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The 2021 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that 275 million (5.5%) of the global population, aged between 15 and 64 years, had used hard drugs habitually in the previous year. It has also been projected that 36 million individuals will be experiencing drug use disorders. Furthermore, the…
Indications remain strong that Nigeria is gradually moving into the third wave of the COVID 19 pandemic with a steady rise in positive cases of the virus in the last one week. According to the latest media reports, the fear that the third wave might be deadlier than the two previous ones was heightened…
The legalisation of industrial hemp and medical cannabis for economic and medical benefits is gradually coming close to reality in Nigeria. Recently, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu stated in a press conference in Akure, Ondo State that the House of Representatives is set to legalise…
Virtually every occupation is prone to hazards. The magnitude, however, varies across jobs, sectors, geographic regions, and individuals. Data from International Labour Organisation (ILO) reveal that one worker dies every 15 seconds, while 153 are involved in work-related accidents globally. With growing industrialisation, fatalities are expected to reach thousands. This explains the zeal of Lagos…
For Nigerians passionate about premium services and top-notch facilities in health care delivery, the country’s first fully-equipped private oncology centre, the Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre (MRCC) should be a natural choice. This purpose-built, fully equipped facility, located in Victoria Island, has an imaging centre with CT, mammogram, a laboratory and blood bank, two modular operating…
25 April is the day set aside by the United Nations as World Malaria Day. In 2021, Africa is still grieving over the 384,000 preventable malaria deaths that happened on the continent in 2020. The statistics for 2021 will be released next year as compilation is ongoing. But even in the midst of these tears,…
Looking at the trends of development so far on Nigeria’s political turf, the presidential election may feature two septuagenarian candidates that will represent the country’s two leading political parties. If any of the two is eventually elected, he would, most probably, be one of the oldest persons ever sworn in to office as President. With…
On 2 March 2021, Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. It was the first shipment of the over 16 million doses allocated to the country through the COVAX Facility, aimed at vaccinating 20% of the population. As countries are planning and managing COVID-19 vaccine rollout to turn the tide of the pandemic,…
It was quite surprising to many listeners of a phone-in programme of a popular radio station in Abuja that food vendors were admitting on air that they still use paracetamol tablets to “soften” meat because it helps them to spend less on kerosene, cooking gas, firewood or charcoal. According to them, no matter the quantity…
Authorities nabbed Sami Ashoko, the most wanted drug baron in Nasarawa State. Ashoko’s warehouse filled with cannabis was raided and 100 bags of the illicit drug weighing 1,095.3kg were seized. Director of Advocacy of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure on 7 April 2021. In the words of The…
