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Food Health Politics

Wrong alarms about Nigeria’s food insecurity

IF we are what we eat, according to the experts, can Nigeria’s dreary situations be attributed to our foods? Are we not pressing the wrong alarms on food scarcity? In 1826 when Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, a French lawyer, politician, and famous gastronome, wrote ”Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es”, […]

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Sisi Yemmie’s Yummy Recipe for Fisherman Soup

Sisi Yemmie has dropped a new recipe tutorial on how to cook Nigerian Fisherman Soup. This soup is laden with crabs, king prawns, gigantic snails, periwinkles, ngolo (whelks), and barracuda fish; if you like seafood, this is the soup for you. She says, “this soup is filled with lots of nutritious ingredients and it is a […]

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P&G Partners Federal Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development to Promote Child Health

L-R: Sales Manager, Procter & Gamble, Mr. Daniel Akanbi; Honorable Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, OFR, KSG; with Permanent Secretary Women Affairs, Mrs. Ifeoma Anagbogu; at the official handover of Pampers® diapers donated by P&G as part of its P&G Rigakafi program to the ministry of women affairs in Abuja….. […]

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India’s Glenmark Pharma cuts price of COVID-19 drug by 27% to N380 per tablet

India’s leading drug manufacturer, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Monday said it has cut price of its antiviral drug Favipiravir, under the brand name FabiFlu, for the treatment of patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, by 27 per cent to Rs 75 or about N380 per tablet. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals had launched FabiFlu last month at a price […]

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Lagos doctors begin 3 days warning strike Monday

Doctors under the aegis of the Medical Guild in Lagos State are set to begin three days warning strike from Monday, over issues that affects their safety and welfare. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Medical Guild is the Association of Medical Doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government. Dr Oluwajimi […]

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Nigeria Records New Highest Daily Figure Of COVID-19 Infections

Nigeria has recorded 790 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in a single day, bringing its total infections to 26,484. This was confirmed on Wednesday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet via its official handle. Just like the previous day, the new cases were recorded across 20 states of the […]