The United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) has donated more than 2.5 million doses of Oral Polio Vaccines to the Bauchi state government for children in the state. The UNICEF Chief for Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique, on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, where the vaccines are kept,…
The Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO has commenced a fresh effort designed to address the problem of malnutrition in the northern part of Nigeria. Towards this end, the Nigerian office of the organisation distributed 21 metric tonnes of Tom Brown, a highly nutritious food supplement to excited nursing mothers and others in Sokoto State. The…
Cocoa farmers in Abia State are in the good season. The Abia State Government has promised to provide for them the enabling environment to improve cocoa production in the state. Deputy Governor Engr. Ikechukwu Emetu who doubles as the Chairman, Abia State Cocoa Transformation Committee stated this in his office at the Government House, Umuahia…
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State has taken a step towards enhancing food production in the state, as well as making agriculture a thing of interest to tourists visiting the state. That is why the State government has put a committee in place to promote the practice of farming in the state. Governor Eno,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has announced that the Ogbo Ogwu Market at Bridgehead, Onitsha, was reopened on March 7 following a shutdown for comprehensive sanitisation. The NAFDAC Director for the Southeast, Dr. Martins Iluyomade, reiterated this in an interview with newsmen on Monday. Recall that NAFDAC had closed…
No fewer than 60,000 small business owners and entrepreneurs have registered their interest in the upcoming National MSMEs Award by submitting compelling videos to showcase their achievements and innovations. The Special Adviser to the President on Job Creation and MSME, Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Recall that on March 2, the…
The Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA), Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, CTFK and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have called on the Federal Government to increase the Tobacco Control Fund (TCF) beyond the N13m allocated to it in the national budget for 2025, in order to protect public health. The NTCA, CTFK…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Climate Change Specialist, Ms. Nifesimi Ogunkua, on Monday, revealed plans to restore 18,000 hectares of degraded land in Cross River and Ondo states for sustainable cocoa and oil palm cultivation, to attract $200 million in investments to the value chain in Nigeria. Ogunkua disclosed this during a four-day FAO…
A Medical Imaging Scientist, Dr Livinus Abonyi, has called on the Federal Government to tackle all forms of poverty and hunger with greater vigour, in order to reduce the burden of ill health in the country. Abonyi, a Lecturer in the Department of Medical Radiography, Faculty of Clinical Sciences at the University of Lagos, College…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged Nigerians to take preventive measures against Tuberculosis (TB). The agency’s Director in Jigawa, Malam Tijjani Ahmad, made the appeal on Monday in Dutse at an event to commemorate the 2025 World TB Day. Ahmad noted that tuberculosis was a contagious disease caused by bacteria that mainly affects the…
