Hannah Johnson The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in a step to combat the rising use of harmful bleaching creams in the northeastern part of the country raided a popular Monday market in Maiduguri arresting one Kabeer Mohammed for illegally mixing and selling ...

Gilbert Ekugbe The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered illicit drugs concealed in incense candles and ladies’ wear in the Lekki area of Lagos. In a statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday, the hard drugs uncovered by the agency’s operatives were meant to be ...

Grace Edema Stakeholders in the health sector have underscored the need to intensify efforts at preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Nigeria. In a statement, the stakeholders, who include representatives from the Centre for Integrated Health Programs, the National AIDS and STI ...

Our reporters The President of Integrated Agricultural Services, South-West, Mr Adeyemi Adejare, has described the recent United Nations report warning on impending acute hunger as a pointer to the government’s failures in supporting agriculture and farmers. He said Nigeria was already ...

Abiodun Nejo The Ekiti State Government says it is committed to proactive engagement with farmers and herders to prevent clashes to boost food security. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Ebenezer Boluwade, while speaking on Thursday at a two-day training for the state Peace ...

John Charles The Benue State Government says it has recorded four deaths from suspected cases of cholera. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Henry Ijabo, disclosed this to journalists on Thursday, stating that 16 suspected cases were recorded. He said the suspected cases were detected in three local ...

John Charles Five Benue girls trafficked to Cote D’Ivore for prostitution have been rescued by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. The NAPTIP Commander, Makurdi Zonal Command, Mrs Gloria Bai, on Tuesday, said the girls are still in the Nigeria Embassy in Cote ...

Johnson Idowu The Niger Delta Development Commission has revealed that no fewer than two million residents in the Niger Delta region have benefited from its ongoing free medical outreach. This was made known in a statement made available to The PUNCH on Tuesday by the commission’s Director of ...

Nathaniel Shaibu As part of activities to commemorate the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the Health and Human Services Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration has launched free antenatal care and health insurance coverage for pregnant women for ...

Our reporter Fresh fears have been raised over looming hunger as the World Food Price has projected that 31.8 million Nigerians (16 per cent of the population analysed) are projected to face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity between June and August 2024. This was indicated in the ...

Patients waiting for healthcare services Nathaniel Shaibu As the nationwide strike declared by the organised labour comprising Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress enters its first day, patients at the Kubwa General Hospital have been left stranded as medical personnel have refused ...

Justin Tyopuusu   The fast-growing population in Taraba State is overstretching the ill-equipped primary healthcare centres, leaving poor residents, especially those in rural areas to resort to herbal medicine, JUSTIN TYOPUUSU writes   It has been more than four months since Terver Yaornyi lost ...