NAFDAC raises alarm over drug hawking, ripening of fruits with carbide
NAFDAC office in Lagos (file photo) ‘Many drug hawkers are knowingly or unknowingly merchants of death, who expose essential and life-saving medicines to the vagaries of inclement weather, which degrade the active ingredients of the medicine and turn them to poisons thus endangering human lives’ By Nweze Anaga, Abakaliki The National Agency for Food and […]
ERA-FoEN warns military over burning of crude oil vessels
Oil vessel on fire in Niger Delta, recently. Photo: BBC .Says it is an environmental hazard ‘Destroying such vessels with their crude contents produces high level chemical debris that follows tidal movement to other parts of the country’ By Valentine Amanze The Environmental Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has condemned the burning […]
BoI to partner Renewed Hope Initiative on women data, others
BoI logo .Visits Nigeria’s First Lady He expressed optimism that the Initiative would go a long way in ameliorating the hardship of women, especially at the grassroots, in areas of agriculture, health, social investment, education and economic empowerment, which are also the focus areas for the bank By Valentine Amanze The Bank of Industry (BoI) […]
Why we oppose ECOWAS’ military option in Niger crisis, by Catholic bishops
Tinubu, chairman of ECOWAS (file photo) Say Libya is an example of disastrous consequences of military action ‘No individual, national, regional, geo-political or denominational interest or project should take precedence over the preservation of life, human dignity and the well being of the future generation in West Africa and beyond’ By Valentine Amanze A Catholic […]
