Society & Lifestyle

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control on Wednesday in Kano State destroyed 491,000 tablets of tramadol worth N91 million.   The destruction of the drugs which was seized by the Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Area Command, was witnessed by the NAFDAC Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, ...

  Oyo State Emergency Management Agency, on Tuesday, alerted people living in flood-prone communities in the state to start preparing for heavy rain and its attendant flooding.   This was contained in a statement released by the Administrative Secretary of SEMA, Ojuolape Busari, in Ibadan, the state capital.   She ...

  The Ondo State Government has declared that it would ensure that cultism and other social vices, particularly among the youths, are eradicated in the state.   To this end, the government has called on parents, traditional rulers, community leaders, and other stakeholders to join hands in fighting against the ...

  The Chairman of Kudan Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Dauda Abba, has proposed a requirement for would-be couples to present the Kaduna State Contributory Health Management Authority enrollment card before getting married.   Ensuring this, he said, would increase enrollment into the scheme.   Abba made the proposal ...

  Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who became a household name as Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died at age 54 after an accidental drowning off Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, officials and multiple news sources report. Malcolm-Jamal Warner at the Deadline Contenders Television event at Directors Guild Of America on April ...

  The Nigerian Medical Association, Katsina State branch, has expressed “grave disappointment” and “unequivocal condemnation” over a circular purportedly issued by the Federal Government to address salary adjustments for medical and dental practitioners in Nigeria.   The NMA described the circular as “grossly inadequate, misleading and a flagrant violation of ...

  President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State to attend the eighth-day prayer ceremony in honour of the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona.   This was disclosed on Sunday in a post on X (formerly Twitter) by the Special Assistant to the President on ...

  The Medical Director and Provost of Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Abeokuta, Dr Paul Agboola, on Saturday debunked reports of injustice over an alleged case of physical and verbal assault levelled against the Head of Clinical Services of the hospital, Dr Olayinka Majekodunmi, by a Post Basic Psychiatric Nursing student, Seyi ...

  The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party and former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Saturday, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State.   Kwankwaso also visited the Emir of Daura, Alhaji Umar Farouk Umar, where ...

  The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of four people who drowned in a blocked waterway at Zangon Kaya in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of the state.   This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Saminu ...