By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter HEALTH ADVOCACY groups, the Nigerian Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), have strongly criticised the N13million allocation for tobacco control in the 2025 national budget, describing it as grossly insufficient. At a press briefing in...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has provided critical clarifications regarding its recent nationwide crackdown on substandard, falsified, expired, and banned medicines. The agency emphasized that beyond enforcement, the seizures were necessary to protect pub...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter RISING OBESITY rates in Nigeria have rekindle concerns over unhealthy diets and the increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Thus, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called for urgent policy changes to curb excessive consumption of sugary drinks, warni...
By Faith Alolade, JKNewsMedia Intern TOBACCO CONSUMPTION in Nigeria remains a major public health concern, with weak enforcement of existing laws allowing the industry to target vulnerable populations. Despite the establishment of the National Tobacco Control Act (NTCA) and accompanying regulations, tobacco-related illnesses continue to claim ...
By Joke Kujenya SWEAT DRIPPED from Kunle Adetola’s brow as he gripped the sides of the sink, his stomach twisting in agonising knots. The night had become a relentless cycle of sprinting to the toilet, his body betraying him with violent spasms of nausea and diarrhoea. Kunle Adetola, a 22-year-old university student in Southwest Nigeria...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter AUTHORITIES AT the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) intensified their crackdown last week, uncovering illegal drug depots in Aba, Idumota, and Onitsha. Investigators raided warehouses filled with counterfeit medicines, exposing a vast network of repackaging and r...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE BID to curb the spread of infectious diseases in Nigeria are gaining momentum as the National Orientation Agency (NOA) intensifies its public awareness campaign. With outbreaks of cholera, meningitis, and Lassa fever frequently threatening public health, the agency has announced that it is focus...
By Joke Kujenya HEART DISEASE remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with industrially produced trans-fat significantly increasing the risk of fatal cardiovascular conditions. Found in margarine, vegetable shortening, Vanaspati ghee, fried foods, and processed baked goods, trans fat contributes to over 278,000 deaths annually. ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter BLINDING, DISFIGURING, and long considered an inescapable burden for millions, river blindness has plagued communities in Niger for generations. Now, the country has made history as the first in Africa to eliminate the disease, a milestone officially confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO)....
By Joke Kujenya A MAJOR breakthrough in Guinea’s public health landscape has been achieved with the elimination of the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed the milestone, marking it as the first neglected tropical disease to be eradicated in the cou...
