By Sunday Oyinloye It is often said that health is not valued until sickness comes. Again, it is common to hear people say good health is above wealth, and a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. Little wonder Thomas Carlyle…
Ghanaian who hid drug in false bottom arrested at Abuja Airport
By Sunday Oyinloye A Ghanaian drug trafficker, John Kadja, has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with 2 kilograms of Methamphetamine during an outward clearance of Qatar Airways from Abuja to Doha at…
‘Drug war daily receiving boost in Nigeria’
Sunday Oyinloye Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its fight against illicit drug trafficking is getting hotter by the day, even as the Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) reiterated the commitment…
ISMPH begins implementation of EU-ACT project on Malnutrition
By Sunday Oyinloye International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH) has conducted a Focus Group Discussion with vulnerable women whose children suffer Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in Kwali Area Council. It marks the beginning of the Media Advocacy/Empowerment Strategy…
Cocaine in the toilet: Okafor walks into NDLEA’s net
By Sunday Oyinloye Okafor Okwudili Moses, the drug baron behind the 2.55kg cocaine hidden inside a toilet at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria is now in the net of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)…
Hope rises for vulnerable mothers with malnourished children in Abuja
By Sunday Oyinloye Relief may have come the way of vulnerable mothers whose children are suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in Bwari and Kwali area councils of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory as International Society of Media in Public…
Reduce salt intake to stay alive, sodium study team advises Nigerians
By Sunday Oyinloye Nigerians have been advised to reduce their salt intake in order to avoid their lives being cut short. This was the outcome of the 1st Nigeria Sodium Study Multi-Sectoral Stakeholders’ Meeting jointly hosted by University of Abuja…
Unrepentant drug dealer behind London-bound multiple consignments in NDLEA’s net
By Sunday Oyinloye Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a notorious drug dealer, Okoli Collins Ikenna, suspected to be the mastermind of recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London in the United Kingdom…
NIMR Foundation to be unveiled in Lagos on Thursday
By Sunday Oyinloye The challenges of diseases and other health-related problems confronting Nigeria occasioned by lack of adequate funds for medical research will soon be a thing of the past as Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Foundation (NIMR Foundation) will…
Women Community Response Project making huge impact – Besa Kyanamina
Besa Kyanamina is a Zambian Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, youth Mentor and Community radio development expert. Besa is the founder and CEO of a women led initiative called Women Community Response Project where she works to address issues affecting women and girls…
