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MTN Foundation Champions Anti-Substance Abuse Awareness with Successful Walk in Lagos

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MTN Foundation Champions Anti-Substance Abuse Awareness with Successful Walk in Lagos

The MTN Foundation, through its Anti-Substance Abuse Programme (ASAP), recently held an advocacy walk in Lagos aimed at raising awareness and combating drug abuse. The walk started at the NDLEA…

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10 Outfits You Can Rock to an Anti-Drug Abuse Advocacy Walk

With more celebrities and public figures embracing a healthy lifestyle and prioritising their fitness journey, many of them are also actively speaking up against drug abuseand some are oming out…

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It’s Everyone’s Fight. Here is How You Can Help Fight Against Drug Abuse

Aside from the adverse effects drugs have on users, substance abuse is one of the major causes of crime such as theft, burglary, sex work, shoplifting, and even murder in…

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How Peer Education Can Help Victims Shun Drug Abuse and Trafficking

Drug abuse is a pandemic in the Nigerian system that has existed for decades. Despite laws and guidelines in place to eradicate the use of these harmful substances, the rate…

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5 Ways MTN is Spreading Awareness on Drug Abuse

Hanks Anuku was a prominent actor in Nollywood in the early 2000s. He was notable for his foreign accent and usually starred as the villain in movies. Slowly, Hanks became…

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5 Ways to Help a Loved One on Their Drug Addiction Recovery Journey

Everyone goes through tough times but that is not enough reason to engage in drug use like 11% of Nigeria’s youth population is currently doing. As much as the state…

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Lifestyle

Sandra Meme: We Stan a Queen Who Rises From Addiction!

Be sincere – forget the pretty and all the packaging. Have you ever tried any substances and got addicted? It could be pain killers during that time of the month…

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Events

#MTNASAP: Five Things The Minister of Youth and Sports Taught Us About Drug Abuse in Nigeria

If you missed the MTN Drug Convos, you missed out on a very open discussion on everything about drug and substance abuse, especially among young Nigerians. The Netng partnered with…

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#MTNASAP: Dakore Egbuson Recounts Her Experience on Being Asked to Transport Drugs

Nollywood actress, fashionista, and all-time fave, Dakore Egbuson Akande has had some interesting life experiences. She has risen in the competitive atmosphere to become a celebrated actress who knows her…

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#MTNASAP: Here’s Why David Jones David is Always Campaigning Against Drug Abuse

On Friday, June 26, 2020, MTN hosted the Drug Convos to commemorate the International Day of Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The Drug Convos was an online event and featured…

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MTN Foundation Champions Anti-Substance Abuse Awareness with Successful Walk in Lagos

10 Outfits You Can Rock to an Anti-Drug Abuse Advocacy Walk

It’s Everyone’s Fight. Here is How You Can Help Fight Against Drug Abuse

How Peer Education Can Help Victims Shun Drug Abuse and Trafficking

5 Ways MTN is Spreading Awareness on Drug Abuse

5 Ways to Help a Loved One on Their Drug Addiction Recovery Journey

Sandra Meme: We Stan a Queen Who Rises From Addiction!

#MTNASAP: Five Things The Minister of Youth and Sports Taught Us About Drug Abuse in Nigeria

#MTNASAP: Dakore Egbuson Recounts Her Experience on Being Asked to Transport Drugs

#MTNASAP: Here’s Why David Jones David is Always Campaigning Against Drug Abuse

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