Death Toll Rises in Nigeria Homemade Brew Saga
The number of people who died as a result of drinking contaminated, locally made gin in Rivers State, has risen to 70.
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Nigeria:
Scores Killed By 'Ogogoro'
Premium Times, 21 June 2015
The Rivers State Government said on Sunday that 70 of the 80 persons who took contaminated local gin, also known as Ogogoro, earlier this month, have died. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Shocking Truth of How 38 Illicit Gin Drinkers Died
Vanguard, 10 June 2015
Hair-raising particulars of how at least 38 residents of Woji and other communities in Obio/Akpo, Bonny and Gokhana Local Government Areas, Rivers State, breathe their last breath,… Read more »
Illicit brew
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Nigeria:
Food Poisoning - Govt Bans Unregistered Local Gin, Ogogoro
This Day, 8 June 2015
Following several deaths in Rivers and Ondo States due to food poisoning linked to consumption of local gin, popularly called ogogoro, the federal government on Monday banned its… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Govt Bans 'Ogogoro'
Independent (Lagos), 8 June 2015
Following the deaths of 38 people in Rivers state and a similar incident in Ode-Irele, Ondo state due to the consumption of locally made gin popularly called Ogogoro, the Federal… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Producers Kick Against Ban of Ogogoro Nationwide
Vanguard, 10 June 2015
Producers of Ogogoro under the umbrella of Raw Gin Producers Association of Nigeria, RGPAN, has urged the federal government not to ban the local gin popularly called Ogogoro based… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NAFDAC Attributes Ondo, Rivers Deaths to Methanol Overdose
Daily Trust, 9 June 2015
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said victims of methanol poisoning might have consumed methanol more than three times what their bodies could… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Contaminated Gin - Death Toll Rises to 42
Daily Trust, 8 June 2015
The number of deaths from consumption of contaminated local gin in Rivers State has risen to 42, according to Rivers State Director of Disease Control, Dr Nana Onyekwere. Read more »
