The Federal Government has spent over N1.2 billion on drug detection scanners at Nigeria’s major international airports in 2024. According to details sourced from BudgIT’s accountability platform, Govspendng on Friday, a payment of N1,222,537,600.81 was made on 8 July 2024, to Aricent Integrated Solutions Ltd. The transaction covered the supply of “two units of full-body scanners” for the Abuja and …

The Katsina State government said it spent N3.3 billion on purchasing drugs from reputable pharmaceutical companies and distributed the same to health facilities under its drugs revolving scheme. The state deputy governor, Faruk Lawal-Jobe, disclosed this on Tuesday in Katsina at a monthly press briefing on the administration’s achievements in the health sector from inception to date. He said that …

Nigerians suffering from diabetes are facing untold hardship due to the rising cost of medicines and other barriers to accessing comprehensive care in the country, investigations have shown. To mark the World Diabetes Day today, Daily Trust spoke to some patients, who said they have resorted to herbal medicines to manage their conditions. The patients and medical experts called on …

A 45-year-old man identified simply as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun states. According to Punch Metro, the incident occurred on Friday, around 11 am. Before the incident, Kazeem was said to have taken a hard drug suspected to be Colorado. The deceased who soon started to act under the …

For venturing into drug production, the Plateau State government has earned the praise of medical doctors, pharmacists and a civil society organisation (CSO). Governor Caleb Mutfwang recently commissioned of the Pharma-Grade Warehouse of the State Drugs and Medical Commodities Management Agency (PS-DMCMA) for the production of local pharmaceutical products to aid drug accessibility and affordability within the state. In an …

The Director-General (DG) of the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, on Thursday, expressed concern over the high level of fake, substandard and falsified drugs in the country. She stated this during a one-day sensitisation campaign programme, held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adeyeye, who was represented by the Zonal Director of the …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have smashed drug syndicates and intercepted 31.124 million pills of tramadol 225mg and bottles of codeine-based syrup worth over N17.93 billion in street value at the Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State and Tincan seaport in Lagos. In a statement, NDLEA said: “The seizures were made following intelligence processed by …

As part of measures to safeguard public health, the Delta State government on Monday called on members of the public to exercise caution and patronize only registered and licensed medicine shops. The Delta State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Onojaeme made the call during an ongoing field monitoring exercise of the State Task Force on Counterfeit and Fake Drugs and …

The Delta State Commander of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Barr. Abubakar Wada has said that over 14.6 per cent of Nigerians are drug abusers. He added that the statistics of drug abusers in Nigeria, especially in the higher institutions, and its environs were alarming and threatening. He made the assertion when he paid a courtesy call on the …

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted five different shipments of opioids and other psychoactive substances, such as promethazine, pentazocine, diazepam, tramadol and morphine concealed in cloths and other items meant for export to the United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK). While one of the shipments containing 820grams of promethazine and pentazocine injections was …