
Smokers spend up to 25% of salaries on cigarettes – Report
A new study has exposed the powerfully addictive nature of cigarettes with hooked smokers in several countries spending as much as a quarter of their monthly income on buying and

A new study has exposed the powerfully addictive nature of cigarettes with hooked smokers in several countries spending as much as a quarter of their monthly income on buying and

Nigeria stands to benefit greatly by increasing the tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) from N10 per litre to N130 per litre, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) said Thursday.

The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has urged the Federal Government to ensure that funds allocated for tobacco control are remitted to the Tobacco Control Fund account, as stipulated in

Mr Ololade Abatan, Family Planning Coordinator, Osun Ministry of Health, says family planning method does not in any way make women to be promiscuous. He said that the popular belief,

Thousands of Nigerians lose their lives yearly to tobacco-related diseases. But, as the 2023 Tobacco Industry Interference Index shows, tobacco entities are still exploiting legal loopholes to interfere in tobacco

Prof Moji Adeyeye has been reppointed by president Bola Tinubu as the Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Her the renewal of

Mrs Precious Ifeanyi, who gave birth to sextuplets at the National Hospital, Abuja after 13 years of marriage, has appealed to the government and well-meaning Nigerians to come to the

Nigeria’s Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have renewed their demand for delegates to the ongoing World Health Organisation (WHO) biennial tobacco control

Residents of Karu, a suburb in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are groaning over the lingering water scarcity in the area in the

A Consultant Gynaecologist, Dr Ayodele Ademola, has cautioned against the use of sex enhancement drugs, saying people should stop using it “except when exceptionally necessary.” Ademola, who is also the
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