Many Asian countries including Saudi Arabia and Singapore impose the capital punishment on drug trafficking. This has not deterred dare...

I remember with nostalgia how participants at a focused group discussion held recently in Lagos, bemoaned infestation of our nation by social problems perpetrated consciously and unconsciously by her own people.  Warning that under this condition, it may be thought audacious to talk of creating a better society while we are still battling with the problems of battered economy arising…

It was tragedy at Sunshine Lodge, Ihiagwa, one of the satellite communities close to the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Imo State on Tuesday night.

Drug dependence takes a terrible toll on an individual’s health and well-being. However, the consequences of drug use are not limited to the individual...

Seated quietly and dressed simply with his phones in his hand, you could never guess that this man had a rough upbringing, was a truant and street menace...

Victoria Daaor holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology and is the Chief Executive of Elohim Development Foundation a faith-based NGO in Makurdi, Benue State.

No fewer than 14.3 million people (14.4 per cent of Nigerian’s population) in the age group of 15 to 64 years abused drugs such as tramadol, codeine and cannabis in 2018.

The recent household drug use survey revealed that prescription drug abuse is a fast-emerging public health problem that has led to increasing poly-drug use amongst drug dependent persons.

At her retirement ceremony as Lagos State Head of Service, Mrs. Folashade Adesoye raised an alarm over the number of civil servants with mental health challenges in the service. Putting the figure at 100, 000, she called for an urgent action to deal with the menace. Her alarm must have been caused by reports of…

The recent household drug use survey revealed that prescription drug abuse is a fast-emerging public health problem that has led to increasing poly-drug use amongst drug dependent persons. It is undermining all efforts to deepen socio-economic development and is associated with crime and lawlessness. Indeed, every year millions of young Nigerians ages between 10-25, are…

A distraught father, Pa. Michael Ehigie, has dragged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to the Federal High Court, Akure, demanding N660 million as compensation over alleged extra-judicial killing of their son, Mr. Uyi Ehigie. The 62-year-old father of the deceased, who is the plaintiff in the suit, alleged that his son was on…

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), recorded 5,235 seizures with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of about N61.5 billion in 2018.