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Substance use prevention in focus as NDLEA, UNODC unveil 2025 world drug day activities

Daily Dispatch June 18, 2025

. Marwa, Toure call for public , states’ active participation in fight against illicit drugs The Nigerian public has been challenged to get involved and take full ownership of the fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking with a view to curbing the menace and preventing young

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UNODC, NAPTIP, Immigration, MDAs, Collaborate to Change Nigeria’s Migration Landscape

Daily Dispatch April 30, 2025

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI); the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and other stakeholders are collaborating to change the landscape of Migration in Nigeria. The stakeholders met in Abuja on

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UNODC, Denmark collaborate to boost war against maritime crimes in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2024

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with funding from the Danish Government has built a Ship-in-a-Box (SIAB) simulator at the Joint Maritime Security Training Centre (JMSTC); to boost the war against maritime crimes in the country. A statement on Friday by the UNODC said: “Maritime piracy, including kidnapping and robbery at sea, […]

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UNODC, NAPTIP Advocate Holistic Approach to End Human Trafficking

Daily Dispatch August 1, 2023

The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) and the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have advocated for an holistic approach to end human trafficking in Nigeria. The UNODC Team Leader, Trafficking in Persons/Smuggling of Migrants Portfolio, Abimbola Adewumi, revealed this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the annual peer review […]

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UNODC, JIC, Italy Commission Facility in Maiduguri to Boost War on Terrorism

Daily Dispatch March 31, 2023

The Joint Investigation Centre (JIC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with financial support from Italy have commissioned a new evidence storage facility in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to boost the ongoing war on terrorism. A press statement by the UNODC office in Nigeria on Friday read: “Earlier today, the […]