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News Source: NewKerala
| 12 months ago
The children were administered the mixture, My Pikin, at government-owned teaching hospitals across the country during November. Health Minister Hassan Lawal has also advised parents and hospitals against the use of the drug until the results of...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 12 months ago
Panic Spreads Over Fake Teething Powder Daily Independent (Lagos) 27 November 2008 Posted to the web 27 November 2008 Yinka Shokunbi Lagos Lagos alone has recorded the death of 29 children who ingested the fake 'My Pickin' Teething Mixture, the...
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News Source: Fox News
| 12 months ago
Nigeria Teething formula tainted with a toxic thickening agent has killed 25 children in Nigeria, prompting regulators to yank it from shelves and shut down its manufacturer, officials said. The national food and drug administration were...
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News Source: Xinhuanet.com
| 12 months ago
Following the directive, Nigeria cut its daily crude oil production by 113,000 barrels per day (bpd) to peg its production at 2.05 million bpd. Answering questions from State House correspondents on the sides of the Federal Executive Council (...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 12 months ago
NSE President Berates FG for Rejecting Professional Advice Vanguard (Lagos) 26 November 2008 Posted to the web 26 November 2008 Patience Ogbodo THE President of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, Kashim Abdul Ali, has lamented the inability of the...
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News Source: Palm Beach Post
| 12 months ago
Nigeria — Regulators shut a Nigerian pharmaceutical company and ordered its teething formula pulled from shelves after 25 children who took it died, officials said Wednesday Nigeria's food and drug administration said that 11 other children were...
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News Source: Kiev Post
| 12 months ago
Nigeria's drug administration agency has closed down a pharmaceuticals manufacturer in the commercial capital Lagos after contaminated teething syrup killed 25 infants and hospitalised at least 10 more. Wednesday tests had shown the chemical...
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News Source: Androscoggin News
| 12 months ago
Importance of Saving for Retirement 'Must Be Emphasised' Daily Independent (Lagos) 25 November 2008 Posted to the web 26 November 2008 The government must take steps to show workers the importance of saving for retirement, a government minister has...
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News Source: Uinta County News
| 12 months ago
The immunisation drive runs until November 30 in 17 northern states and from December 10-12 for the rest of the country. "The challenge is now for all stakeholders to ensure that all eligible children in Nigeria are indeed taken to the vaccination...
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News Source: The Voice
| 12 months ago
Policemen blamed for pregnant inmates The majority of pregnant women in a state prison have blamed policemen for getting them pregnant. An investigation by the Vanguard newspaper in Lagos showed that policemen were said to be the fathers of 80...