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Expert Decries Tertiary Institution’s Poor Funding … Says Nigeria Needs N2trn Annually
By Ngozi Onyeakusi -- Given the level decline in the nation's tertiary institutions, Federal Government needs about N2 trillion annually to properly fund tertiary education. The Pro-Chancellor and…
TB Kills, Go For Test If You Cough For Two Weeks…NTBLCP
... Kills No Fewer Than 18 Hourly By Ngozi  Onyeakusi As Tuberculosis (TB) continue to claim lives of Nigerians amounting to no few than 18 every hour, National…
FG Recalls 2.4m Bottles of Codeine
The Federal Government has recalled about million bottles of codeine from circulation. The move, according to the Ministry of Health, demonstrates the federal government’s determination to…
Awareness: NAFDAC Promotes Compliance on Code for Marketing BMS
Assistant Director, NAFDAC, Mrs Ummulkhairi Bobboi, Deputy Director, Food Safety and Applied Directorate Division, Eva Edwards and Mrs Monwuba at the workshop The National Agency…
UNICEF, Zamfara Govt. Enroll 4,099 Girls In Schools
Girls (G4G) initiative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), introduced in August 2017, had succeeded in enrolling 4,099 girls in schools. Mr Tayo Fatinikun, Executive…
FEC okays draft National Tobacco Control Regulation
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the draft Food Safety and Quality Bill as well as the Food Safety Institutional Reform working document. The Minister of Health,…
Ebola: Enugu airport, WHO collaborate on sensitisation
The management of Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, says the World Health Organisation recently held talks with all the agencies operating within the airport as part of efforts to contain…
Malaria Day: 4.3 Million Nigeria Children Miss Vaccinations Annually — UNICEF
Nigeria has made great strides in reducing deaths of under 5-year-old children from 158 to 120 per 1000 births between 2011 and 2016. Yet, during the…
NAFDAC Returns to Ports, Boarders
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), in collaboration with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) and with the active support…
Measles Control: Lagos State to immunize 3.6m children … Targets 95% Coverage as Campaign commences 15th March
Lagos State, starting from Thursday, 15th March to 29th March 2018 engaged in immunization of children under the ages of nine months to five years across…