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UNODC  has launched DrugHelpNet, a network of Nigerian Doctors, Psychologists, Nurses and Counsellors to provide over-the-phone assistance to drug users or families who need such services during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from…

ABUJA - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), working in conjunction with the European Union and the Nigeria Police Force  on Friday, November 15, launched a new Handbook on Counter-Terrorism Investigations developed…

When she was offered a ticket to Oman to start work as a house help, 28 years old Nigerian woman Adaora already pictured a bright future abroad. But once in Oman, her dreams turned into nightmares. Confronted with a slave-like condition of…

ABUJA – Although, Nigeria appears to be edging closer to controlling the HIV epidemic, inmates of Nigerian prisons are twice more likely to be living with HIV than people in the community, a National HIV Assessment has revealed. The…

ABUJA –  Some 464,000 people across the world were killed in homicides in 2017, surpassing by far the 89,000 killed in armed conflicts in the same period, according to the Global Study on Homicide 2019 published recently by the United…

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has reiterated its readiness to support Nigeria in pursuing the complementary objectives of preserving public safety and protecting children. The organization made the commitment at a…

as International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2019 is marked globally The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2019 is being observed worldwide today amid report showing…

ABUJA – The United Nations office on drugs and crime Nigeria (UNODC) and the Federal Ministry of Education today launched a new programme, Education for Justice (E4J) Initiative in Nigeria, to help prevent crime, drug use and violent…

as UNODC partners Facebook, Africa TeenGeeks to organize Hackathon4 Justice contest   ABUJA  – After 29-hours of coding…

ABUJA- As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the  2019 International Women’s Day, the United Nations Office on Crime and Drugs, UNODC Nigeria, has drawn attention to the disproportionally high risk of women and girls in Africa…