21+ hour, 30+ min ago   (294+ words) The Ondo State Government has banned the sale and distribution of unverified alcoholic drinks and other substances across the state. Government’s decision followed the death of 30 persons and the hospitalisation of 50 others after consuming a local herbal alcoholic mixture, commonly…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (393+ words) Operatives of the Cross River State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old man, Otu Bassey, for allegedly posing as a doctor and performing an unauthorised hernia surgery on a 60-year-old man in Ekori, Yakurr Local Government Area of the state....

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (512+ words) The Ondo State Government on Wednesday confirmed the deaths of some people in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state following the consumption of a herbal liquid substance. No fewer than 24 residents of two communities in the council area, Araromi…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (285+ words) The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has called for stiffer penalties for the production and sale of counterfeit regulated products, including life imprisonment or the death penalty for offenders…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (344+ words) The Benue State Government has banned the use of mobile phones during school hours and extra lessons after regular school hours in both private and public schools across the state. The State Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, Mrs Margaret…...

1+ week, 57+ min ago   (717+ words) Nigerian TikToker and content creator Elizabeth Amadou, popularly known as Jarvis, has opened up about her difficult childhood, revealing that she grew up without her father, battled the challenges of having a mother with bipolar disorder and experienced periods of…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (438+ words) In Okiri, Badia East, Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, Mrs Abiola has shared the painful story of losing her daughter to complications from an unsafe abortion. Though the incident occurred several years ago, Abiola says the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1009+ words) Public health experts have warned that using ambulances meant for living patients to transport corpses could increase the risk of infection and trigger outbreaks, particularly when the deceased died from a communicable disease. The specialists explained that corpses could release…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (593+ words) An NGO, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), has urged the Lagos State Government to reinstate the suspended safe termination of pregnancy guideline to curb preventable maternal deaths. Its Executive Chairman, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, made the call during a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (290+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed several shops and business premises at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, Lagos State, over suspected dealings in unregistered cosmetic products. NAFDAC disclosed the enforcement action in…...