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New Medicines, Vaccines: NAFDAC Calls For Synergy Between Manufacturers, Universities To Reduce Overdependence
.... Initiates Collaborative Research & Development (R&D) Pilot Programme to Foster Industry-Academia Linkages BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI NAFDAC DG Adeyeye The Director General of the National Agency for Food…
Alausa, Obi, Worry Over Mass Failure In UTME
*Alausa The minister of education, Dr. Tunji Alausa and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, have expressed worry over mass failure…
FG Paid N73 Billion to States, Basic Healthcare Fund in 2024
The Executive Director of the Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Muyi Aina, has revealed that a total of N22 billion was disbursed to states in 2024 through NPHCDA gateway…
Fight Against Imported Substandard Medicines: NAFDAC Appoints Inspection Services
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI L-R: Director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products (VMAP), Dr. Rametu Omamegbe Momodu, Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye and…
Chukwuma Muanya’s Book Validates Local foods As Medicines
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI A new book, Herbal Spices: Local Foods as Medicines by Chukwuma Muanya, has idenfied and validated local foods that could be used in treating common ailments. Many health experts,…
NAFDAC CLEARS AIR ON BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION PUBLICATION ON VITAL LEPROSY DRUGS DUE IN NIGERIA AFTER YEAR DELAY
PRESS RELEASE NAFDAC DG Adeyeye The attention of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has been drawn to a publication by the British Broadcasting…
My life is in danger, NAFDAC DG cries out
NAFDAC DG, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Wednesday raised the alarm…
Healthcare: Nigerians Lament Poor State Of PHCs, Gender Bias
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI … as Dataphyte's report says, gender bias restricts women’s access to healthcare in Nasarawa Governments at all levels have been tasked to restore quality healthcare delivery in…
Doctor Needs N17m To Fight Tumour
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI Practising Optometrist, Dr Lynda Lucky, is fighting the battle of her life as she confronts colon cancer. The ebullient eye doctor frantically needs Seventeen million Naira (N17m)…
WHY FAKE DRUG PEDDLERS SHOULD FACE DEATH PENALTY – DG NAFDAC
BY NGOZI ONYEAKUSI .... Insists anyone that kills a child through falsified medicine should die NAFDAC DG Adeyeye The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration…