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The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has warned importers, distributors, retailers, and consumers to avoid the importation, distribution, sale and use of substandard cough syrups made in India. The PUNCH reports that NAFDAC regulates and controls ...

No fewer than 200 Nigerian-trained doctors were licensed by the government of the United Kingdom in just one month, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Checks on the website of the General Medical Council, the body which licenses and maintains the official ...

The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has instituted a suit against Meta Platforms Incorporated, owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and its agent, AT3 Resources Limited, at the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division. ARCON is seeking a declaration, ...

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said over 85 per cent of Nigerian children between the ages of one and 14 experience violent discipline in schools, with nearly one in three children experiencing severe physical punishment. UNICEF chief of education, ...

A dynamic private sector is key for the economies of the region to grow out of their currently high debt levels; Unlocking sustainable growth in the region’s private sector requires reforms that facilitate innovation, the adoption of digital technologies and ...

…Vows to Sustain School Meal Programme The Akwa Ibom State Government has announced its readiness to partner Danish Government to promote School Meal Programme for vulnerable Children in selected schools. The State Government also seeks to collaborate with United Nations ...

…Showcases Latest Digital Technologies Printing industry especially in Africa over the years relied on varied forms of printing, ranging the analog use of Heidelberg Kord, Gestetner in the 19th century to the 3D printing, in full three-dimensional printing with the ...

As more central banks across the world formally adopt digital currencies to function alongside traditional payment system, the managing director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, has called for the development of a new public infrastructure to connect various payment ...

African Development Bank Group President (www.AfDB.org) Dr Akinwumi Adesina says “Africa must prepare for the inevitability of a global food crisis.” He was speaking about Africa’s priorities, as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center on Friday. Fielding questions ...

Apart from retaining its position amongst the leading oil and gas producers in Africa in 2022, Nigeria, with over 37 billion barrels of crude oil reserves, has the potential to improve its energy exports to Europe and help address anticipated ...