There is hope in the offing of the fight against Malaria, as a new research discovers a pill that can make human blood poisonous to mosquitoes and even kill the blood-sucking insect. The new discovery by a group of scientists indicates that the disease-carrying mosquitoes die after feeding on the blood of humans given super-strength […]
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The All Progressives Congress Presidential (APC) Campaign Council has debunked the rumour that its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, postponed the United States trip scheduled to start this month because he was denied a visa. It was reported that Tinubu would travel to key western capitals from December 4 and was expected to return to Nigeria […]
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 400grams of cocaine hidden in items such as footwear, baby toys, and bottles of body cream. The NDLEA announced the development on Sunday in a statement by Femi Babafemi, spokesman of the agency. The arrests were said to have been carried out in separate […]
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Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that 90% of criminalities in Nigeria is linked to drug abuse and as such the war against the menace of illicit drug trafficking, peddling and abuse is a fight to finish with him in the saddle of […]
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Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said Buruji Kashamu, a former senator from Ogun state, evaded justice but could not escape death. Recall that Kashamu died from COVID-19 complications at a Lagos hospital on Saturday. In a condolence letter to Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun, Obasanjo said the life of the deceased is […]
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The Kano State Task Force on Fake and Counterfeit Drugs has impounded two trucks loaded with fake and expired drugs, a statement from the health ministry said on Saturday. The statement signed by Malam Ismail Gwammaja, Public Relations Officer of the ministry, said that the Chairman of the task force and Commissioner for Health, Dr […]
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it would ensure that 60 per cent of the drugs being imported into the country were manufactured locally. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the agency, said this at a news conference, on Monday in Abuja. She stressed the need for the agency to […]
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The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA) Adamawa Command, on Wednesday confirmed the seizure of 1,031.491 Kg of illicit drugs and arrest of 219 persons. Mr Yakubu Kibo, state Commander of the agency, disclosed this at a news briefing to commemorate the 2019 United Nations International Day Against Drugs Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted a contraband, Analgin, a drug that has been banned in the country 15 years ago, in Kano State. The contraband intercepted was worth N1000, according the Service. Ahmad Nasir, the Comptroller of the Command, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the arrest of suspected smugglers of drugs […]
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The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public of the circulation of a fake anti-hypertensive drug. Moji Adeyeye, NAFDAC’s Director General (DG), in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the drug, Hydrochlorothiazide 50mg (containing Glibenclamide) was currently circulating in Cameroon. “NAFDAC is alerting the public, especially healthcare providers […]
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