The Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control , Prof. Moji Adeyeye, has said that the Nigerian Customs seized not fewer than 35 containers of tramadol at various ports in the country but has, however, handed only nine containers to the agency. Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control , Prof. Moji Adeyeye Adeyeye disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. She said nine out of the seized containers of tramadol were released to NAFDAC by the Nigeria Custom Service , and had been destroyed by her agency. “We are seriously working with the custom on this and each […]

Many states in Northern Nigeria are major markets for two popularly abused drugs –Tramadol and codeine cough syrup. These states include Plateau, Kano, Adamawa, Sokoto, according to National Bureau of Statistics data on drug seizure in 2017. Worried by the abuse of codeine cough syrup by Nigerian youths, the Federal Government last week 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. Drug seizure and arrest statistics for 2017 reflected that 309,713kg of drugs was seized in 2017, according to the NBS. A total of […]

The Jos University Teaching Hospital , on Monday received heart and lungs surgery equipment donated by Project CURE, an NGO based in Denver, United States. Edmund Banwat, JUTH’s Chief Medical Director, who received the items, told newsmen that they were worth “far more than 300,000 dollars’’. He said the North-Western University, Chicago in Canada, offered to pay the 20,300 dollars shipment cost to Nigeria. “In these days of under-funding, these are innovative ways of bridging that gap,’’ he explained. Mr Banwat, a professor, said that the gesture had fitted into JUTH’s strategic development plans of expanding its scope of services. “We want to offer crucial services, like heart surgery, but […]

Nostalgic Memories Of My Alma Mater, 30 Years After By Mark Longyen It’s exactly 30 years ago this year, when I was admitted into the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife to undergo my undergraduate degree in International Relations in 1988. The memories of my journey to -and sojourn in- Ife have remained indelible on my mind as though these events took place just yesterday. I was an ambitious and intelligent young teenager admitted via JAMB on merit, straight from my secondary school, the famous CSJ Vom, after “clearing” all my 1987 WAEC subjects at one sitting. The long trip to Ife was my first ever journey outside […]

January 26th, 2018 Plateau Youth G-17 Peace and Progressive Forum SUSPENSION OF STRIKE BY EMPLOYEES OF JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL Health is wealth and healthy people are productive people. The importance of health cannot be emphasized this is because a healthy nation is a productive and progressive one. It is in line with the aforementioned assertions that we wish to register our pleasure to the management and employees of the famous and prestigious Jos University Teaching Hospital for being able to reach the agreement that saw the prolonged strike being suspended. The suspension is not only in the interest of the management but also in the best interest […]