Babajimi Benson, a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives (APC-Lagos) is leading a fight against the exploitation of young women by fertility clinics. In the first part of his interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Bakare Majeed, Mr Benson spoke...
Nestle Nigeria, a subsidiary of Nestle, a global food and beverage company, has denied adding sugar to its products sold in Nigeria, insisting it is not violating the global guidelines for infant formulas.
This was contained in a statement issued...
A recent report has revealed that Nestle, a multinational food and beverage company, has been sending sub-standard infant food products to Nigeria and other low- and middle-income countries.
This investigation was carried out by the Public Eye, a Swiss investigative...
Collaboration
The Nigerian government has announced a collaboration with the Partnership for the Eradication of Cancer in Africa (PECA), Inspire2live and Oncoinv on early cancer detection technology.
The National Institute for Cancer (NICRAT) disclosed Tuesday on its X handle after an...
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted the public to an illicit mixture of hard drugs called ‘combine’ discovered during a routine raid in Cross River State.
The mixture, a New Psychoactive Substance (NPS), which contains multiple strains...
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the ban on Dex Luxury Bar Soap (No 6 Mystic Flower) by the European Union (EU).
The notification was shared in a public alert with...
The U.S. Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has donated advanced laboratory equipment and supplies to Nigeria to assist with the country’s efforts to detect disease threats and provide rapid responses and outbreak control.
The disease agency presented the supplies to...
Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine- Men5CV, to protect people against five strains of the meningococcus bacteria.
The new vaccine was recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and is said...
Nigeria has confirmed 15 new cases of Lassa fever and one death in one week across the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) made this known in the latest situation report published on its website for week...
A Nigerian doctor in the UK, Ewere Onyekpe, accused of having sex with a patient in a hospital’s toilet cubicle, has been suspended for an additional six months.
Mr Onyekpe is said to have begun a sexual relationship with the...
