Now That NAFDAC Wants To Regulate Transfats By Akpotu Ekpagha
WITH the lapse in the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)’s deadline for public comments on guidelines and regulations on use of fats and oils, pre-packaged foods, water and ice labeling, Nigeria may soon join the league of countries regulating trans fats globally. And it is expected that the regulation would […]
Coronavirus Update: Buhari Negative, Kyari Positive
President Muhammadu Buhari has tested negative for the coronavirus but his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, has contracted the virus according results of tests carried out by Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. A report by THISDAY citing presidency sources said the test on the President was done after Kyari tested positive. Kyari had returned […]
Breaking: Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Buhari Tests Positive to Covid-19
Very influential Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, has tested positive to the notorious ailment christened coronavirus, according to Arise TV, This Day newspaper’s sister company. Earlier Saharareporters reported that Kyari is sick and exhibiting all known symptoms of the pandemic including serious cough. The Buhari’s Chief of Staff, […]
COVID-19: Government Seeks Cooperation For Contact Tracing
The federal government has called on all Nigerians for cooperation in identifying those who may have come into close contact with people that have been confirmed to be positive to the novel disease- coronavirus (COVID-19). The minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the call in a press briefing in Abuja. The minister also dismissed […]
COVID-19 Crisis Is a Wake Up Call on Right To Water, Says ERA/FoEN
On the occasion of this year’s World Water Day 2020, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has advised governments at all levels in the country to declare emergency in the water sector giving the significance of water in checking public health emergencies like the ravaging Covid-19. In a statement issued in Lagos, […]
Ex-PPMC MD, Suleiman Achimugu Is First Person To Die of Coronavirus
Nigeria has recorded its first death of coronavirus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) announced this on its Monday update. The deceased is identified as Suleiman Achimugu, former managing director , Petroleum Products Marketing Company(PPMC). According to NCDC, the 67-year old who returned from the United Kingdom had underlying medical issues and had been undergoing […]
Atiku Son Battles Coronavirus
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has announced that one of his sons has tested positive for the coronavirus disease in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The name of the son down with the deadly virus was unmentioned. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2015 presidential poll, tweeted Sunday that the […]
Breaking: Former PPMC MD, Achimugu Dies of Coronavirus
Nigeria recorded the first causality today as former Managing Director (MD), of the Petroleum Pricing Monitoring Corporation (PPMC), Suleiman Achimugu died overnight from corona virus. Achimugu got back into the country from the United Kingdom two weeks ago and remained home until his death. According to sources, the former PPMC boss started exhibiting symptoms last […]
Covid-19: Bus Drivers and Conductors in Lagos to Wear Mask
All commercial bus drivers in Lagos has been ordered by the Lagos State government to wear masks and gloves while driving, as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. The state Ministry of Transportation said this in a statement in which it outlined various preventive guidelines for all public transport operators. […]
Christian Group Cautions Pastor Bakare Against Politicising the Pulpit
A group of Young Nigerian Christians has urged Pastor Tunde Bakare of The Citdael (formerly Latter Rain Assembly) to stop using the pulpits to propagate or campaign for his 2023 ambitions. The Campus Youth Christian Fellowship (CYCF) said the leading Nigerian pastor should focus on preaching the word of God on the pulpit rather than […]
