Enugu State Commissioner for Agriculture and Agro Industrialisation, Mr Patrick Ubru said the state is targeting the production of one million metric tons of rice annually to meet local demands and ensure food security.
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A University of Ilorin don, Prof. Isaac Aremu, says he has invented an insect and mosquito repellent cream from neem plants.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 31.70 percent in February 2024.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Temitope Ilori as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), for an initial term of four years. He also approved the appointment of Dr James Enimi Omietimi and Prof. Sa’ad Ahmed as Chief Medical Directors of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa and Abuja respectively. A statement by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said Ilori and Omietimi would serve for an initial term of four years, while Ahmed is for a second term of four years. Ilori is a senior lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine at…
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has said that it was focusing more on equitable access to drugs for all people who have Kidney disease. A Consultant Nephrologist, Dr. Babawale Bello disclosed this in Lagos on Thursday. Bello said that this year’s celebration was the third in the series of the theme “Kidney Health For All”. He said that World Kidney Day was organised by a group called International Society of Kidney Federation who came together to celebrate Kidney Day. “The first episode was in 2006, and it held annually since that time. So, we are now in the eighteen…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Regional Coordinating Centre (RCC) of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa-CDC) in Nigeria. Tinubu is the African Union (AU) Champion for Human Resources for Health and Community Health Delivery Partnership. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the President’s approval of the siting of the Centre in Abuja is part of his larger effort to convey Nigeria’s commitment to regional and global health security. He said it was also to promote local economic…
As residents of Niger State battle the heatwave which has been raving in Nigeria for nearly a month now, the Chairman, Medical and Dental Council Association in the state, Dr. Wey George Danlami has warned that the rising temperatures may encourage the spread of diseases. Heatwaves otherwise known as hot weather are characterised by long periods of extreme heat usually accompanied by high humidity. Global temperatures and the frequency and intensity of heatwaves will rise in the 21st century as a result of climate change, the World Health Organisation (WHO), estimates. High air temperatures can affect human health and lead…
A clinical epidemiologist, Dr Akindele Adebiyi, has appealed to the federal and state governments to ensure adequate provision of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers to reduce transmission of infectious diseases. Adebiyi, the President, International Epidemiological Association, appealed in an interview on Thursday in Lagos. According to him, appropriate use of PPE is a critical and effective strategy for protecting patients and healthcare providers from transmissible pathogens. He noted that stringent attention to infection prevention and control measures in most hospitals had relapsed after COVID-19. “If adequate PPE aren’t available at the healthcare level, we are putting the healthcare…
The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has sealed two unregistered water-packaging companies for allegedly operating without NAFDAC approval in Ota area of Ogun State. The State Coordinator, NAFDAC, Ogun 2 Office, Ota, Mr Philip Benu, said on Thursday in Ota after the exercise, that the two companies failed to meet NAFDAC requirements for registration. Benu said that the raid and enforcement were based on routine inspections by regulatory officers in Ogun 2 office, Ota. He said that the facilities of the two companies were placed on hold with NAFDAC seal and the companies were invited…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for an independent investigation on the alleged N3.7 trillion budget padding by the National Assembly.