant (Vanguard)
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Command in Adamawa says some youths have resorted to taking human urine to get high.This is just as the Commander of the Katsina State Command, Maryam Sani, said suspected drug dealers no longer…
Bringing Strategy and Planning to Nigeria’s Codeine Crisis Response – Nkem Akinsoto
Running an organization like SI4DEV which promotes research and evidence, I had been hearing from our partners who mostly operate at the grassroots about a type of substance abuse that many people in Nigeria were unaware of at the time:…
NDLEA raids Lagos Island, shoots pupil, guard, others (Punch)
No fewer than four persons, including a pupil and a security guard of Dolphin High School, Lagos Island, have been reportedly shot by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The pupil, whose identity had yet to be ascertained,…