The President of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, or AFAN, Kabir Tukura Ibrahim, has argued that the National Agency for Food and...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJuly 4, 2024Certain air fryers have been found to contain toxic materials like phthalates linked to breast cancer and endocrine disruption. Air fryers are famous...
ByJoy ChukwuJuly 4, 2024The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended a comprehensive set of tobacco cessation interventions, including behavioural support delivered by healthcare providers, digital cessation...
ByJoy ChukwuJuly 3, 2024The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported over 2,100 suspected cases of cholera throughout 33 states in Nigeria, with...
ByJoy ChukwuJuly 3, 2024The National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down around 100 shops in Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, for allegedly...
ByJoy ChukwuJuly 1, 2024The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has violated the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act by not responding to a request by West Africa...
ByMayowa DurosinmiJuly 1, 2024The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 60 people at an apartment in Sun City Estate, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, during...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 30, 2024Togo has tightened COVID-19 controls for pilgrims returning from the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage, following Senegal’s lead. Togo is now the second West...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 29, 2024Malaysia‘s total fertility rate (TFR) has dropped below the replacement level, going from 2.1 children per woman in 2010 to 1.6 in 2022,...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 29, 2024The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) has closed 531 medicine outlets in Abuja for various violations, such as not being registered, poor record-keeping,...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 28, 2024A new strain of the Mpox (monkeypox) virus, spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been considered “the most dangerous so...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 27, 2024The United Nations has raised concerns about new, harmful drug concoctions called Monkey Tail, Kush, and Khadafi, which they said are posing significant...
ByEmmanuel EjioforJune 27, 2024