Abia to enforce new revenue policy in 2018
IN a bid to boost its internally generated revenue and eliminate touting, Abia State government said it has concluded plans to enforce a new revenue regiment in the state, from January, 2018.
Set standard for drug distribution, community pharmacists tell NAFDAC
Worried about the chaotic system of drug distribution in the country, Pharmacists under the auspices of Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, have urged the newly appointed Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, as matter of urgency holistically put in place standard distribution chain to address the uncoordinated drug distribution system in the country.
Epe communities seek Ambode’s intervention over proposed land enumeration
Communities in Epe Local government area of Lagos State, comprising about 120 families, under the aegis of Eyin-Osa United Kinkdom Development Association EUKDA, have sought the intervention of Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode over the proposed enumeration of their landed property by the state government.
Relief as doctors rescue Nigerian women from VVF nightmare
Is childbearing a curse or blessing to womanhood? This nagging question kept reechoing as reporters watched surgeons at work in the operating theatre of the Usmanu Danfodiyo Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
NB appoints Borrut Bel as managing director
Nigerian Breweries, NB Plc, has announced the appointment of Mr. Jordi Borrut Bel as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, even as it reorganises its management team. The appointment will take effect on January 22, 2018.
RB, Save the Children begin rotavirus vaccination in Lagos
In its bid to reduce the prevalence of diarrhea disease by 50 percent in Lagos State, Save the Children in collaboration with the Lagos State Government and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), with support from Reckitt Benckiser has flagged off the administration of rotavirus vaccine to children under five years of age in Shomolu area of Lagos.
Boko Haram: UN supports 950,000 displaced persons with $13.4m
THOUSANDS of children, women and men in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in crisis-hit northeast Nigeria are to benefit from a $13.4 million allocation released by the United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund.
Testimonies as Foundation revives leprosarium, clinic at 10
The mood at the hall of Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos was one of festive filled with fun during the 10th Anniversary of PZ Cussons Foundation as handful of selected guests gathered for to celebrate a decade of impactful cooperate social responsibility activities in touching lives of community people.
Clinical care: Medics task LASG on infection control, prevention curriculum
The Lagos State government has been tasked to accept and integrate into clinical practice, a curriculum for the training of medical professionals in Infection Prevention and Control, IPC.
Ambode laments challenge to eradicate hepatitis
Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, weekend said the challenge to eradicate Hepatitis has remained a tall order for mankind even as she called for the need to tackle the scourge of the disease through mass awareness, enlightenment and public education.
Why our youths must engage in politics, by Shaibu
BENIN CITY— DEPUTY Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu has lamented what he described as the absence of youths in key positions in the Nigeria leadership circle.
