[ad_1] Weekend with the CEO Motanya’s black tax and undying love for avocado Thursday April 27 2023 Duncun Motanya is the Country Manager of Zenka. FILE PHOTO | POOL The trouble with having lunch with a cyclist is that to maintain their svelte, razor-slim figures, they are very picky eaters. After all, professional cyclists are…
[ad_1] …as its sensitize media on dangers of bleaching The Director General of the National Agency for Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye has warned manufacturers, distributors and retailers of bleaching creams to desist, as the agency will soon clamp down on them. The Director General who handed down the warning while speaking…
[ad_1] Access to family planning (FP) services empowers women and girls by enabling them to have agency over their bodies. They can better plan a pregnancy and make more informed decisions about childbirth, allowing them to chart the course of their future according to their desires and ambitions. When the 2023 Federal Government budget proposal…
[ad_1] The Borno government has enrolled 46,000 vulnerable persons under the State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency (BOSCHMA). The programme aims to enhance quality healthcare service delivery at the grassroots. The agency’s executive secretary, Saleh Abba-Kaza, made this known at a news conference in Maiduguri on Wednesday. Mr Abba-Kaza said that about 46,000 vulnerable people, pregnant…
By Kazeem Akolawole To help countries better prepare for future pandemics, WHO has launched a new initiative that provides guidance on integrated planning for responding to any respiratory pathogens such as influenza or coronaviruses. The new Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Initiative, or PRET, incorporates the latest tools and…
By Kazeem Akolawole Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has taken steps to resuscitate rubber production in the country to increase national wealth creation, boost raw materials for production for local industries and export. While speaking during the meeting with the delegation from International Rubber Study Group (IRSG), in Abuja,…
[ad_1] The federal government says no Nigerian has died in the ongoing crisis in Sudan between the country’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). According to NAN, Zuberu Dada, minister of state for foreign affairs, who spoke on Wednesday, said the government has begun evacuating Nigerians stranded in Sudan in batches. Dada added that…
[ad_1] The Kogi government said it had taken delivery of a medical consignment worth N1 billion for malaria prevention in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Zakari Usman, disclosed this at a news conference on Wednesday in Lokoja as part of activities to mark the 2023 World Malaria Day celebration. According to Mr Usman,…
[ad_1] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday in Abuja alerted Nigerians about a killer cough syrup, NATURCOLD. Its director-general, Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that the cough syrup already caused the death of six children in Cameroon. Ms Adeyeye stated that the cough syrup was not in NAFDAC’s database and…
[ad_1] Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), FCT chapter, Mr. Ifeanyi Ikebudu, has said the R21/Matrix vaccine which was recently granted provisional approval by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control ( NAFDAC) has great potential and that it targets the most vulnerable groups in the general population. He…
