Stakeholders at a meeting on “Reducing Salt Content in Commercially Processed Foods in Nigeria” have stressed the need for prompt action to check excessive salt consumption.
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ASHENEWS reports that the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) has warned that the suspension of Abdul Ningi by the Nigerian Senate would negatively impact legislators’ independence and image of the legislature before Nigerians and rest of the world.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state Governor, Mohammed Bago has approved the payment of wage bonuses for every civil servant in the state.
The number of child deaths, those who died before their fifth birthday has reached a historic low, dropping to 4.9 million in 2022. This is according to the latest estimates released on Wednesday by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The global under-five mortality rate declined by 60 percent, from 93 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1990 to 37 in 2022. The UN report was contained in a statement issued by the World Bank, a copy of which was obtained in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement said the report revealed that more children were…
An international NGO, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) has awarded N48 million to 16 businesses in four states to enhance food security and nutrition in the country.
The Director-General of, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Dr Halilu Shaba says the agency’s plan to launch a satellite from Nigeria in 2025 is no longer feasible.
Nigeria has called on palm oil-producing countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to work assiduously towards resolving their disagreements, which threaten subregional trading in the sector.
A 27-year-old convict, Ibrahim Yahaya, has been shot dead in Abuja by some corrections personnel after he allegedly jumped down from the vehicle conveying him to prison in a bid to escape.
Some pharmacists have urged the Federal Government to provide pharmaceutical intervention funds to manufacturers to boost local production of drugs. The pharmacists who spoke in Lagos on Wednesday said that such funds would help manufacturers increase production capacity. The pharmaceutical stakeholders, under the Federation of Nigerian Pharmaceutical Industry Associations (FeNPIA), in February 2024, urged the federal government to create a N600 billion Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Development Fund at five per cent interest over a minimum tenure of seven to ten years. According to the body, the fund will support the local production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), vaccines, critical supply chain…
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) says the Federal Government will give priority attention to the educational advancement of the deaf in the country. The Executive Secretary, Dr James Lalu, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Nigerian National Association of the Deaf led by its Vice-President Mr Haruna Mohammed. However, Deaf usually refers to people that are having hearing problems, the method of imparting knowledge and education of the deaf is usually administered through sign languages. Lalu told the delegation that, NCPWD had been at the forefront of mainstreaming disability inclusion,…