The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has blacklisted an Indian company Mars Remedies PVT Limited for allegedly manufacturing falsified drugs for a pharmaceutical company located in Lagos. The agency said the company illegally manufactured variations of ciprofloxacin tablets, instead of the approved formulation for export to Nigeria. In a...
Read MoreGFDNews Correspondent Few days after the rampaging hoodlums destroyed public and private property in Lagos, the state Police Command is counting its losses to the destruction triggered by the shooting of unarmed #endsars protesters at Lekki Toll Plaza on Tuesday. As of the last count, a total of 25 police stations, 20 patrol vehicles,...
Read MoreThe Governments’ response over the #EndSARS protests, especially the killings of protesters at Lekki tollgate, showed that the future of Nigerian youths was under threat, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said. The university lecturers’ union said in a statement that the manner in which the government handled the Lekki incident which...
Read MoreBy GFDNews Correspondent A former Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director-General, Arumah Oteh has said that the #endsars protesters should not allow bad eggs to infiltrate their peaceful protest. In a tweet, Oteh said the entire world is watching and has seen how focused the youth campaign against Police brutality and bad governance...
Read MoreTwo days after it issued a statement urging those it termed “subversive elements and trouble makers” to desist from such acts or face its wrath, the Nigerian Army on Saturday said it will begin a two-month national exercise tagged ‘Operation crocodile smile.’ The Army has, however, denied that the exercise has anything to do...
Read MoreProducers of two African-made films premiering on Netflix this month believe their work will show there’s subscriber appetite for movies that go deeper than the Hollywood stereotypes that often make African viewers groan. Subscribers to the world’s largest streaming service can now watch Poacher, a Kenyan drama about elephant poaching and Òlòtūré, a Nigerian...
Read MoreThe National Economic Council (NEC) has directed the immediate establishment of State-based Judicial Panels of Inquiry across the country to receive and investigate complaints of Police brutality or related extra-judicial killings. The Panel, according to a statement from the office of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, is expected to ensure justice for victims of...
Read MoreThe Nigerian military may step in to curtail the spread of the ongoing protest by the youth tagged #endsars as the army issued warning against people it termed “subversive elements and trouble makers” to desist from such acts or face its wrath. In a statement by the acting Director Army Public Relations, Sagir Musa,...
Read MoreAnambra, Imo and Ogun States have emerged as the states which offer the less stressful living environment in the country, according to a survey conducted by WellNewMe, a top health technology company. However, half of the states with the most stressful living environment in the country are located in the northern part of the...
Read MoreNigeria’s infant mortality rate now stood at about 6.7 percent as 67 out of every 1,000 live birth in the country die at infancy, Health Minister has said. Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria Health Minister said the maternal mortality ratio is 512 per 100,000 live births, while the prenatal mortality rate is 49 per 1,000 live...
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