Tag: Codeine
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NDLEA nabs grandma, pregnant woman over possession of hard drugs
A 60-year-old grandmother, Mrs. Ibinosun Sandra Esther, and a pregnant woman have been arrested during interdiction operations in which 5,527.15 kilograms of methamphetamine and cannabis sativa, as well as 132,090 tablets of tramadol and 2,000 bottles of codeine were recovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA across five states and the…
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Again, NDLEA seizes 1.9million tablets of Tramadol, Codeine at Lagos airport
Again, within 48hours operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized over 1.9 million tablets of Tramadol and Codeine imported into the country from Pakistan and United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports this was contained in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the anti-narcotics…
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NDLEA arrests Indian with 134,700 bottles of smuggled codeine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested an Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of codeine syrup. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja Babafemi said that the seized bottles of codeine were being smuggled into the country…
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NDLEA intercepts 24,311KG of heroin, codeine in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted over 24, 311 kilograms of heroin, codeine, Arizona, and Colorado variants
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NDLEA intercepts 100,000 bottles of codeine syrup at Onne Port –spokesman
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has intercepted and seized no fewer than 100,000 bottles of codeine syrup with a total weight of 15,325 kgs at the Onne seaport, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria…
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FG recalls alarming number of cough syrup containing codeine
The Federal Ministry of Health has recalled 2.4 million bottles of cough syrup containing codeine after a recent audit of the substance carried out by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). According to a statement by Mrs Boade Akinola, Director Media and Public Relations of the ministry on Sunday in Abuja,…
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Codeine abuse: FG orders NAFDAC to return to ports
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has ordered the agency to return to the ports immediately. The order came less than three weeks after the NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, partly ascribed the drug abuse among youths to the unlawful importation of certain banned substances. The…
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CPC laud NAFDAC actions on abuse of codeine
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has commended the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for its decisive regulations, actions on production and distribution of Codeine. Director-General of the council, Mr Babatunde Irukera, made the commendation in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Irukera said that the council welcomed all meaningful efforts to…
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Codeine ban: NDLEA arrests 17 suspects in Ilorin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara Ccommand, has arrested 17 suspects in different parts of the state while trying to smuggle the drug to other destinations for sale. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal Government had banned companies from producing codeine. Addressing newsmen on Thursday in Ilorin, the state…
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Codeine saga: Senator Sani kicks against Emzor closure
Kaduna Central District Senator Shehu Sani has kicked against the closure of Emzor pharmaceutical company by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). TheNewsGuru reports Emzor and two other pharmaceutical companies were shutdown by NAFDAC after being implicated in a BBC investigation on illegal manufacturing and distribution of codeine-containing syrup. In…