FG records 44.6% deficit in the first 5months, 2021
The Federal Government, FG, revenue performance may still be substantially behind target performance as it recorded a 44.6 per cent shortfall from the projected...
Drug abuse threatens national security, warns NAFDAC
The Director-General, National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye, has warned that the future of Nigeria depends largely on...
Breaking: Inflation Falls to 17.38%
The Consumer Price Index, (CPI) which measures inflation dropped to 17.38 per cent (year-on-year) in July, compared to 17.75 per cent in the preceding...
Pharmacists advocate regulation of online pharmacies
The African Pharmaceutical Forum has called on drug regulators in Africa to enact laws to guide the practice of internet-based pharmacy in the continent.
The...
NGO promotes female condom, says it enhances sexual pleasure
Contrary to misconception, female condom enhances sexual activity and does not affect sexual gratification, an international non-governmental organization, Pathfinder International Nigeria, has said.
The NGO,...
‘I ride commercial tricycle to see my children through school’
An accounting graduate of University of Calabar, Gloria Onyemachi Daniels shares her experience jostling for a living in the male-dominated commercial tricycle business in...
It is a sin to deny baby breast milk, says UNICEF
Failure or refusal to give your baby breast milk has been described as amounting not only to denying the child of its fundamental human...
What happens to your breast when you breastfeed – Expert
The Jigawa State Nutrition Office has reacted to a belief by women that exclusive breast feeding causes breasts to sag.
Malam Sa’idu Umar State, Chief...
Chief Nurse says pregnant women should allow husbands suck their breasts
A Chief Nursing Sister, Roseline Oladimeji, has advised pregnant women to allow their husbands to suck their breasts.
According to her, this would help to...
Nigeria battling with 15 neglected tropical diseases, says health minister
With over 122 million Nigerians at risk of Neglected Tropical Diseases, NTDs, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday lamented that the...