Hon. Bello El-Rufai, a member of the House of Representatives representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency and son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed as false the viral reports claiming the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) uncovered…
Canada to cover cost of contraception and diabetes drugs
Canada’s parliament has passed a bill that that will cover the full cost of contraception and diabetes drugs for Canadians. The Liberal government said it is the initial phase of a plan that would expand to become a publicly funded…
Implementation of tax weaver on food items begins next week, says Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will begin implementation of weaver of taxes on import food items and drugs by next week. The Comptroller-General of NCS, Bashir Adeyini, announced this on Tuesday August 6, at a joint press briefing by service…
NAFDAC holds N107m drugs in Abuja
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized over N107 million worth of illicit and dangerous drugs from motor parks and markets across Abuja. According to a statement yesterday via X, the agency’s Investigation &…
LASU VC urges students to abstain from indecent dressing, cultism
Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has urged new and old students to support the management by abstaining from indecent dressing, cultism, drugs and all other forms of vices. The students can also report any form of…
U.S. soldiers in South Korea caught smuggling, distributing drugs
U.S. soldiers in South Korea were caught smuggling drugs through military mail and distributing them, local broadcaster MBC has reported on Friday. The police in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km south of the capital Seoul, apprehended a South Korean woman in…
I wanted a husband: come and see the wahala I got
The other day, I overheard my mother-in-law talking to someone on the phone. No, I was not eavesdropping. I was on my way to work and my car is usually parked outside her sitting room area. Anyway, she was saying…
Afghan police destroy drug processing lab, arrest 2 in Badakhshan province
The Afghan counter-narcotics police destroyed a drug processing lab and arrested two persons on the charge of involvement in the drug business in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province. This is according to the report by the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA)…
Drugs: India police say rats ate 200kg of seized cannabis
Police in India have blamed rats for destroying nearly 200kg (440lb) of cannabis seized from dealers and kept in police stations. “Rats are tiny animals and they have no fear of the police. It’s difficult to protect the drug from…
US pharmacy chain CVS to pay $5b in opioid settlement
US pharmacy chain CVS Health said Wednesday they had agreed to pay approximately $5 billion over 10 years to “resolve all opioid lawsuits and claims” against them by states and cities. The opioid crisis, which has caused more than 500,000…