The Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) has called for the standardisation of traditional medicines and their teaching in schools.
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A Lecturer at the Department of Crop and Environmental Protection at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Dr Adeola Odewole has advised Nigerian farmers to explore the use of plant extract as an insecticide. Odewole, who made the call during an interview with newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin, explained that plant extracts have shown significant promise as alternatives to synthetic insecticides. “Plant extracts are environmentally sustainable, biodegradable, and leave no harmful residues in soil, water, or food. “Plants such as ginger, sunflower, fish bean, African black pepper, cloves and citrus possess potent pesticidal properties and are readily available and cost-effective for…
As 2024 draws to a close, my hands are full of deadlines, but I cannot sacrifice my love of life—writing pieces on topical issues. Several issues are craving for attention: tax reform, petroleum pricing, and NNPCL shenanigan, some politicians dancing naked in a market square, death of some hungry compatriots in stumped trying to receive handouts, called palliative and the rest. As I was pitying Ms Kemi Badenock for her gross inferiority complex for castigating her motherland, Nigeria, I came across the story of Samuel Olalekan Akinyemi. My Nigerian-ness blazed up like wildfire, and I could not help but share…
A night attack at at Ri Do, also known as Gidan Ado a hamlet of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, has claimed the lives of 15 persons, including a one-year-old boy.
A Consultant Radiation and Clinical Oncologist, Dr Temitope Olatunji, has identified early presentation and adequate funds for appropriate treatment as key factors to the survival of patients diagnosed with breast cancer.
There appears to be panic and deep pain in Afe Babalola’s actions since the publication and sales of the new international bestseller – Dele Farotimi’s book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. It became a bestseller precisely because the all-powerful Mr. Babalola is determined to stop Nigerians and the international community from reading it. Apparently, no one has explained to him that the best way to get everybody to read a book is to tell them that they must not read it. Mr Babalola has however persisted in his errors by getting a court to restrain Dele Farotimi Publishers as…
The Sudanese government has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that’s expected to show famine spreading across the country.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari on Monday revealed that Katsina was one of the states that recorded 99.74% success during the 2023/2024 dry season wheat cultivation where production took place in the country.
A Consultant Urologist at Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Dr Ahmed Umar has warned Nigerians about the dangers of prolonged, indiscriminate use of sexual enhancement drugs, which could seriously harm vital organs.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made significant strides in Kogi State by arresting 284 suspects between January and December 2024.