[ad_1] The Director General of the National Biosafety Management Agency, Dr. Rufus Ebegba, has assured that only safe Genetically Modified Organisms are allowed in Nigeria. Ebegba said this at a media chat with journalists in Abuja. The DG said that the agency has ensured that only safe modern biotechnology activities and GMO products are allowed…
[ad_1] The NGO Alliance on Health Financing, a group of health organisations, has condemned the beverage industry’s attempts to dissuade the government from raising taxes on carbonated drinks. A N10 per litre excise tax on sweetened, carbonated and non-alcoholic beverages was passed in the 2021 Finance Act. “The beverage manufacturers don’t really care about employment…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 10:36, January 03, 2023 The screen shot shows migratory birds at the Hulun Lake wetland in Hulun Buir, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 13, 2021.(Xinhua/Wang Xuebing) HOHHOT, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — China’s fourth largest freshwater lake in the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has seen its water area expand, wetland ecology…
[ad_1] Tunde Oyekola The Management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has said that it will still go ahead with the investigation and prosecution of the three people who allegedly assaulted a medical doctor at the hospital over the death of one Soliu, a butcher who reportedly died in the hospital last week Tuesday….
[ad_1] The Director General of the National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC), Dr Emem Omokaro, has appealed to state governments to domesticate the National Health Insurance Act to enhance access to healthcare by older persons. Omokaro made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. She said President…
[ad_1] About three minutes walk from a busy road in the Tukuntawa area of Kano State is a vaccination centre where residents, passers-by, and other interested persons take jabs of COVID-19 vaccines. On a Tuesday, last month, the COVID-19 vaccinators, all women, sat on a mat placed on a cemented floor in front of a…
[ad_1] (Xinhua) 10:30, January 03, 2023 High school students walk on a campus in Plano, Texas, the United States, on Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo by Xin Jin/Xinhua) The complaints were logged as schools struggled to recover from pandemic-related closures, and add to the declining test scores and growing mental health challenges that display the fragility…
[ad_1] About three minutes walk from a busy road in the Tukuntawa area of Kano State is a vaccination centre where residents, passers-by, and other interested persons take jabs of COVID-19 vaccines. On a Tuesday, last month, the COVID-19 vaccinators, all women, sat on a mat placed on a cemented floor in front of a…
[ad_1] UN secretary-general António Guterres has expressed sadness over the reported death of at least 34 people in a South Africa fuel tanker explosion. On Christmas Eve, the blast in Boksburg, a suburb of the capital, Johannesburg, severely damaged the emergency department’s roof at the Tambo Memorial Hospital, killing and injuring dozens while reportedly destroying…
[ad_1] Novak Djokovic received a positive welcome back to Australia as he made a rare doubles appearance at the Adelaide International. The Serb was deported prior to the 2022 Australian Open because of his Covid-19 vaccination status. Djokovic’s three-year visa ban was overturned in November, allowing him to enter the country. He and Canada’s Vasek…
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