Tag: ilorin

  • Four family members die after consuming `Amala’ in Ilorin

    Four members of a family in Ilorin were feared dead after the consumption of `Amala’ meal, suspected to be poisonous. lt was reported that four others who took from the meal, had also been hospitalised at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). The incident happened at Magaji-Ogo community behind Kwara State College of Arabic…

  • 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…

  • NAFDAC shuts down Emzor, two other pharmaceutical companies over codeine saga

    NAFDAC shuts down Emzor, two other pharmaceutical companies over codeine saga

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down three pharmaceutical companies that were implicated in the BBC investigation on illegal manufacture and distribution of codeine-containing syrup. The three companies are Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Adewole Industrial Estate, Lubcon Avenue, Ilorin, Kwara State; Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited, Kaima Road, Ilorin and…

  • Police arrest 5 cultists in Ilorin

    The Kwara Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of five persons in connection with violence that erupted among suspected Cult members at Agaka area of llorin, the Kwara capital. Mr Samuel Okasanmi the spokesperson of the state Police command disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in llorin. According to…

  • Students decries hike in price of garri in Ilorin

    Some students in Ilorin have decried the sudden increase in price of garri, commonly referred to as “students’ food’’. The students said it had become almost impossible to have a day’s meal with the increase in the staple food. A student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Dayo Abiodun, said that it was difficult to feed with…

  • $30bn required to tackle Africa’s healthcare challenges — Expert

    $30bn required to tackle Africa’s healthcare challenges — Expert

    Dr. Olamide Okulaja, a healthcare finance specialist, says between $25 billion and $30 billion is required to tackle Africa’s healthcare challenges. Okulaja made the assertion in a lecture he delivered on Monday in Ilorin at the Annual General Meeting/Scientific Conference of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter. The…