How I got arrested for saying ‘drugs’ instead of ‘medications’ – UK-based Nigerian lady
A Nigerian lady living in the United Kingdom (UK), identified as @shakels95, has shared her shocking experience of being arrested due to a simple misunderstanding of Nigerian jargon.
FG to tackle drug, substance abuse in Nigeria-Official
The Federal Government is set to strengthen and collaborate with relevant agencies to tackle drug and substance abuse in Nigeria.
PHOTOS: Police allegedly raze houses over death of colleague in Aba
By Ugochukwu Alaribe It was a black Independence Day for residents of Ndiegoro area of Aba as Police officers allegedly razed their homes over the death of their colleague. Unidentified gunmen had at the weekend attacked a police patrol team, killing a policeman and a civilian driver of the team while others were injured. Vanguard […]
EXCLUSIVE: Tanzanians selling drugs to us not Nigerians ― South African testifies (VIDEOS)
Victor Ogunyinka Still on the ongoing xenophobic attacks in South Africa against Nigerians, a South African man has revealed in a video that Tanzanians, not Nigerians are the ones selling drugs. Ebenezer Subi, a Nigerian in Pretoria, South Africa, while exclusively speaking with Vanguard, narrated an incident on how taxi drivers in South Africa have […]
Era of Nigeria’s dependence on drug importation is over, says Health minister
The newly appointed Minister of State for Health, Dr Adeleke Mamora Wednesday said the era of Nigeria’s dependence on imported medicines was over, saying, that “we can no longer allow other countries to turn Nigeria to a dumping ground.”
Pharmacists establish 24-hr centres to check drug, chemical abuse nationwide
Hope of survival has risen for Nigerians exposed to untoward effects of drugs, substances of abuse and poisons as the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, upscaled its information centre to a 24-hour National Drug & Poisons Information, Emergency Response and Research Centre.
