The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it seized unregistered/expired aphrodisiacs and other drugs in Kaduna. The agency made the seizures during a raid on 26 shops at the Sabon Gari market in Zaria LGA on Monday. The items seized included microgynon (drugs meant to be distributed free to IDPs…
By ayomide otitoju •1988 set student, Ayodeji Fadoju, gives back to alma mater Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was the special guest at Baptist Academy in Obanikoro, on Tuesday, where he identified with a noble cause. The Governor inaugurated a 140-bed hall of residence built by an old student of the missionary school. The single-storey dormitory named…
By Taiwo Alimi DEATH AT CHILDBIRTH Forty-five-year-old accountant, Kehinde Ojo, recalled the date and time vividly. The event is engraved in his heart forever as he recollected the death of his wife after delivery, 15 years ago. “I was working late on March 8, 2007, when I received a call around 9 pm that my…
The Provost of the Institute of Counselling in Nigeria (ICN), Dr. Tolulope Oko-Igaire has urged Nigerians to visit professional counsellors and psychotherapists regularly for a mental health check to ensure they are in the right frame of mind considering the increasing rate of suicide, depressions and other related issues in the country. She made this…
The south-south indigenes resident in Lagos under the auspices of CREDAB have been urged to take advantage of the numerous Lagos state government policies and programmes, especially the healthcare insurance initiative managed by Lagos State Health Management Agency, LASHMA. CREDAB is an acronym of Cross Rivers, Rivers, Edo, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa, a socio-cultural…
…Residents hail Governor on the progress of 10-storey New Massey Hospital, Adeniji Adele Road projects An exercise for an extensive inspection of the ongoing infrastructural upgrade in Lagos Island, on Wednesday, turned to a homecoming event for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as a tumultuous crowd of residents trooped out to welcome the Governor back to his…
UN agencies and others on Monday formed a global alliance to prevent new HIV infections and ensure that by 2030 all HIV positive children can get access to lifesaving treatment. According to UN data, more than three quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of treatment while the number of children…
Ms May Ikokwu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI) and culture advocate on Tuesday says breastfeeding is culturally and medically beneficial to both mother and baby. Ikokwu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week which spans from Aug….
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of his Senior Special Assistant on Tertiary Education, Youth and Student Affairs, Omotayo Sanyaolu, who died today (Friday). Sanyaolu, who was the immediate past Youth Leader of the Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died on Friday after his involvement in an…
