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Customs, NAFDAC Destroys 58 Containers Of Tramadol, Other Illicit Drugs Worth N14.7b
The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Retired Col. Hammed Ali, on Wednesday said the service destroyed various pharmaceutical products including tramadol with a Duty Paid Value of billion. Ali…
WHO Set To Declare Nigeria Polio Free
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is set to declare Nigeria a polio free country. This is according to a statement by Mr Charity Warigon, Media and…
U.S Offers 303 Nigerian Students $7.5m Scholarship
More than 303 Nigerian students from the 17 states of southern Nigeria have received no less than $ million in full or partial scholarships from 225 American universities…
Eva Water is Safe for Consumption-NAFDAC
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), a regulatory agency responsible for regulating and controlling importation, manufacture and use of food, drugs…
Obaseki Probes Hospital Contracts Under Oshiomhole
The Edo Government says it will probe contracts for construction of structures and supply of equipment to Benin Central Hospital, awarded by the administration of Adams Oshiomhole.…
JAMB To Reconfirm Biometrics Of All UTME Candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has resolved to reconfirm biometrics of all candidates that sat for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board made…
NBC Suspends Production Of Eva Water Following NAFDAC Order
The Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) has suspended the production of Eva water and has recalled two batches of the 75cl produced from May 22 to 23, at…
NAFDAC Intercepts 21 Containers Of Rotten Frozen Fish In Lagos Port
National Agency for Food and Drugs Adminstration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted 21 containers of spoilt frozen fish at Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The Director General…
Newborn Nigerian baby dies during home circumcision in Italy
A newly-born baby from a family of Nigerian migrants in Italy has died following a botched home circumcision, the second such incident in little over a week,…
Nigeria Ranked Six Most Miserable Country of World
A report by Steve Hanke, an economist from John Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States, has listed Nigeria, Venezuela, Iran, Brazil and others among the first 10 miserable…