The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public of a fake product labelled as “Dettol Health Fresh Soap” in the market. According to the ‘Public Alert’ issued by the Agency on its website on Thursday, the product was reported to have caused skin irritation to a complainant. “The…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed substandard products, including counterfeit drugs and medical devices, worth N43 billion in Oyo State. The destruction which was carried out on Thursday at the Moniya dump site in the Akinyele Local Government area of the state, was witnessed by representatives from security…
Save the Children (SCI) Nigeria, disclosed that over 150,000 children in 26 camps in Borno State are at risk of being malnourished following the flood that occurred in Maiduguri. The Country Director, SCI, Nigeria, Duncan Harvey who disclosed this during a press conference held in Abuja, stated that many children were already malnourished before the…
A joint team of officials from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control and the Borno State Ministry of Health has uncovered several neglected warehouses storing drugs damaged by recent floods in Borno State. The drugs which were worth millions of naira were found in an isolated and unsafe locations in Gamboru…
The Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Umaru Radda, paid a solidarity visit to Maiduguri, Borno State’s capital, early Wednesday where he expressed condolences and support for victims of recent devastating floods. The floods have severely impacted social and economic activities in the state, with over 400,000 people displaced. During the visit, Governor Radda presented a…
The federal government has initiated emergency water sampling and testing in Borno State following the severe flooding that affected the state. The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to Governor of Borno State, Prof. Umara Zulum, assuring the state of federal support. A team from the Federal Ministry of…
Does a minister come from your area of residence? Has he or she distributed rice to people in that area recently? If not, then ask questions, and ensure people in his constituency, even if you don’t need free rice, get the palliative. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has revealed that each minister…
The federal government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), on Monday began the sale of subsidised rice to Nigerians. The move, aimed to mitigate the price of the staple goods, would be rolled out to interested participants on the condition of a valid identity card and National Identification Number. Recall that the…
Sokoto State Government received over 12,367 bags of rice as an economic palliative by the federal government to the most vulnerable in the society. The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, and Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Political Matters, Ibrahim Masari, made the presentation to the state. Bagudu said the…
Jigawa state governor, Umar Namadi has approved the release of the total sum of N315.5 million to 15,775 flood victims presently in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps across 20 affected local government areas in the state. The governor disclosed in Kiyawa, Kiyawa town headquarters of Kiyawa local government area in the state while flagging…
