Nigeria has recalled a batch of a cough syrup brand manufactured by Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), following toxicity findings, the African country's drug regulator announced Wednesday.

Here are five other repercussions since the film Sweet Sweet Codeine was aired in May: More than 2.4 million bottles of codeine cough syrup have been recalled from the market in Nigeria by the ...

Thousands of young Nigerians are addicted to codeine cough syrup - a medicine ... But who makes this syrup? And who sells it to Nigeria's children? In this exclusive investigation, BBC Africa ...