Gom Mirian A female pharmacist, Helen Ikwebe Ori, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly selling cocaine to unsuspecting buyers in Lagos State, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). According to reports, Ori, who worked for a popular pharmacy in Lagos, sold cocaine to customers under the guise of analgesic…
[ad_1] The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has signed an agreement with some Japanese companies to develop safety confirmation applications intended to detect natural disasters. Charles Igwe, the vice-chancellor of UNN, confirmed this to journalists in Nsukka on Saturday. He was speaking after he returned from Japan where the agreement was signed. Igwe said the…
[ad_1] Members of the Kaduna chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) have commenced an indefinite strike over the failure of the state government to attend to their demands. NAN reports that Mahmood Rufai, chairman of the association in Kaduna, said all doctors have been directed to hand over and discharge patients in rural…
[ad_1] The Lagos State Government has said the installer of the faulty elevator which claimed the life of a medical doctor, Vwaere Daiso, at the state’s General Hospital, Odan, has been handed over to the police. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had earlier ordered an investigation into the death of Ms Diaso, who was on a one-year…
[ad_1] Peter Obi, the presidential candidate, Labour Party in the 2023 election, has decried the exit of the pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), from Nigeria after 51 years of operation. Mr Obi, the former Governor of Anambra State, made this known through his official Twitter handle on Friday. On Thursday, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a British pharmaceutical and…
[ad_1] The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Kaduna state chapter, said it started an indefinite strike on Friday. The president of the association, Dr Mahmood Rufa’i, told journalists in Kaduna that all doctors were given 24 hours to hand over and/or discharge all patients in General and rural hospitals in the state. The association is…
[ad_1] Bauchi State on Saturday urged stakeholders to adopt preventive measures to reduce the risks of infectious disease transmission in livestock. Ibrahim Bello, director of veterinary services at the state’s Ministry of Agriculture, advised during a lecture organised by the National Association of Animal Health and Husbandry Technologists on Saturday. “Stakeholders must do everything possible…
[ad_1] A circulating video has labelled some soldiers showing off their arms and military skills as Nigerien troops. In the widely shared TikTok video, heavily armed soldiers can be seen wielding guns and imitating battlefield stances in what seems like a preparation for battle. Chants of war songs are also heard as the soldiers march…
In today’s Nigeria, more youths; male and female alike, are indulging in and getting bolder with body piercing. More people are now expressing themselves in the act to make statements from fashion to social, or as a sign of rebellion. Hadiza Ibrahim spoke with ‘The Melanated Goth’, a professional piercer, on complications that may arise…
[ad_1] Standard and Poor’s (S&P), the international rating agency, has upgraded Nigeria’s credit outlook from negative to stable, citing President Bola Tinubu’s planned reforms. A credit rating is a measure of how likely a company or government entity is able to pay back its debts, based on an independent assessment of its financial health. In…
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