No fewer than 14,481,519 pills of tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over N13 billion in street value have been recovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in three major busts of drug cartels operating in Amuwo Odofin, Idumota and the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The anti-narcotics agency …

Benue State Government on Friday destroyed expired drugs worth over N200 million. The expired drugs were set ablaze within the premises of Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), located along Gboko road, Makurdi. The Chief Medical Director of BSUTH, Stephen Hwande had on Wednesday disclosed his intention to destroy the expired drugs kept at Muhammad Buhari Mother and Child Hospital …

The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), in Ekiti State, Dr Babatunde Rosiji, yesterday, decried the high rate of foreign exchange, saying that the development is taking the cost of drugs and medical supplies beyond the reach of the average citizen. The NMA chairman spoke during a press conference to commemorate the 2023 Physicians’ Week in Ado-Ekiti. Rosiji said …

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned that with 14.3 per cent of Nigeria’s estimated 200 million citizens involved in drug and substance abuse, the nation is sitting on a time bomb. The global agency called for the development of policies that would address the situation. It advised that people with drug disorders brought under the …

Nigerian ace comedian, Okechukwu Anthony Onyegbule, popularly known as Okey Bakassi, has revealed that he had been invited for drug peddling business in Nigeria and overseas. The comedian made this revelation during an interview with Channels TV on Saturday. Okey Bakassi said he received the invitation after he relocated to Lagos. According to him, people in the entertainment industry are …

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (PMGMAN) said pharmaceutical products in the country have increased by 300 per cent. According to the group, the challenges of foreign exchange, and the high cost of production are some of the factors responsible for the rise in costs of drugs. Speaking in an interview with our The PUNCH on …