The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 6,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup and arrested eight suspects across the country. The NDLEA Director of Media...
Not less than 327 suspects in possession of 660.15kg of exhibits in Jigawa State have been arrested by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The...
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Vanguard against Drug Abuse (VGADA), on Tuesday raised the alarm over the abuse of a popular blood tonic which is now employed by...
To cover for the loses they incurred, the Federal Government is making plans to compensate manufacturers of codeine-based cough syrup in the country over the complete...
Three students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) were on Wednesday found dead at the Sunshine Castle Hostel, Umuchima ihiagwa after allegedly overdosing on...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Jigawa has arrested 64 drug peddlers with at least 17.55 kilograms of various drugs and substances. The NDLEA...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja says it has seized 2,748 cartons of DSP codeine cough syrup worth N1,175,200,000 between July...
By Ekene Odigwe… It was a bright morning during my university post graduate days. A morning in 2013 when a classmate returned after recess with a...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reopened three pharmaceutical companies that were implicated in the illegal manufacture and distribution of...
The management of the National Agency for Foods and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday said that the nationwide mop up of codeine syrup would cost...
It is no longer news that the “codeine” containing cough syrup has to a great extent been abused excessively over the years in Nigeria, prompting the...
Nigerian medical personnel have warned that the nation will likely see more youngsters battling mental issues in the wake of the upsurge in the use of...
The Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to stop issuance of permits for the importation...
The Senate has raised the alarm over the consumption of over three million bottles of codeine syrup daily in Kano and Jigawa States. It has also...
