The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 674 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 4,025 suspected cases across 18 states and 93 local government areas from January to April 6, 2025. According to the NCDC’s latest situation report, 127 deaths have been recorded with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of…
The Federal Government has gazetted and transmitted the ECOWAS schedule of tariff offers for Trade in Goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area to its secretariat. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, said this through a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. Oduwole said that, the move was ahead of…
Federal government is showing a further concern in the growing crisis of malnutrition and food insecurity in Nigeria. It has therefore stressed the need for an urgent need for the coordination of the national interventions in this regard. This was made known on Sunday in Abuja by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and…
The National Sugar Development Council (NSDC) has signed a major Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SINOMACH, a Chinese conglomerate, for the development of a sugarcane cultivation and processing project capable of producing one million metric tonnes of sugar in the country. The MoU, which is an early dividend of the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership—an initiative of…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Senator Abubakar Kyari, on Saturday addressed recent concerns raised by the North-East National Assembly Caucus regarding the perceived exclusion of the region from the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) program. The Minister described the allegations as “misinformed” and provided a comprehensive breakdown of the initiative’s origin, processes,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has unveiled a new regulatory framework mandating bioequivalence (BE) studies for all generic medicines in Nigeria. The NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, said the new requirement ensures that generic drugs provide the same therapeutic effect as their branded counterparts. “Bioequivalence is not…
The government of Cross River State has found favour with the African Development Bank (AfDB). This is because aside from the support that the state is getting from the Continental bank, it will also be supported in the area of health services delivery. The assurance was given in Calabar on Thursday by Dr. Akinwumi Adeshina, …
Akwa Ibom is set to reduce the burden of zero-dose children under the age of five. To achieve this, it has commenced the third round of the routine immunisation intensification exercise in all the 20 local government areas of the state. Despite reports of progress made in previous campaigns, there are still children who have…
The challenges in the country’s economy forced unprecedented production costs on major food processing companies in Nigeria in the past year. The development also affected the prices of commodities in the market, as the affected companies passed the costs to the consumers. For instance, BUA Foods Plc and Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc reported that they…
Nigeria’s economic stability faces a fresh challenge following the Trump administration’s announcement of a 14 per cent tariff on Nigerian exports to the United States. The measure is part of a broader protectionist initiative aimed at rebalancing trade relationships globally, and has raised alarm over the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),…
