Olorogun Jaro Egbo, chairman of Ughelli North local government area in Delta state, has declared an all-out war on illicit drug sales, child prostitution and the abandonment of public healthcare centres. Egbo issued the warning during a security summit with representatives from the seven kingdoms in the council area: Ughelli, Agbarha-Otor, Ogor, Agbarho, Orogun, Evwreni […]
By Tunde Opalana The National Assembly Thursday stepped up the war against drug abuse and trafficking by seeking for inclusion of parents in it . Call for parents’ inclusion in the war by the National Assembly came from its joint committee on Drugs and Narcotics during one day sensitization programme organised in collaboration with National […]
BY CHIBUZO DURU A deadly drug cartel has taken over major airports in Nigeria with their clandestine activities, putting innocent Nigerian travellers in trouble while smiling to the banks, with proceeds of bribes from drug barons for agreeing to insert drugs in travelers’ luggage. The group working as airport workers comprising some Federal Airport Authority […]
Tongues were set wagging when a teenager, identified as 19-year-old Ben N. Deberechi, was nabbed by operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly attempting to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a sack of crayfish. He was heading to Cyprus for undergraduate studies before his arrest at the Murtala Mohammed International […]
By Tunde Opalana The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday, engaged in verbal war over the eligibility of former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to contest the 2023 presidential election. While the PDP insisted that the APC presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju […]
Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that products under its supervision being traded are important for the sustenance of trade relations amongst countries with bilateral agreements The Director General of the agency, Dr. Mojisola Adeyeye, who spoke at the 2nd Pakistan-Africa Trade Development Conference, in Lagos, […]
How a Nigerian woman recruited men to act as drug courier to obtain drugs and bring them back into the United States has been revealed. Temitope Ayoni Olaiya, aka “Tammy” who has pleaded guilty to leading a conspiracy to import more than five kilograms of cocaine, as well as to her role in a […]
Abuja – Majority of people with drug use problems in West Africa are unemployed and effectivedrug treatment services for drug use disorders are inadequate, according to West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) Report (2014 – 2017). Released on Oct. 30, the WENDU Report is the first-ever regional report on illicit drug trafficking and […]
Nigerian singer, Skales who did a short freestyle during his interview on MTV Base, has been accused of abusing illicit date rape drug, Rohypnol a.k.a Rochies before his performance. Skales’ blue tongue gave him out, and left viewers of the interview wondering if abusing Rohypnol a.k.a Rochies is now the new cool.
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has called for security-tightened borders in order to checkmate influx of unregistered pharmaceutical products into the country and ensure strict adherence to provisions made for drug prescription. The agency said all land borders including Onne and Tincan Island Ports should remain shut as entry points […]
Bauchi State Government is to extend its Drug Revolving Scheme (DRF) from the present 160 Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) currently benefiting, to cover other health facilities across the state. Managing Director of the State Drugs Management and Medical Consumable Agency (DMMA), Mr. Abdulkadir Ahmed, stated this in Bauchi on Tuesday when the Advocacy and […]
For allegedly producing fake and counterfeit sex enhancing drugs, the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), has arraigned a top traditional medical practitioner, Mr. Olayemi Lateef, before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos. NAFDAC in a six-count charge, stated that the accused who is a leader of the Psychotherapists Association of Nigeria […]
Following its December Roundtable, which was aimed at addressing the Drug Use Epidemic across the nation, the Senate, on Tuesday, passed a motion calling on the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health to establish rehabilitation centers in each of the 36 states of the Nation. In a motion sponsored by Senator Jeremiah Useni and […]
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday called on Nigerians across the nation to join the fight against drug abuse. Reacting to reports that the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), is set to inaugurate a ‘Codeine Control and Other Related Matters Working Group (CCRWG)’, Saraki stated on his personal Facebook and Twitter […]
The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has lamented the growing incidence of drug abuse in the territory. To stem the upsurge, the minister has moved to rally FCT security agencies to combat the scourge. The FCT Minister gave this indication during a meeting with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the […]
The Federal High Court sitting at Calabar, Cross River State, has affirmed the powers of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to regulate and control the exportation, importation, manufacture, advertisement, distribution, sale and use of chemicals. This pronouncement was made on the 28th of June, 2017 in the case of […]
An Onitsha based businessman, Okey Joseph Okeke, has been arraigned at the Federal High Court, Awka, the Anambra State capital, on three-count charges of importing and selling unwholesome processed foods. The prosecuting counsel for the Federal Government and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said the accused person whose shop […]
Joy Anyim The flag off of the Exercise Crocodile Smile II in the 81 Division Area of responsibility by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has led to the arrest of some suspected criminals within Lagos and Ogun states. Recall that the exercise which flagged off on Friday had incorporated other Security […]
…….to undergo mandatory rehabilitation for psychoactive substance abuse. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the medical certificates of five Cabin Crew members on account of drug related offences. The five crew members (names withheld) tested positive to marijuana (Tetra Hydro Cannabinol – THC) during a Multi – Drug Screening Test (MDST) conducted […]
British police on Thursday said they seized more than 3 tons of cocaine with a record street value of some $750m from a tugboat off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. Officers detained the nine Turkish crew members found on board the vessel after it was boarded in a joint operation by border police and the […]