The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday declared that Nigerian made Indomie noodles safe for human consumption, saying the noodles do not contain ethylene oxide. It could be recalled that Malaysia and Taiwan health officials had announced that they had detected ethylene oxide in Indomie’s special chicken flavour noodles….
Babagana Zulum, the Borno State Governor, has approved retirement extension age for health workers from 35-40 years in service or 65 years of birth. In a statement seen by TheCable and addressed to all local government chairmen, the director of primary health care, Ibrahim Sheriff said the extension was effective from January 1, 2022, adding…
The Nasarawa state government has been issued a 21 days strike ultimatum by the Nigeria Medical Association, over the poor welfare packages of doctors across the 13 local government areas of the state. Dr Peter Attah, the state Chairman of the NMA, while speaking during a press briefing in Lafia on Tuesday, said that failure…
The Bauchi State government on Saturday, moved to vaccinate girls between the ages of nine and 14 years against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which is the most common sexually transmitted infection. It was gathered that the Bauchi Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) consequently inaugurated a Technical Working Group (TWG), consisting of medical experts, religious…
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Following a successful meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, the Joint Health Sector Unions and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations have announced the suspension of its indefinite strike for 21 days. Matthew Ajirotu, the Acting National Secretary, in a text message sent to newsmen, said the president promised to approve their demands. He…
Barely 48-hours after the National Association of Resident Doctors, (NARD), suspended its 5-day nationwide warning strike, Health Workers on Wednesday protested in the Federal Capital Territory, while threatening to embark on an indefinite strike from midnight if the Nigerian Government fails to meet their demands. The Informant247 gathered that the workers under the umbrella of…
The National Association of Resident Doctors, (NARD), has suspended its 5-day nationwide warning strike. Dr. Emeka Orji, National President of the association, while briefing the newsmen, said that work resumes by today 8a.m., at all federal and state Teaching Hospitals as well as other hospitals where resident doctors are trained. He said: “Strike has been…
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, has said it has not registered ‘Indomie Special Chicken flavour’ in Nigeria. The DG said the agency has started analysis and sampling of other Indomie noodles flavours to discover the presence ethylene oxide which causes cancer. The cancer causing…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) on Monday said that it has banned the importation of Indomie noodles into the country. Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director General of the Agency, stated this in an interview with journalists, saying the Nigerian regulatory body took the action amid investigation by Taiwan and…
The National Association of Resident Doctors has issued two weeks ultimatum to the federal government to execute the agreements on their demands or risk industrial action. This was revealed in a communiqué released by the resident doctors on Saturday April 29 at the conclusion of their Extraordinary National Executive Council meeting which took place in Abeokuta,…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar has called on governments to subsidise expenses on the treatment of kidney disease. This came following the rise of kidney disease cases to 20 million. The respected traditional monarch told the Nigerian Association of Nephrology to look for remedy to the growing rate of the disease. The Informant247 gathered…
National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday in Abuja alerted Nigerians about a killer cough syrup, NATURCOLD. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General, NAFDAC stated that the cough syrup already caused the death of six children in Cameroon, adding that the cough syrup was not in NAFDAC’s database, and advised importers, distributors, retailers,…
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that Cerebrospinal Meningitis killed 23 persons in one week between March 27 and April 2, 2023. The Informant247 gathered according to the epidemiological report from the agency, that the deaths were reported from two states, which are: Jigawa (6), Yobe (17), adding that between October…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Control and Prevention (NCDC) says in less than three months, the country has registered 784 confirmed cases of Lassa fever with 142 deaths across 23 states. The NCDC, via its official website Tuesday, said the infections were recorded from January 1 till date, while adding that in Epidemiological Week…
Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) killed 52 persons in 21 states between last year and the 5th of March, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has said. The NCDC, in a situation report released on Monday, said as of March 5, a total of 628 suspected cases including 52 deaths (CFR 8.3%) were reported from…
The National Agency For Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has decried the increase of bleaching creams abuse in the country saying users face the risk of cancer The agency, who spoke against the backdrop of a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) report, found that nearly 77 percent of Nigerian women use skin-lightening products…
A nurse working at Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Zamfara State, Asma’u Lawali Bungudu, had been certified dead after she slumped while discharging her duty in the hospital. The Informant247 gathered that the nurse was hale and hearty when she arrived at the hospital for work in the early hours of Wednesday but…
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) and Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) have lamented that the new naira policy has worsened the healthcare situation in the country as people find it difficult to access services and drugs due to lack of cash. Dr Ola Ahmed, the Chairman, Kwara NMA, said this during an interview with newsmen…
No fewer than 429 suspected cases of cholera, including 17 deaths, have so far been recorded in the country in 2023, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). The NCDC stated in its latest Cholera situation weekly epidemiological report for week four (January 2-29) posted on its official website. According to the…
