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NAFDAC Slashes Renewal Fees By 65% For MSMEs

NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians To Contaminated Soft Drink In Circulation

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public about a batch of contaminated Sprite 50cl glass bottles circulating in Nigeria. NAFDAC in a statement said the product was discovered following a consumer complaint received and
June 29, 2023
Court Of Appeal Confirms IPOB’s Designation As Terrorist Group

Patient Sues Doctor For Revealing Personal Information Online

Benue State Magistrate Court sitting in Makurdi, the State capital has remanded a medical doctor, Kadev Kenneth Kelvin, at the federal correctional facility in Makurdi over an allegation of cyberstalking. He was accused of making a Facebook post on 12th March 2023
March 31, 2023
NAFDAC Imposes Penalty On Traders For Violations After Reopening Onitsha Drug Market

NAFDAC Intensifies Fight Against Fake Drugs

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to intensify its fight against the proliferation of fake and substandard drugs with the implementation of a pharmaceutical traceability strategy, to safeguard the health of Nigerians. NAFDAC Director General,
February 1, 2023
5 Medical Tests You Must Do This 2023

5 Medical Tests You Must Do This Year

To stay healthy this year, there are five medical tests you must do . According to Dr Chinasa of Lifestyle Medicine Practice on her Instagram handle, ariellahealthandfitness, they are:  A Full Blood Count Test  Full blood count (FBC) is a very common
January 28, 2023
NAFDAC Imposes Penalty On Traders For Violations After Reopening Onitsha Drug Market

Prolonged Fasting Can Cause Kidney Failure – NAFDAC Warns

Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has advised Nigerians against subjecting themselves to long-hour fasting, as it portends danger to their kidneys. Prof Adeyeye, who attributed the high rate of kidney problems
January 25, 2023
Things You Need To Know About Diphtheria

Diphtheria – Things You Need To Know

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lassa fever and Cholera outbreaks,  another disease that adding to Nigeria’s public health challenge is Diphtheria, which killed 25 persons in Kano State in one week. The national Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC)
January 23, 2023
10 Healthy Ways To Handle Excessive Stress

10 Healthy Ways To Handle Excessive Stress

Stress according to World Health Organisation (WHO), is any type of change that causes physical, emotional or psychological strain on the human system.  A 2017 Gallup survey found that 80 per cent of adults frequently experience stress in their daily lives. Common
January 19, 2023

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