The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, seized about 4000 kilogrammes of tramadol that was recently banned by the Federal Government at the Muritala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. The seized tramadol was displayed before newsmen by the NDLEA Commander at the Lagos Airport, Garba…
The lingering nationwide strike embarked upon by health workers may suffered a set-back following resolve by doctors to render services and kick against the demands of the health workers. The National Chairman of JOHESU, Mr. Biobebelemoye Josiah, has therefore alerted…
Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has been reopened by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The firm also stated that it had submitted to the police information about its absconded worker that was featured in the…
The Federal Ministry of Health has directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control to ban with immediate effect further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient for cough preparations. The Minister…
The Federal Ministry of Health has told health workers who are currently on strike that their demand for the same pay as doctors is unrealistic and unacceptable. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said this in a statement signed…
The Federal Government has set up a committee to review the technical and financial aspects of the demands by the striking Joint Health Sector Unions. This was part of the decisions reached at a meeting of top government officials held on…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an amendment to the excise duty rates for alcoholic beverages and tobacco with effect from Monday, June 4, 2018. The President also granted a grace period of 90 days (three months) to all manufacturers before…
It was a mild drama on Monday at the headquarters of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Abuja, as workers continued their protest over the reinstatement of the Executive Secretary, Usman Yusuf, prompting police intervention. The protest was initially…
An unidentified pregnant woman is suspected to have died of Lassa fever at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Cross River State. The woman, who was transferred from the Navy Hospital in Calabar to…
The re-appearance of Lassa fever in Nigeria has since become a source of concern and also causing tension mostly in rural communities. The epidemic after it re-surfaced has claimed both lives of medical practitioners and non-medical professionals as well. Lassa…