UNODC
3 Jun 2024
The United Nations (UN) has commenced a stakeholders' workshop on insecurity, crime, and drug abuse in Gusau, Zamfara State. Organised by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Nigeria Country Office, the workshop began on Monday at the Government House. A statement from the Governor’s Office, issued by Sulaiman Bala Idris, described the programme…
29 May 2024
United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC) has intensified training of personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service, (NCoS), on standard rules for the treatment of prisoners, also known as ‘The Mandela Rules’.
28 May 2024
As a young boy growing up in Yola, my first encounter with the specter of drug abuse wasn’t through the grim tales of tabloids or the distant murmurs of concerned adults.
22 May 2024
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said the move by the Nigerian Senate to impose the death penalty on drug trafficking offenders will not yield the desired result.
2 May 2024
Three winners have emerged in the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) maiden edition of #BeWildForNature sensitisation campaign contest for young Nigerians.
29 Apr 2024
There are concerns that the legislature is foot-dragging review of wildlife laws, which are outdated and not stringent enough to tackle illegal wildlife trade in the country.
4 Apr 2024
National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) have partnered to curb wildlife trafficking by monitoring and enforcing legislation in the sub-region.
17 Mar 2024
Sir: About four weeks ago, the news was all over the media that members of the Governors Spouses Forum, during a two-day Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Care (DPTC) training held on February 13, 2024...
16 Mar 2024
Prison and Penal Reform Portfolio of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC), has called for greater implementation of the non-custodial measures
6 Mar 2024
The Federal Government has decried the decline of wildlife population in the country, saying that the threats posed by the development call for urgent collective action to ensure a brighter future for both wildlife and communities.
6 Mar 2024
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, (UNODC), has decried illegal trade in wildlife and forest product noting low enlightenment, weak legislation and implementation among other gaps as bane of effective prosecutions of offenders.
6 Feb 2024
Nigeria has launched the School anti-Trafficking Education and Advocacy Project (STEAP), following a 2021 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which found that children made up 75 per cent of trafficking victims detected in West Africa.
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