Grandma: Good evening everyone, I am very happy to have nearly all of you in this meeting, my happiness came from the fact that, with the short notice I gave, all of you came to honour me with your attendance, this is a sign that all of you can be trusted, once more, I say,…
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the director general of The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) believes that those who kill by selling fake drugs should also be put to death when caught. She has, therefore, proposed death penalty for drug peddlers. She said this while speaking on Channels TV’s ‘The Morning Brief”…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is in possession of information that some unscrupulous traders are marketing fake Milo drinks in Bauchi State. It has, therefore, embarked on the exercise to find out the person’s connected with this act to ensure that the health of consumers of the product is…
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…
Pastor Samuel Akpan–Isong, General overseer, Champions for Christ Chapel Asaba, Delta State in Asaba distributed rice, bread, garri, cash and other foodstuffs worth millions of naira to a group of people. The beneficiaries include a 90-year-old woman, single mothers and other vulnerable people grappling with hunger. Akpan–Isong during the exercise appealed to President Bola Tinubu,…
President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina said that annual funding of $4bn is required to avert approximately 600,000 women and children annual deaths in Africa. Speaking at the 2025 two-day Africa Energy Summit in Dar Salam, Tanzania themed: “Mission 300”, Adesina said lack of access to clean cooking sources claims the lives…
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Ministry of Finance have expressed readiness to partner with the Enugu State Government on the development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SPAZ) in the state. The Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, who was represented by Dr Akande Oyetola of the African…
The objective of the decision by the federal government to suspend duties and taxes on food items is to force down the prices of food items. This was made known by the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi on Monday. According to him, the policy was intended to make essential food items…
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) is clapping for President Bola Tinubu’s administration over the creation of a new Ministry of Livestock Development. The association, which is one of the groups that will be directly impacted by the new ministry says it is the fulfilment of a lifetime dream. It has, therefore,…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has revealed plans by the federal government to distribute about 60 fertiliser trucks to each of the 36 states of the federation through their governors before the weekend. This was disclosed during the plenary on Tuesday. Akpabio expressed the belief that the gesture will address the country’s impending food insecurity….
