Edgal Imohimi, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, on Wednesday led operatives of the state command and other security agencies to publicly destroy confiscated drugs, worth over N400 million in Ikorodu area of the state. Imohimi, who addressed the press at the site of the event, said the drugs were seized from criminal during raids by the […]
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Workers in the chemical and non-metallic sector on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government against blanket ban of codeine to save the nation about 23,000 jobs. Mr Babatunde Olatunji, the President of the National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees (NUCFRLAMPE) made the plea while answering questions from journalists in Lagos. […]
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The management of Emzor Pharmaceutical Company on Sunday vowed to support the Nigerian government in the rehabilitation and treatment of persons affected by drug addiction. The company also expressed delight at the decision of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, (NAFDAC), to re-open the company’s production line which had earlier been shut. […]
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Three pharmaceutical companies implicated in the BBC investigation on illegal manufacture and distribution of codeine-containing syrup have been shut down by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The three companies are Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Adewole Industrial Estate, Lubcon Avenue, Ilorin, Kwara State; Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited, Kaima Road, Ilorin and […]
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The Federal Ministry of Health has banned the production and importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations to check substance abuse among Nigerians. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made the decision known in a statement issued by Mr Olajide Oshundun, Assistant Director of Information in the ministry, in Abuja on […]
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The Consumer Protection Council on Tuesday warned against the consumption of medication containing an opiate, codeine, without medical prescription. A statement by Babatunde Irukera, Director General of the CPC, said codeine is an opiate, and one of many in the opioids family classified as a narcotic substance, although not an illegal drug. Codeine is largely […]
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The Katsina Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), it had arrested six suspected drug peddlers and impounded a trailer loaded with 24,000 bottles of codeine syrup. Maryam Sani, the state commander, who disclosed this on Tuesday, said the arrest was made at a warehouse in Dutsenreme area of Funtua and where the consignment was […]
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