As another round of Eko Free Health Mission commenced Monday in Lagos, the State government has said that the programme has impacted positively on less privileged Lagosians

Everybody enjoys a tall, cool glass of juice. The colour is usually vibrant, the taste is no doubt sweet, and everyone assumes is good too. But dieticians say don’t be too fast to jump to conclusion. Although the best kinds of juice deliver a bounty of vitamins, the worsts are hardly better than liquid candy

IN 2007, when Chinedu Uzorma , moved into his new apartment in a remote part of Kirikiri Town Lagos, he had no reasons to regret, giving the kind of security and the cozy nature of the area . But soon, his comfort and joy were overridden by the huge presence of some oil firms, who invaded the town with giant tank farms, for storage of liquid petroleum products, turning their lives into a nightmare, as residents could no longer sleep with their eyes closed, owing to the fear of a massive explosion that could raze the relative community into ashes.

A dietician with the National Hospital, Abuja, Mrs Sarah Abagai, has called for increased consumption of onion and garlic for prevention of infection and increased libido

THE action of the truck drivers and their trailer counterpart has shown how helpless government seem to be, as the group of persons have continued to hinder traffic flow along the Mile2- Apapa expressway, resulting in loss of valuable man hours and huge resources that would have gone into the government coffers

Director -General of the NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhi has urged Federal government to save the pharmaceutical industry through a N150 billion fund setup called the Nigerian Pharmaceutical Development Fund to support growth and stability of the sector. The fund, to be established under direct supervision of the Bank Of Industries, would boost local production of all essential drugs, he argued

Like a swarm of locusts looking for green vegetation to feast on, oil tankers swoop on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway from the east, west, north and south, taking over one or two lanes, waiting for weeks on end for their turn to load petroleum products from the tank farms scattered along the expressway

Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of the Standard Bank Group has set up a Wellness Unit within its Human Resources Department, to coordinate and implement its Employee Wellness Programme which seeks to cater for the mental, physical and social well being of its staff

FQ Pharmaceuticals Limited, an indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturing company in Nigeria is introducing Flabora forte anti-malaria drug into the Nigerian market

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given the 16 Mobile Money licensees till next month to demonstrate their competence or lose their temporary licence.