Probe Commences After 18 Pupils Landed In Hospital Following Free Meal In Osun
Osun State Government has begun an investigation into the reported case of about 18 pupils of James Primary School B, Osogbo, who reportedly landed in the hospitals after eating a mid-day meal served to them under the free school feeding programme of the state government. The government also directed the stoppage of further food cooking at the affected school pending...
NAFDAC Laboratory Gets WHO Pre-Qualification Approval
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced the pre-qualification approval for the agency’s Yaba laboratory, Lagos State, as a Central Drug Control Laboratory. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. She stated that the World Health Organisation had recently approved the CDCL. She said that the...
US: Woman Accuses Fertility Doctor Of Using His Sperm To Secretly Impregnate Her Over 40 Years Ago
A fertility doctor and former Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Merle Berger, has been accused by one of his agelong patients, Sarah Depoian, 73, of using his sperm to impregnate her without consent. Depoian said she and her husband first went to see the fertility doctor in 1979 to discuss intrauterine insemination, adding that Berger told her the sperm would...
Ex-Governor Of Anambra, Chukwuemeka Ezeife Dies At 85
A former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, is dead. Ezeife died at the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja, on Thursday at the age of 85, according to a short press release issued on Friday and signed by Chief Rob Ezeife, on behalf of the family. Born on November 20, 1938, the deceased fondly called ‘Okwadike’, was governor of Anambra state...
NAFDAC Unseals Eziukwu Road Market Aba After Its Closure Over Fake Drugs Manufacturing
National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has finally unsealed the Eziukwu Road Market in Aba, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with its leadership which promised not to allow people use the location as fake products manufacturing centres. NAFDAC officials from the Enugu regional headquarters of the agency, had on Monday, swooped on the market, sealing...
Tinubu Congratulates Prof. Uchegbu On Election As Cambridge Varsity President
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Nigerian-born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience and top-flight researcher, Ijeoma Uchegbu, on her election as President of Wolfson College, one of the 31 colleges of the University of Cambridge. Professor Uchegbu, renowned for her innovative work in nanoparticle drug delivery, is currently a Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London (UCL). The President, according to a...
Beware Of ‘Poisonous’ Plantain Chips: Lagos To Residents
Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has warned residents particularly consumers of fried plantains popularly known as “Plantain Chips” over the unwholesome practices in the processing and frying of the plantain for sale. This warning is coming on the heels of viral online picture posted by an eye witness showing a “plantain chips” seller allegedly adding Polythene known as “Rubber”...
Abia State Govt Denies Banning The Use Of “Takeaway” Plates
The Abia State government says it has not placed a ban of the use of styrofoam foils, popularly known as "takeaway" plates which restaurants mostly use to package foods. The state government through the Ministry of Environment however warned residents on the environmental hazards associated with the single-use foil. This is contained in a statement on Friday made available to ABN...
FG Bans Alcoholic Beverages In Small Sachets
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned alcoholic beverages produced in sachets less than 200ml. The agency said the five-year window given to the manufacturers of the products to stop producing the drinks in sachets and pet bottles which began in 2028 elapsed on January 31, 2024. She said enforcement of the ban commenced on February 1,...
NAFDAC Commences Enforcement On Sachet Gins Ban
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has commenced the enforcement of the ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles of 200ml and below. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this on Monday at a press conference in Abuja. “As of January 31, 2024, there...
