Tag: sniper
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Mother in police net for attempting to end her baby’s life using Sniper
Police in Lagos State have arrested a mother for attempting to kill her sick child, using a poisonous insecticide, “Sniper’’. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told NAN on Saturday that the Lagos University
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How Sniper insecticide is posing serious health risk in France
The Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Agency (ANSES) has said an insecticide product banned in 2013 that goes by the name of Sniper 1000 EC DDVP is posing risk to humans in France.
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NAFDAC bans sale of Sniper, others in the open market
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has declared the ban on sale of Sniper and other brands of agricultural formulations of Dichlorvos following widespread suicide cases and misuse of the products. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, said this in a statement on Wednesday. Adeyeye said from September 1, 2019,…
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Suicide: Senate demands immediate ban of production, importation, circulation of sniper
The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to ban the production, importation or circulation of snipers insecticide ,a product currently used to commit suicide. This followed a motion sponsored by Sen. Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) and 15 others on the rising incidence of suicides among Nigerians. Orji, while making his presentation noted with grave concern,…
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Banning sniper doesn’t tackle increase in suicide rate- Runtown
Afro-pop star, Runtown has reacted to the Federal Government’s ban on the manufacturing of small bottles of ‘Sniper’, an agro-chemical that has increasingly become a choice killer for persons contemplating suicide. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said the ban became necessary because of the recent wave of suicide cases across…
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Suicide: NAFDAC bans sniper in open market
The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has placed a ban on the sale of ‘sniper’ (insecticide) in open markets and supermarkets. NAFDAC’s Director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products Directorate, Dr. Bukar Usman, who made this known on Wednesday at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan said that the agency…
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Suicide: NAFDAC vows to further regulate Sniper
The Nigerian government may direct a change in the package of ‘Sniper’, an agro-chemical that has increasingly become a choice killer for persons contemplating suicide, an official said. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it is partnering with other relevant bodies on this as part of plans to discourage…
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Bayelsa Police arrest man for poisoning 3 ‘wizard’ sons with sniper
Mr Aminu Saleh, Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa, says that a father of three, Mr Samuel Sunday, has been arrested for allegedly poisoning his three children with sniper. The police commissioner told newsmen at the crime scene in Bayelsa that two of the children died after drinking sniper while the third one survived. The surviving…
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Banker drinks sniper pesticide, kills self over alleged husband infidelity
There was pandemonium at Iwhrekpokpor, Ughelli, Delta State, after a 32-year-old banker and mother of two, identified as Peace Akpobaro, committed suicide over her husband’s alleged infidelity. Community sources said the deceased, who worked with one of the new generation banks along Market Road, Ughelli, took an insecticide at her residence on Wednesday. It was…
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Hairdresser commits suicide over N150,000 loan in Lagos
A hairdresser, Yetunde Oladipupo, aka Iyabo, has committed suicide on Onabola Street, Owotutu, in the Somolu area of Lagos State. Oladipupo took an insecticide, Sniper, on Friday shortly after seeing off some friends who had visited her. “Although the cause of the visit could not be ascertained by our correspondent, it was gathered that the…