UK Orders Nigerian Nurses Under Probe For Exam Fraud To Leave By Kalu Idika The United Kingdom’s Home Office has directed several Nigerian nurses under investigation for alleged examination fraud to leave the country immediately. Letters sent by the Home Office, seen by Nursing Times, have asked nurses to leave […]
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LASEPA Seals Firms Over Noise, Environmental Infractions
LASEPA Seals Firms Over Noise, Environmental Infractions By Victor Gbonegun The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) yesterday, sealed-off numerous establishments across the state over persistent noise pollution and other environmental infractions, which threaten public health and safety. Locations visited by the agency’s enforcement team include Apapa, Ogudu, Ojota and […]
Ondo Govt. Begins Contact Tracing After UK Returnee Died Of Lassa fever
Ondo Govt. Begins Contact Tracing After UK Returnee Died Of Lassa fever The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the Ondo State Ministry of Health has activated contact tracing to check further spread of Lassa Fever following the death of a 31-year-old physician who died of the disease […]
INTERSOCIETY Debunks NAFDAC’s Claim of Re-opening Onitsha Drug Market
Despite the widely circulated news of the reopening of the Onitsha drug market early last week, a rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has said that the market has remained shut. The group lamented that despite claims by National Agency for Food Drug Administration […]
Traders At Ogbo-Ogwu Market, Onitsha Claim NAFDAC Officials Seized Registered Foreign Drugs, Destroyed Goods Worth Millions, Seek Government Intervention
Traders At Ogbo-Ogwu Market, Onitsha Claim NAFDAC Officials Seized Registered Foreign Drugs, Destroyed Goods Worth Millions, Seek Government Intervention By Oge Onyeanusi Onitsha Traders at the popular Ogbo-Ogwu market in Onitsha, Anambra State, are claiming officials from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) seized registered […]
Anambra nurses protest poor pay package, working condition, alleged maltreatment
Nurses under the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, have staged a protest over poor working conditions in government-owned health institutions. The demonstration took place at their residential quarters, Nurses House, in Okpuno, where they urged their leadership to take their demands to the state government. The nurses […]
Soludo asks FG to prevent supply of counterfeit drugs to Onitsha market
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has announced plans to build a coordinated wholesale drug centre in Oba, Idemili South LGA, as part of efforts to standardise the drug market and eradicate fake and counterfeit drugs. The new centre will accommodate the relocated and standardised Ogbo ogwu market, arguably Africa’s largest […]
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Busts Trans-border Drug Syndicate, Seizes Tramadol And Meth Hidden in Vehicles.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have dismantled a trans-border drug trafficking syndicate, arresting four key members in intelligence-led operations. The crackdown resulted in the seizure of tramadol pills worth millions of naira hidden in vehicle compartments, methamphetamine disguised as auto spare parts, and other illicit substances […]
NAFDAC Uncovers Depot for Expired Drugs in Abia
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a major depot for expired and falsified drugs in Umumeje village, Osisioma Ngwa, Abia State. The illegal operation, located near Ariaria International Market, involved repackaging expired medicines for resale, posing serious health risks. Seized items included expired […]
FG Confident in Healthcare Funding Despite USAID Exit
Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Ali Pate, has assured that the country can sustain its healthcare system despite the exit of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Following US President Donald Trump’s directive to close USAID, many African nations have been left uncertain about their healthcare […]