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‘Govt should anticipate industry pushback over pictorial health warnings on tobacco products’

Chibuike Nwokorie is project officer with the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA). In this interview with our correspondent, he bares his mind on the...
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Govt assures on speedy gazette of trans-fat regulations

The Federal Government has reinstated her commitment towards a trans-fat free Nigeria by speeding up the gazette of the Oil and Fats Regulations. The Minister...
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Lagos records another COVID-19 death, 2,893 active cases in communities

One COVID-19 related death was recorded on Monday, August 2, 2021 in Lagos, said Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi. Abayomi disclosed this...
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Lagos records six COVID-19 related deaths, 519 infections in two days

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded six COVID-19 related deaths within two days. Abayomi made the disclosure through...
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Coalition urges Consumer Protection Commission to uphold rights to healthy foods

The Trans-fat Free Nigeria campaign coalition has urged the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to help uphold the consumers rights to safe...
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#TransfatFreeNigeria: Nigeria can lead the way

“This pandemic has magnified every existing inequality in our society – like systemic racism, gender inequality, and poverty” – Melinda Gates When Melinda Gates made...
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Joseph Magero: WHO doing untold harm to Africa’s desperate smokers

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is failing in its duty and Africans have particular reason to feel aggrieved. Its latest attack on alternative nicotine products...
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Making the policy on pictorial health warnings to work for Nigerians

The Federal Government’s policy on Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs) which officially kicked off on June 23, 2021, has taken the country a step further...
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Civil society vows enforcement as Santa Marta plants seeds of a fossil-free future

The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels concluded in Santa Marta, Colombia, on Thursday, April 30, 2026,...
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May Day: CAPPA urges people-friendly reforms as workers face deepening cost-of-living crisis

As Nigeria marks International Workers' Day 2026 on Friday, May 1, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on...
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Dangote Refinery recalls redeployed engineers

Dangote Petroleum Refinery has approved the recall of engineers previously redeployed across its business units, following what management described...

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