LASCOPA RAISES ALARM OVER PALM OIL ADULTERATION, URGES LAGOSIANS TO BE VIGILANT
By 'Tajudeen Aminat … Intensifies Market Surveillance The Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency (LASCOPA) has raised alarm over increasingly sophisticated palm oil adulteration, urging consumers...
JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES GIVE MEMBERS PERSONAL CHOICE ON BLOOD COMPONENTS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses has announced that members can now decide, according to their personal conscience, whether to accept or...
NAFDAC CONFIRMS METHANOL, CANNABIS IN CONCOCTIONS LINKED TO 48 ONDO DEATHS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has confirmed high concentrations of methanol and Cannabis indica in locally...
NAFDAC DESTROYS EXPIRED MEDICINES WORTH N59M IN RIVERS
By:Aminat Tajudeen The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has destroyed expired donated medicines and medical consumables valued at N59 million in...
60 PERSONS HOSPITALIZED AFTER HERBAL DRINK CONSUMPTION IN ONDO
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR The health commissioner of Ondo State, Dr Banji Ajaka, confirmed that at least 60 people are still getting treatment after drinking possibly...
OSUN TEACHING HOSPITAL WORKERS DISRUPT BOARD MEETING, THREATEN STRIKE OVER LAB PRIVATISATION
By Aishat Momoh. O. Workers of the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, on Thursday disrupted a meeting of the hospital’s Governing Board over plans...
NO DIPHTHERIA OUTBREAK IN LAGOS, COMMISSIONER ASSURES RESIDENTS
By 'Balogun Ibrahim ...Urges calm, vigilance and prompt medical attention ...State strengthens surveillance as outbreak persists in several states Lagos State Government has reassured residents...
PLATEAU SHUTS SCHOOLS OVER THREATS OF DIPTHERIA
HOTJIST NEWS The government of Plateau State has told all public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to close temporarily, starting on...
THREE DEAD AS VEHICLE PLUNGES FROM LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY BRIDGE
By: Balogun Ibrahim Three women have been killed and 10 others injured after a vehicle reportedly plunged from the Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway...
LAUTECH HOSPITAL CRISIS: NARD THREATENS NATIONWIDE INDUSTRIAL ACTION
By:Tajudeen Aminat The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has thrown its weight behind resident doctors at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital,...