The association, after a six-hour National Executive Council (NEC) meeting yesterday, said the warning strike will commence at 8 am and end on Monday, May 22, at 8 am.The resident doctors had on April 29 issued a two-week ultimatum...
Britain, the US, Germany, and Norway have called on UN Human Rights Council for an emergency session in Geneva Thursday, to deliberate on the ongoing conflict in Sudan.This is coming following reports of widespread human rights abuses, including attacks on civilians,...
The Standards of Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has advised Nigerians, whose Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders are below fifteen years from the date of manufacturing not to panic about their expiration period.This comes on the heels of recent reports...
Industries, transport companies, schools, churches in the Southeastern region of the country have been urged to close down businesses on 30th May 2023. This is as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a total sit-at-home for the...
Given the toxicity associated with the misuse and abuse of pesticides and the effect on food safety, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is set to ban and phase-out 12 pesticide and agrochemical active...
The Nigerian Medical Association has provided free medical treatment to no fewer than 1,150 persons in Taraba State. The free medical treatment includes surgeries, dental, ophthalmological services, mass deworming for children, screening for Systemic Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Human Immune...
The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) says it has been repositioned to tackle unrest and unemployment in the Niger Delta by partnering with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).It said the PAP was aimed at empowering youths in the area with...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that importation of Indomie noodles to Nigeria has been banned following allegations of a cancer-causing chemical found in the noodles and non-registration of the agency. Health...
Indofood, makers of Indomie instant noodles, has reacted to a recall of its products in Taiwan and Malaysia over an increased cancer risk.Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide, a compound, in Indomie’s “special chicken”...
