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No fewer than 39 production companies in seven states have been sealed for contravening environmental regulations in their various domains. The Federal Government, while communicating the directive and actions taken so far on Thursday, also stated that it had commenced investigations into the activities of Chinese miners in Osun State following complaints of environmental degradation,…
August 26, 2022
The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Garba Abari has disclosed that his agency is willing and available to work with the tobacco control community to ensure that tobacco products are effectively controlled in the country. The Director General made this commitment, On Thursday, 18 August 2022, when a delegation of tobacco…
August 19, 2022
Tobacco industry political activity remains a largely overlooked obstacle in the development and implementation of policies to regulate industry activities. From their marketing strategies to their so-called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and their buying of scientific and other expertise to create controversy about established facts, the tobacco industry is never away from duty. Tonnes…
August 3, 2022
The Corporate Accountability & Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the National Assembly to trash the controversial Water Resources Bill, which was re-presented on June 29, 2022, for First Reading by Chairman of the House Committee on Water Resources, Hon. Sada Soli from Katsina State. The bill, which was initially introduced and rejected by the…
July 19, 2022
By Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello Food safety awareness creation is about foods consumed by man and help to build momentum and attention on sustainable and healthy feeding. According to World Health Organization (WHO), “Foodborne diseases affect one in 10 people worldwide each year. It reveals that there are over 200 of diseases - some mild, but others…
July 13, 2022
The decision of the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) to call out SmokeBoxNG and DaSmokeHub, two popular tobacco vendors for marketing tobacco products on social media has put tobacco industry activities in Nigeria on the spotlight again. Both organizations, operating from Lagos and Abuja were called out in CAPPA’s Report on Tobacco Industry Capture of the…
July 4, 2022
AFP The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of America’s most divisive and bitterly fought issues. The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 “Roe v. Wade” decision that enshrined a woman’s right to an abortion, saying that…
June 24, 2022
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has released a report detailing how the tobacco industry is cunningly using social networking platforms to promote their Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) activities and evading a ban on Tobacco Advertising Promotion and Sponsorships (TAPS) mandated by the National Tobacco Control Act 2015. The report, Tobacco Industry Capture of…
June 20, 2022
The world ecosystem has lost $186bn in the last ten years as a result of cigarette butts and tobacco plastic wastes estimated to have made their way to the oceans, a report published by the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) has revealed. The report was released as nations mark this year’s…
June 10, 2022
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No fewer than 39 production companies in seven states have been sealed for contravening environmental regulations in their various domains. The Federal Government, while communicating the directive and actions taken so far on Thursday, also stated that it had commenced investigations into the activities of Chinese miners in Osun State following complaints of environmental degradation,…
August 26, 2022
The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Dr Garba Abari has disclosed that his agency is willing and available to work with the tobacco control community to ensure that tobacco products are effectively controlled in the country. The Director General made this commitment, On Thursday, 18 August 2022, when a delegation of tobacco…
August 19, 2022
Tobacco industry political activity remains a largely overlooked obstacle in the development and implementation of policies to regulate industry activities. From their marketing strategies to their so-called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and their buying of scientific and other expertise to create controversy about established facts, the tobacco industry is never away from duty. Tonnes…
August 3, 2022
The Corporate Accountability & Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged the National Assembly to trash the controversial Water Resources Bill, which was re-presented on June 29, 2022, for First Reading by Chairman of the House Committee on Water Resources, Hon. Sada Soli from Katsina State. The bill, which was initially introduced and rejected by the…
July 19, 2022
By Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello Food safety awareness creation is about foods consumed by man and help to build momentum and attention on sustainable and healthy feeding. According to World Health Organization (WHO), “Foodborne diseases affect one in 10 people worldwide each year. It reveals that there are over 200 of diseases - some mild, but others…
July 13, 2022
The decision of the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) to call out SmokeBoxNG and DaSmokeHub, two popular tobacco vendors for marketing tobacco products on social media has put tobacco industry activities in Nigeria on the spotlight again. Both organizations, operating from Lagos and Abuja were called out in CAPPA’s Report on Tobacco Industry Capture of the…
July 4, 2022
AFP The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of America’s most divisive and bitterly fought issues. The conservative-dominated court overturned the landmark 1973 “Roe v. Wade” decision that enshrined a woman’s right to an abortion, saying that…
June 24, 2022
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has released a report detailing how the tobacco industry is cunningly using social networking platforms to promote their Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) activities and evading a ban on Tobacco Advertising Promotion and Sponsorships (TAPS) mandated by the National Tobacco Control Act 2015. The report, Tobacco Industry Capture of…
June 20, 2022
The world ecosystem has lost $186bn in the last ten years as a result of cigarette butts and tobacco plastic wastes estimated to have made their way to the oceans, a report published by the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) has revealed. The report was released as nations mark this year’s…
June 10, 2022
