A study by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) put the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria to 13.5 million – as of 2018. An unimpressive mass of this number comes from Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, and other northern states. In December 2019, Jigawa state government announced it would open a bidding […]
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While Nigerians face uncertainties over food security due to incessant herders-farmers clashes, another threat is dawning on the nation without much notice. The fact that President Muhammadu Buhari just inaugurated a Food Security Council underscores the centrality of food security to the country. However, without food safety there cannot be food security. On the 22nd of […]
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Speech by Akinbode Oluwafemi, deputy director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) at a press briefing to alert on tobacco industry attempts to undermine tobacco control regulations on May 4, 2017. Let me start this interaction by extending to you on behalf of the tobacco control community, a most heartfelt welcome and our […]
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A Lagos High Court sitting at Igbosere has ordered the National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to order the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Plc to put a written warning on Fanta and Sprite bottles stating that both soft drinks are poisonous when consumed along with Vitamin C. The court also held […]
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The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, says 99 per cent of rice smuggled through the land borders is not fit for human consumption. Recall that Niger government, last week, announced subsidy on rice and other grains to encourage more local production Ali said this at a joint news conference on illegal rice importation […]
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The National Agency For Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians not to buy a certain brand of noodles called Maggi noodles produced by Nestlé India. The food and drugs regulatory body noted that the brand of noodles contained excess lead which kills over 143,000 annually. It said that the Maggi noodles […]
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This is a setback for Nigeria as the country needs to expand its export basket to boost domestic agricultural activities and create jobs. In a statement from the European Food Safety Authority, the food substances were banned because they contained ‘a high level of unauthorized pesticide.’ Nigerian beans was banned because it contained between 0.03mg […]
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