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PHOTOS: From 2nd Regional Workshop on Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)
“The future of healthcare in Africa isn’t just about discovering new cures, it’s about manufacturing the medicines that save lives. Investing in API and excipient production is not just business, it’s a lifeline.” – Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye.
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NAFDAC, Reps discuss local production of active pharmaceutical ingredients
The House Committee on Food and Drugs Administration and Control, chaired by Hon. Regina Akume, has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting the local production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and excipients in Nigeria. This commitment was disclosed in the course of an ongoing training/workshop organised by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) under the theme…
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NAMA suspends planned 800% levy hike
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has suspended its planned 800% increase in navigational charges. According to the spokesman for the agency, Abdullahi Musa, the suspension follows a directive by the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo over “current economic challenges faced by Nigerians”. In order to maintain its operations and guarantee the security and effectiveness of Nigeria’s…
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The problem of lack of access to potable water in Lagos
Adeola Ogunrinde More than ten million Lagosians lack access to potable water. Mellisa Jones, Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Nigeria, revealed at a two-day Lagos International Water Conference in June 2024.’ Also, USAID added that 20 million people in Lagos have no access to environmental sanitation. The timing of USAID’s revelation on the chronic water deficit in…
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FEC approves sale of crude oil to Dangote Refineries in Naira
Kunle Sanni The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sale of crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refineries in naira instead of dollars. This decision was disclosed by Zacch Adedeji, Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, after the FEC meeting on Monday. Adedeji stated that the approval…
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No Nigerian worker should be offered less than N70,000, Akpabio reacts to signing of new minimum wage
Kunle Sanni Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said no Nigerian worker will provide services for less than N70,000. He described his reaction to the recent signing of the new minimum wage bill into law as ecstatic. WESTERN POST Online Monday reported that President Bola Tinubu signed the new N70,000 minimum wage bill into law after the conclusion of the Federal…
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JUST IN: Tinubu signs new N70,000 Minimum Wage into law
Kunle Sanni President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the new N70,000 Minimum Wage bill into law. The president signed the bill on Monday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja after the conclusion of the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja. Details later…
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Diaspora voting will become a reality soon – Speaker Abbas
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has assured Nigerians living abroad that the highly anticipated Diaspora voting will be made possible during the tenure of the 10th Assembly. According to a statement signed by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, NIDCOM’s Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocols, Speaker Abbas disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the 2024 National…
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Reconsider your decision – Deputy Senate President appeals to protest promoters
…says President Tinubu making genuine efforts to tackle challenges Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has appealed to the organisers of the planned nationwide protest to reconsider their decision and shelve the idea so that the fragile peace in the country would not be disrupted. Senator Barau, the First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, said President Bola…
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Defense of the indefensible, by Salihu Moh. Lukman
There is a saying in Hausa – shure shure bai hana mutuwa, which literally means ‘struggling to survive does not stop one from dying’. This, perhaps, is the reality facing the government of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. With a protest scheduled to take place on August 1 – 10, 2024, the government is desperately mobilising opposition to the protest.…
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