Q&A: Local pharmaceutical production for quality medicines

By Devex Editor BARCELONA — From factory to pharmacy, medicines often endure long journeys before reaching a patient. A lack of locally produced medicines means imports from places such as India, China, and the United States are necessary. Complex supply-chains with fluctuating storage conditions can lead to a deterioration in quality and heightened opportunity for the […]
Flood Management: NEMA embarks on grassroots sensitisation on

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has embarked on grassroots sensitisation in the South East to contain impending flood in some parts of the zone. The South East Zonal Coordinator of the Agency, Mr Fred Anusim, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Monday, June 3, […]
Superstar Jay-Z is the first billionaire rapper, says Forbes

By Doug Criss, CNN Jay-Z: Trump is missing the point (2018) 00:49 (CNN)Jay-Z once rapped “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” Turns out he was right.The superstar rapper is also a fashion trendsetter, a streaming music mogul, a sports management company owner and Mr. Beyonce Knowles.All that has helped him to become the first billionaire rapper, according […]
Doctors and Nurses Are Sharing the Worst Sex Accidents They’ve Ever Seen

Some of these stories aren’t for the faint of heart. BY PHILIP ELLIS ANDIAGETTY IMAGES Medical professionals see a lot of strange stuff over the course of their careers, especially those who work in the emergency room. In a thread that has gone viral on Reddit, doctors, nurses and EMTs are sharing some of the more outlandish medical emergencies […]
MFM Slams Indefinite Suspension on Member over Indecent Relationship with Female Teenager

By Ngozi Ekhator The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) has slammed an indefinite suspension on Mr. David Onyekachukwu of its Life Camp branch, Abuja, over a reported indecent relationship he had with a 16-year-old girl.The indefinite suspension, according to a statement by the Church’s spokesman, Brother Collins Edomaruse, is in line with the […]
Zamfara: PDP Criticizes Buhari Over Sagay’s Aspersions On Integrity of Supreme Court Justices

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) criticizes the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency for allowing the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay to cast aspersions on the integrity of the Justices of the Supreme Court over the Court’s widely accepted judgment on Rivers and Zamfara states elections. The party holds that Prof. […]
YUSUF BARNABAS BALA “BANTEX” IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

By James Kanyip On the 29th of May, 2019, His Excellency, Yusuf Barnabas Bala “Bantex” completed a 4-year tenure and bowed out as the Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, after being sworn in as such on the 29th of May, 2015. I had, before now, made a solemn vow to myself that I would never […]
El-Rufai reappoints Samuel Aruwan , others

The Kaduna State Government has announced the reappointments of three Senior Special Assistants to the Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai. A government statement in Kaduna disclosed that the governor has begun making appointments to offices that do not require confirmation or approval by the Kaduna State House of Assembly. Therefore, Samuel Aruwan, Senior Special Assistant-Media […]
Eid-Al -Fitr celebration: FG Declares Public Holoday

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th June, 2019 as public holidays to mark the Muslim Eid-Al-Fitr celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Barrister Georgina Ekeoma Ehuriah made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed on Friday by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations […]
Put Politics aside and join me in the task of making Adamawa work again – Fintiri tell Adamawa Permsecs

Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has urged permanent secretaries in the state, especially those that worked against his emergence to put politics aside and join him in the task of making Adamawa work again. The governor said this in Yola while receiving permanent secretaries who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government House. […]