Nigeria has announced a ban on the production and importation of cough syrups containing codeine with immediate effect. This followed investigation into its role in an addiction epidemic. The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewale made the announcement in Abuja the nation's Federal Capital Territory.
Professor Adewale said that the directive became necessary due to the gross abuse Codeine usage has been subjected to in the country. In its stead, the Minister said Codeine containing cough syrups should be replaced with dextromethorphan which is less addictive. He said that the federal government had also banned sales of codeine containing cough syrup without prescription across the country.
Publish Date: Monday, May 7th 2018 |
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nation (FAO) warns that lack of modern farming techniques threatens Africa’s food security.FAO representative Mr. Josef Kienzle handed down the warning at the second conservation agriculture conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
The FAO Leader of the Mechanisation task team, expressed concern that until the government adopted modern technologies of farming, the continent would continue to depend on food aid.He said, there was need for a paradigm shift on intensive crop production since the current methods applied could not meet the challenges of the new millennium.
Publish Date: Tuesday, April 24th 2018 |
The Acting President of the Association of Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers in Nigeria, Prof. Simon Irtwange has implored the federal government and the National Assembly to boost yam exports, by accelerating the repeal of the Export Prohibition Act of 1989.
Professor Irtwange who made the call while speaking at a forum agriculture stakeholders in Abuja, emphasised that the Act which has continued to thwart the commitments of yam exporters from steering their business freely and putting out their yam export figures, also accounts for the drawbacks recorded in the diversification efforts and policies of the federal government.
Publish Date: Tuesday, April 24th 2018 |
Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) has announced plans to launch a tool entitled “UDEME”, it is leading-edge initiative that focuses on Nigeria’s public procurement and budget implementation practices.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja and signed by its Programme Director, Mr. Femi. The statement says that the web platform, UDEME is scheduled to be launched on the 20th of this month. at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Conference Centre, Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory. According to the statement, the Nigerian media landscape is awash with news of astonishing waste in budget resources for special and zonal intervention projects which had in the past obviously profited little to the grassroots communities they are meant to serve.
Publish Date: Sunday, February 11th 2018 |
Paulcy Iwuala a humanitarian, an indigene of Ehime Mbano in Imo State, southeast Nigeria in this interview with our correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna speaks on his Non-Profit Organisation, Genius Eyes International Foundation For The Hopeless. The primary focus of the NGO is to give hope to the downtrodden in the society who have suffered neglect and have nobody to cater for their basic needs such as health care. Through this foundation Mr. Iwuala has saved many lives and still doing a lot.
Mr. Iwuala also spoke on governance in Imo State, his home state and the country at large. He emphasised the need for the youths to wake up from their slumber and begin to take a stand on issues that affect them.
Publish Date: Sunday, February 11th 2018 |
