Wild jubilation engulfed Araromi-Okeodo, a community in Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun State following the supply of electricity to the town for the first time after 91 years. The Monarch of the town, Oba Abbas Akanbi, the Alara of Araromi-Okeodo, led his chiefs and subjects to the off-grid locationContinue Reading
By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos: The Nigeria Economic Summit Group(NESG) in collaboration with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and eHealth, has urged NAFDAC to prioritise the establishment of a testing laboratory for fortification. The Senior Programme Officer, CISLAC, Mr Muhammed Murtala, said during the groups visit to theContinue Reading
By Ahmed Kaigama Bauchi: NAFDAC has shut eight bakeries and seven sachet water factories in Bauchi State for failing to meet its stipulated manufacturing and hygiene standards. Some of the factories, located in Bauchi and Katagum local government areas of the state, were not even registered with NAFDAC. NAFDACContinue Reading
Over 100 medicine stores have been shut down by the Pharmaceutical Inspectorate committee (PIC) in Kogi State. The Kogi State Vice Chairman of PIC Dr Lawal Muhammed Omuya disclosed this on Monday in a statement to mark this year World Pharmacist Day with the theme “Pharmacists Strengthening the Health System”.Continue Reading
Comptroller Bello Jibo, displaying the tramadol concealed inside diapers in Seme. Suspected tramadol concealed inside diapers. By Raji Rasak Badagry (Lagos State):. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, says it has intercepted some items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed with packaged jumbo size adult diapers in a container.Continue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Enugu: The Enugu State Government says it has commenced massive sensitisation and awareness of the residents of the state on the numerous benefits in actively participating in vaccination. Dr George Ugwu, the Executive Secretary of Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency (ENS-PHCDA), disclosed this at a pressContinue Reading
By Flowerbudnews Enugu: The Enugu State Government has urged journalists and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to sustain current advocacy against industrial Trans-Fat Acids (TFAs) oils to check the spate of cardiovascular diseases. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ikechukwu Obi, gave the task in an address at the JournalismContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Abuja: The Conservator General (CG), National Parks Service (NPS), Dr Ibrahim Goni on Thursday says parks across Nigeria have enough plants for pharmaceutical products research. Goni spoke in Abuja while receiving a six-man delegation from the Environment Media Correspondents Association of Nigeria (EMCAN) on a courtesy visitContinue Reading
By Zubairu Idris Kano: A forum organised by the FAO has urged farmers and food processors to beware of treating agricultural produce with methods that could hamper safety. In a communiqué issued at the end of a two-day workshop in Kano participants noted that food safety “is an essentialContinue Reading
