The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has unveiled a list of 10 goods rejected abroad, blaming the rejection on non-adherence to standardised clearance procedures by stakeholders. She said some of the commonly rejected export food commodities from Nigeria from 2018 till date and in the …
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China has lifted pandemic-era restrictions on group tours for more countries, including key markets such as the United States, Japan, South Korea and Australia in a potential boon for their tourism industries.The decision was announced by China’s culture and tourism ministry on Thursday, effective immediately.Prior to the pandemic, mainland Chinese …
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Cross River Governor, Senator (Prince) Bassey Edet Otu, has appealed to protesting members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to return to their professional calling of saving lives as his administration will leave no stone unturned in a bid to secure the return of their abducted colleague. According to a …
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The Governor of Cross River State, Senator (Prince) Bassey Edet Otu, has expressed delight over the positive result being yielded by his administration’s new policy on waste disposal. In his determination to restore the green and clean status of Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Gov Otu had issued a …
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Co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has called on the federal and state government to improve their budget for healthcare, lamenting that only $10 is spent on each Nigerian annually. Gates, who spoke at the Youth Innovation Forum in Lagos on Wednesday, said Nigeria is full …
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The Federal government is tackling the rejection of Nigeria’s export products in some parts of the global economic system as an emergency with stringent measures to mitigate the anomaly. This was disclosed recently by Mr. Osita Aboloma, Chairman, National Quality Council under the Presidency in Abuja, through a press release …
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Nigeria’s Akinwumi Adesina and 21 other leaders to spearhead the fight against malnutrition in all its forms as members of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group. Mr Adesina, who is currently the President of the African Development Bank was appointed together with …
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THE Minister of Science and Technology, Olorunnimbe Mamora, says the ministry has developed diagnostic processes, treatment and drugs for common diseases like sickle cell and hypertension through its agencies. Sickle cell disease is a blood disorder in which the haemoglobin is damaged and can’t carry oxygen to the tissues while Hypertension is when the …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for caution to be exercised in using artificial intelligence (AI) generated large language model tools (LLMs) to protect and promote human well-being, human safety, and autonomy, and preserve public health. LLMs include some of the most rapidly expanding platforms such as ChatGPT, Bard, …
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The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control Sunday warned users/consumers against the use of PrimeZen Black 6000mg, a male performance enhancement capsule, recalled from the market. NAFDAC Director-General, Mojisola Adeyeye, in a statement, said Volt Candy was voluntarily recalling the one lot of PrimeZen Black 6000mg capsule …
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