drugs
29 Sep
A team of scientists from UC Riverside, UC Irvine, and Yale School of Medicine has created a new drug, MED6-189, that shows promise in fighting malaria. The drug works on both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite. In lab tests and in mice with human blood, MED6-189 was highly effective.…
15 Sep
The Delhi Police have announced the arrest of three individuals for drug smuggling in India, including two Nigerians. The Indian Express reported on Sunday that the third person arrested is from Ghana. "The Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested three drug traffickers with 8.04 kg of methamphetamine worth Rs 30 crore in the international market,"…
2 Sep
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, has described drug and pornography addiction as two evils that threaten the very fabric of family and faith. He made this known during his homily at the Thanksgiving Mass to commemorate the 11th convention of the Lagos Archdiocesan Catholic Men Organization of Nigeria (LACMON), held…
2 Sep
A French pensioner went on trial Monday for allowing scores of strangers to rape his wife after he drugged her, in a case that has horrified the country. Fifty men, recruited online, are also being tried in the southern city of Avignon alongside the main suspect, a 71-year-old former employee at France's state-owned power utility…
31 Aug
The Archbishop, Metropolitan See of Lagos, The Most Revd Alfred Adewale Martins, has called on the Church and parents to ensure strict surveillance on youths with a view to protecting them from the use of hard drugs and taking to pornography.
30 Aug
The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted 2,448 wraps of Cannabis sativa and 2,667 used tyres in two and half months. The Area Controller, Dr Ben Oramalugo, disclosed this in Ibadan on Friday while briefing newsmen on the command’s achievements between June 14 and Aug. 29. Oramalugo said other…
18 Aug
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano has denied knowledge of the contract said to have been recently awarded for the supply of drugs to 44 local government areas (LGA) of the state. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Commissioner for Information, Baba Dantiye and the Director-General, Media and Publicity to Yusuf, Mr…
13 Jun
Nigerians are strong people, it's the gene as many do say, however many Nigerians do not know there are some drugs that are not supposed to be used without a doctor's prescription. We use these drugs without any prescriptions and, just like that, we are good. However, the health implications of these drugs could be…
22 May
The Federal Government has expressed its readiness to support investment in the local manufacturing of drugs, saying the country does not need to import everything it needs.
4 Mar
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will begin to digitise the registration numbers on food, drugs, cosmetics and other products, to stem falsification.
27 Jan
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has seized 46.39 kilogrammes of cocaine, five kilogrammes of colorado indica, five pistols and 445 rounds of live ammunition and several empty pistol magazines.
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