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On the occasion of the 2022 World Water Day, civil society, labour and community activists under the auspices of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described the vicious attempt of water privatisers to commodify water in Africa, as the singular biggest impediment to universal access on the continent. The OWORAC is made up…
March 22, 2022
By Ogunlade Olamide Martins ‘‘This cumulative scientific evidence is unequivocal: Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health. Any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and mitigation will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all’’. These scary lines…
March 20, 2022
By Paul Ashibel Tobacco is an umbrella name given to over 70 species of plants in the genus nicotiana and the family Solanaceae. It is used to refer to the cured leaves of these plants. The active ingredients in tobacco are nicotine and harmine, a beta-carboline and a harmala alkaloid that occurs in several different…
March 17, 2022
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance on Wednesday called on the Federal Ministry of Health, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria and all relevant law enforcement agencies in the country to support the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) in speedily enforcing the graphic health warnings policy…
March 17, 2022
The commercialisation of healthcare services in Nigeria, estimated to be up to 60%, has been described as one of the worst injustices done to the Nigerian masses and a major factor undermining the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other critical services offered by operators in the country’s healthcare sector. This much…
March 2, 2022
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitution Review to reinstate a clause on the ‘right to food’ which was reportedly deleted in the Constitution’s amendment Bill. According to a statement released by HOMEF, the amendment Bill which has been pending before the two chambers of the National…
February 23, 2022
By Zikora Ibeh A frightening spate of butchery in Nigeria linked to ritual killings has ignited a fierce national debate on the role of Nollywood, Nigeria’s film industry, in shaping the moral character of society. As the country grapples with the startling new normal of gore, one almost-unanimous country-wide perspective that has dominated the discourse is…
February 18, 2022
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has used the occasion of this year's Valentine celebrations to caution Nigerians against the dangers of consuming foods laced with killer-Trans fats. CAPPA, a pioneer member of Trans-Fat free Nigeria coalition, amid funfare, staged its sensitization campaign along Awolowo way, Ikeja-Lagos, Monday, as members of the group mobilised…
February 14, 2022
E-NHIS -- an online registration platform to be launched soon by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), will promote efficiency and effectiveness in the health insurance business and deepen coverage among Nigerians, the Lagos State Coordinator of the scheme, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar Haruna has said. Haruna during a stakeholders' forum organised by the scheme for…
February 1, 2022
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On the occasion of the 2022 World Water Day, civil society, labour and community activists under the auspices of Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) have described the vicious attempt of water privatisers to commodify water in Africa, as the singular biggest impediment to universal access on the continent. The OWORAC is made up…
March 22, 2022
By Ogunlade Olamide Martins ‘‘This cumulative scientific evidence is unequivocal: Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health. Any further delay in concerted anticipatory global action on adaptation and mitigation will miss a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all’’. These scary lines…
March 20, 2022
By Paul Ashibel Tobacco is an umbrella name given to over 70 species of plants in the genus nicotiana and the family Solanaceae. It is used to refer to the cured leaves of these plants. The active ingredients in tobacco are nicotine and harmine, a beta-carboline and a harmala alkaloid that occurs in several different…
March 17, 2022
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance on Wednesday called on the Federal Ministry of Health, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria and all relevant law enforcement agencies in the country to support the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) in speedily enforcing the graphic health warnings policy…
March 17, 2022
The commercialisation of healthcare services in Nigeria, estimated to be up to 60%, has been described as one of the worst injustices done to the Nigerian masses and a major factor undermining the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other critical services offered by operators in the country’s healthcare sector. This much…
March 2, 2022
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the National Assembly’s Committee on Constitution Review to reinstate a clause on the ‘right to food’ which was reportedly deleted in the Constitution’s amendment Bill. According to a statement released by HOMEF, the amendment Bill which has been pending before the two chambers of the National…
February 23, 2022
By Zikora Ibeh A frightening spate of butchery in Nigeria linked to ritual killings has ignited a fierce national debate on the role of Nollywood, Nigeria’s film industry, in shaping the moral character of society. As the country grapples with the startling new normal of gore, one almost-unanimous country-wide perspective that has dominated the discourse is…
February 18, 2022
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has used the occasion of this year's Valentine celebrations to caution Nigerians against the dangers of consuming foods laced with killer-Trans fats. CAPPA, a pioneer member of Trans-Fat free Nigeria coalition, amid funfare, staged its sensitization campaign along Awolowo way, Ikeja-Lagos, Monday, as members of the group mobilised…
February 14, 2022
E-NHIS -- an online registration platform to be launched soon by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), will promote efficiency and effectiveness in the health insurance business and deepen coverage among Nigerians, the Lagos State Coordinator of the scheme, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar Haruna has said. Haruna during a stakeholders' forum organised by the scheme for…
February 1, 2022
