The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal to raise 11.2 million dollars to help fund Uganda’s response to an Ebola outbreak that has killed two people. This came after Uganda’s health budget was strained by U.S. cuts to foreign aid. Uganda declared the outbreak of the highly infectious and often fatal haemorrhagic disease in…
Sen Ned Nwoko, Chairman, Prince Ned Nwoko Foundation for Malaria Eradication and the Community, has alleged that Western Pharmaceutical Companies are not interested in helping Nigeria eradicate malaria from the country. Nwoko said this on Monday in Abuja, at a malaria vaccine workshop organised by the Foundation. He said that they were interested in their…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 42- Year-old Angolan businessman, Mbala Abuba at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano for attempting to traffic 120 wraps of cocaine, which he ingested to Istanbul,Turkey. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), says it has intercepted 128 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis at the Tin-can Seaport in Lagos. NDLEA Spokesman Femi Babafemi said, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, that the drugs weighed 63.75 kilograms. Babafemi said that the NDLEA operatives on Friday, Feb. 28…
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has raised the alarm over threats to her life and the safety of agency staff, calling on authorities to protect them as they navigate hazardous conditions in their duties. She also advocated for the death penalty for those involved…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Wednesday, publicly destroyed 25 tonnes of seized hard drugs in Kogi Stste. The NDLEA Chairman, Retired Brig.- Gen. Mohammed Marwa, who made the disclosure during the exercise held near Confluence Beach Hotel, Ganaja Village in Lokoja, described it as “very satisfactory.” Marwa, representated by the Director of…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the government at all levels to reduce reliance on external sources for health funding and instead make adequate provisions in their budgets. UNICEF Deputy Representative in Nigeria, Dr Rowan Khan, made the statement on Wednesday in Abuja at the Primary Health Care (PHC) Memorandum of Understanding…
Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has called for life sentences and the death penalty for individuals involved in drug crimes. Adeyeye made the call on Wednesday in Abuja, while addressing State House correspondents. She urged the National Assembly to incorporate these penalties into the…
Information released on Wednesday by the Vatican says that Pope Francis has partially resumed some work inspite of his continuing critical condition in the hospital. Francis, 88, is sitting in an armchair while continuing his therapy, which includes receiving additional oxygen via a tube through his nose. He is eating normally, the Vatican said. The…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 55-year-old fake doctor, Moyosore Johnson, in a correctional centre for allegedly causing the death of a woman. Johnson, whose address was not provided, was arraigned on a four-count charge bothering on conspiracy and accelerating cause of death. Magistrate Kausarat Ayofe did not take…
