Coordinating minister of health and social welfare, Prof. Muhammed Ali Pate, has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will soon sign an Executive Order to significantly reduce the cost of drugs and pharmaceutical products in the country. The minister stated this yesterday at the ministerial press briefing series which he addressed alongside the minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. …

The Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) has lamented the country’s over-dependence on imported drugs and other healthcare products, arguing that over 160 million Nigerians can no longer afford them. The Director General of the Agency, Professor Martins Emeje, who spoke at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, during an engagement meeting on the importance of integrating indigenous medicine with orthodox health …

The Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP) has attributed the increased prices of drugs in the country to the high cost of diesel and forex. This is even as the association has voiced grave concern over the detrimental implications of the current economic climate on the country’s import and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals. In an interview with LEADERSHIP, NAIP chairman, …

Drug prices are set to remain high in 2024 as import prices of pharmaceutical products may hit over N900 billion due to the depreciation of the naira. This is set to further put pressure on Nigerians who had grappled with high drug prices in 2023. According to data from the International Trade Center, Nigeria imported $1.05 billion worth of pharmaceutical …

A few hours after the launch of Operation Gbalumo to rid Kwara of drug abuse, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, said it intercepted 11 kilogrammes of illegal substances on the Ilorin-Lagos Road. According to officials of the NDLEA, The drugs identified as cannabis sativa, were packed in a carton inside a bus with number plate …

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 …