WHO Calls for Ban on Flavours and Designs That Attract Young Tobacco Users
Acting WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, has called for a ban on flavours and product designs that appeal to young users. Ihekweazu made the call in a…
Onitsha Drug Market: Intersociety Demands Refund of Over N3bn Allegedly Extorted from Traders
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), a civil rights advocacy group, has called on the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)…
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- May 28, 2025
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Security Breach: Nine Psychiatric Patients Escape from Akure Hospital, Residents in Panic
No fewer than nine psychiatric patients have reportedly broken out of the Ondo State Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Akure. UGAMATV gathered that the nine patients ran out of the facility…
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- May 20, 2025
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Tragedy at UCTH: Nurses Protest Arrest of Colleagues Over Patient’s Death
Tension erupted at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) following the arrest of three nurses in connection with the death of a patient, triggering a massive protest by healthcare…
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- May 16, 2025
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Antibiotics Resistance on the Rise in Nigeria, Warns Professor
A Professor of Veterinary Microbiology, Professor Ndubueze Amaechi, has raised the alarm over the increasing rate of antibiotics resistance in humans and animals in Nigeria, saying that diseases are…
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- May 15, 2025
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L-PRES, Enugu Govt Collaborate to Enhance Disease Surveillance and Multisectoral Collaboration
The Enugu State Government says it will continue to strengthen the “One Health Approach” to deal with existing and emerging animal health, human health, and environmental health challenges confronting the…
Rivers Emergency Rule Must Not Exceed Six Months – PWDs Warn
The Rivers State chapter of the South-South Physically Challenged Indigenes has cautioned that the state of emergency recently declared by President Bola Tinubu should not exceed the constitutionally permitted six-month…
NAFDAC Shuts Down Water Factory in Nasarawa Over Illegal Production
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down a registered water factory in Lafia, Nasarawa State, for illegally producing multiple unregistered water brands. This…
Nigeria Fully Repays $3.4 Billion IMF COVID-19 Loan
The Federal Government of Nigeria has successfully cleared the $3.4 billion loan it received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was confirmed by the…
Face masks now optional – FG says Covid-19 restrictions to go soon
The Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 has said the use of face masks in public places is now optional and other Covid-19 restrictions will soon go. The PSC also announced that…
