The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has banned the sale of Turkey-made Dex Luxury Bar Soap. In the same vein, the agency said it is tracking fake Indian Injection powder. NAFDAC called on Nigerians to watch out for the counterfeit of Tandak injection powder made in India. NAFDAC, on its website,…
Sokoto State Government has declared Friday, April 12, 2024, as a work-free day. This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Bawa, and made available to newsmen in the state on Thursday. The statement said the public holiday was to enable civil servants to continue to celebrate…
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, says the Federal Government is still paying subsidy on electricity despite the recent hike in tariff paid by Band A customers said to be about 1.5 million of the total 12 million consumers in the sector. The minister, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has recalled the popular cough syrup, Benylin Pediatrics, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson following recent toxicity findings in the laboratory on the product. This was disclosed in a statement the Agency published on its website on Wednesday, in which it said laboratory analysis conducted…
The family of the late former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, who was killed in a Southern California helicopter crash in February filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, against the US helicopter company. The former Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Dr Herbert Wigwe, his wife and son were also onboard the…
Chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed their condolences to the family and friends of the first civilian governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu. Onu, an ex-minister of Science and Technology in the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, reportedly died in a health facility in Abuja on Thursday following a…
Members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have disclosed they are living in constant fear over the ongoing sacking since the appointment of Dr Olayemi Cardoso as the Governor. The CBN workers who spoke with Daily Trust said no department can be spared in the continued sacking ravaging the apex bank. The…
A bomb blast has killed six Nigerien soldiers near the border with Mali, Niger’s army said Thursday, adding, around 10 “terrorists” were later killed in air strikes. An army patrol vehicle early this week hit a homemade landmine near the southwestern village of Tingara, the defence ministry said in a bulletin. Other soldiers were also…
The Lagos State government and a private company known as MoMo PSB has concluded plans to partner in order to address the soaring food prices in the country and the state. In a press statement that was made available to Africa Health Report on Thursday, the collaboration is strategic in the sense that it aims…
A retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olarewaju Belgore, has died. Belgore, who is a younger brother to former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Alfa Belgore, died in his GRA residence, Ilọrin, Kwara State capital, on Tuesday night. He was the presiding Justice of the Ilorin Division of the Court of Appeal before…
