The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has arrested three hawkers selling substandard drugs valued at 250thousand Naira Speaking to newsmen, Kaduna state Coordinator Mr Nasiru Mato, said that the exercise is part of ongoing efforts to stamp out drug hawking in the state, adding that drug hawking exposes medicines to…
Organised Labour comprising NLC and TUC, have issued a 14-day nationwide strike notice to the Federal Government. Their grouse is the non-implementation of the 16-point agreement between organised labour (NLC and TUC) and the Federal Government on October 2, 2023. Leaders of the NLC and TUC are sad that, despite labour’s efforts to ensure industrial…
Nollywood star, Ethel Aderemi, nee Ekpe has died. She died of cancer on Wednesday in Lagos. The sad news was confirmed by Dr Shaibu Husseini, the Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB in a Facebook post on Wednesday night. “I have been reliably informed that Ethel Ekpe, the screen beauty…
A young Nigerian man has died just seven weeks after he got married. Ande Danjuma Biki and his wife, Joy Benjamin Bawa got married on December 16, 2024, in Jalingo, Taraba State. However, he sadly passed away in February. Sharing the sad news, a friend wrote: “One of the most collected and calm mates secondary…
Former Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard has completed a move to South Korean side FC Seoul. Lingard has been without a club since his contract expired at Nottingham Forest at the end of last season. It is understood the 31-year-old has signed a two-year deal with the K-League club, with the option for…
The bandits who abducted women accompanying a bride to her matrimonial home at Damari, Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State last Thursday have released a video showing the captives. In the video, which is currently trending on social media, the bandits threatened to tie the wedding knot between the already married lady and one of them,…
DR Opeyemi Babatunde, the lead investigator of the Joint Implementation Guidelines for Osteoarthritis in West Africa (JIGSAW) Africa, a team that founded a complete guide to living with osteoarthritis, has cautioned Nigerians against the routine use of drugs in managing osteoarthritis and pain in the joints. Babatunde, a physiotherapist at Keela University in the United…
Mr Tunde Ajobo, a dietician, reveals older adults, due to the climatic changes, particularly need to keep warm and increase their water intake to ensure free bowel movement and increase movement to stay healthy and will help them avoid constipation and chest infections like pneumonia. He spoke at the second anniversary and thanksgiving ceremony of…
DIRECTOR of the Centre for Comprehensive Promotion of Reproductive Health, Professor Oladosu Ojengbede, has stated that female genital mutilation (FGM), the removal of a woman’s clitoris, is not only unhealthy but also unnecessary. Ojengbede, a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, speaking at the 2024 International Day for Zero Tolerance for FGM in Nigeria, organised by the…
The Traditional King of Asaba, who is the 13th Asagba of Asaba in Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Joseph Chike Edozien, CFR, JP, is dead According to reports, the traditional ruler died on Wednesday Febraury 7 Born on July 28, 1925 in Asaba to the famous family of Edozien, who were said to be the…
