How COVID-induced lockdown pushed up drugs consumption – Rivers NDLEA commander

How ‘tough times’ push more Nigerians into drug trafficking

The increasing number of Nigerians willing to turn to smuggling of narcotics is being blamed on ‘hard times’

Covid-19, no doubt, led to job losses and economic downturn, but that's not where its impact ends. The stay-at-home order by the government to curb the spread of the pandemic provoked heavy drugs consumption pattern in the youths, according to the Rivers State commander of the Nigeria Drugs Law Enfo

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