Nigeria's first lady, Aisha Buhari is angry at the moment. The controversial first lady is attacking a popular Daily Trust cartoonist, Bulama Mustapha, over a cartoon on the wedding of her daughter, Hanan. In the cartoon, Mustapha depicted the First Lady holding up the wedding invite of her daughter while Nigerians drowned in a pool of blood with a message: “At least you can enjoy the pictures”.

Darknet, drugs, Bitcoin — these ingredients made "Chemical Revolution" the largest online narcotics shop in Germany. The trial against its alleged dealers begins as the Darknet economy continues to flourish.

Italian authorities stunned the world by announcing the "Islamic State" was trying to ship €1 billion worth of amphetamines into Europe. But after analysts raised doubts, eyes turn to President Bashar Assad's regime.

The UN said that President Duterte's war on drugs in the Philippines has sparked widespread killing with "near impunity" for offenders. The report called for an independent probe into human rights abuses in the country.

As the world continues to deal with the effects and impact of several labs and scientists are racing to develop vaccines and drugs for the cure of the novel disease. At the moment, the World Health Organization (WHO) is yet to approve any vaccine or drug for COVID-19, but different investigatory treatments and drugs are being subjected to trials. Here the are top 10 under investigation.

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Martin Oloja this week takes a look at the silence from Nigeria seat of power, Aso Rock and says in time like this, silence is no more golden. President Muhammadu Buhari must speak to Nigerians on coronavirus.

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, disclosed that they have intercepted two buses belonging to a big transport company over alleged movement of illicit drugs into the country. The buses, which were en route Lagos from Ghana, were intercepted during “an inward clearance” of passengers on board the bus.

Peru expels 131 Venezuelans with criminal records, dozens of them arrested in a raid on a hostel on a beach near Lima, where police seized weapons and drugs, officials said.

German authorities have seized a record amount of smuggled heroin at the German-Polish border. The drugs were said to be worth upwards of €50 million on the street.

Without his mother and some kind-hearted individuals and organisations, Jesujuwon Ogbereke would not have been able to overcome his addiction to narcotics and opioids drugs.

Smugglers have continued to threaten the mental well being of Nigerians with their relentless importation of dangerous and prohibited drugs.