Mosunmola Dosunmu is a community pharmacist and Publicity Secretary, Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, Lagos chapter. The Ahmadu Bello University graduate of Pharmacy has been practicing for the past 23 years and runs her own business in Lagos. In this interview with GERALDINE AKUTU, she opens up on her RX project, the challenges facing…

Vice Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), Prof Lawrence Ezemonye has tasked matriculating students of the institution to work hard and be good ambassadors. Ezemonye called on the students to faithfully observe all rules and regulations, as well as conduct themselves properly. He cautioned against acts of social vices, cultism or clandestine society. He assured that…

The recent household drug use survey revealed that prescription drug abuse is a fast-emerging public health problem that has led to increasing poly-drug use amongst drug dependent persons. It is undermining all efforts to deepen socio-economic development and is associated with crime and lawlessness. Indeed, every year millions of young Nigerians ages between 10-25, are…

In recent times, news of substance abuse among youths and adults has continued to filter out from virtually every part of the country.For instance, not long ago, a teenager, who was an apprentice vulcaniser gave up the ghost after taking an undisclosed number of Tramadol tablets...

Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has blamed foreign culture for social vices like drug abuse and corruption in Nigeria. Dalung stated this on Sunday at Tarok Cultural Carnival organised by Ntim Otarok Cultural Association (NOCA), in Mabudi, Langtang South Council of Plateau State, with the theme ‘Promoting and Sustaining Tarok Culture in…

The Youths for New Nigeria (YNN) and Ijebu-Jesa Student’s Union have warned that the growing incidence of drug abuse and misuse in the country could pose grave danger to lives and property. They noted that if the situation is not urgently tackled before it gets out of hand, the country stands the risk of losing…

Some few months back, Demi Lovato gave fans and loved ones a scare when she was rushed to the hospital because of an apparent drug overdose. She later checked into rehab and since her release, she has been on a good path. The "Confident" hitmaker spent her Christmas surrounded by her family and loved ones,…

Taraba State Governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku has raised alarm over high rate of drug abuse among youths in the state. The situation has made the governor to support a non-governmental organisation with N100m for establishment of a rehabilitation centre to cater for victims of drug and substance abuse. Commending his wife, Mrs. Anna Ishaku for…

The 2018 National Summit of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has made recommendations of how to reduce the menace of drug abuse and misuse in Nigeria as well as six recipes to revive the ailing National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The Summit in its resolutions endorsed by the National Chairman, ACPN, Samuel…

Worried that the increasing rate of cultism and drug abuse among youths could pose grave danger, security agencies in Lagos State have engaged in road walk campaigns to promote awareness against the menace.

“Though I still struggle with tramadol sometimes, I don’t take codeine and alcohol again said 17-year-old Halima who started abusing drugs when she was in JSS 2. Halima’s voice reverberates with a renewed hope and courage to look to the future. She credits this continuing mental makeover to the mental health care and rehabilitation she…

“Though I still struggle with tramadol sometimes, I don’t take codeine and alcohol again said 17-year-old Halima who started abusing drugs when she was in JSS 2. Halima’s voice reverberates with a renewed hope and courage to look to the future. She credits this continuing mental makeover to the mental health care and rehabilitation she…