Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned what it described as the opaqueness and significant procedural violations in the Lagos Water Corporation’s (LWC) ongoing procurement process for mini and micro water works under a Build-Finance-Operate-Transfer (BFOT) Public-Private...
Public Health Experts and food Scientists have warned that the consumption of packaged food products with high sodium( salt) is responsible for increase in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), especially, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) which most times lead to lifelong disability.
NCDs, they...
Cancer cell
On World Cancer Day, themed ‘United by Unique,’ Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has reaffirmed its solidarity with the global community to honour the millions affected by cancer. While advocating for personalised, patient-centred care, CAPPA called...
In a decisive push to entrench transparency and accountability in public spending, state governments across Nigeria will now be required to publish details of contract awards in the basic education and primary healthcare sectors every quarter under a Federal...
By Robert Egbe
Nigeria’s shift toward a pro-health review of the tax payable by manufacturers of non-alcoholic, sweetened, and carbonated drinks, commonly known as Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs), has reached a critical moment.
Last November, the Senate Joint Committee on Finance, Customs...
L-R: Executive Secretary, Primary Health Care Development Board, Dr Elijah Ogunsola; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Kayode Oladeinde; Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu; Ogun State Deputy Governor and Chairman Task force on Primary Healthcare,...
Nigeria already carries a heavy and growing burden of diet-related diseases. Without urgent action, today’s festive excesses will become tomorrow’s medical emergencies, paid for by families, communities and an overstretched health system. Our holidays should nourish our bodies as...
By Humphrey Ukeaja
Festive periods occupy a strategic place in the marketing calendars of Big Food corporations. National and religious holidays such as Christmas, New Year, Easter, Eid-el-Fitr and Eid-el-Kabir provide predictable moments of heightened consumption, social gathering and emotional...
The raging brand dispute in Nigeria’s herbal health drink market has taken a dramatic turn as Cleansimur International Limited slammed Jigsimur Plus Nigeria Limited with a staggering ₦200.2 billion counterclaim at the Federal High Court, Lagos.
The counterclaim follows an...
Celebrating a Legacy of Progress:
A Tribute to Alhaja Muinat Abeke Ajose on Her 85th Birthday
AJOSE.... Omo Eko Pataki
Ti o'ju o ba ti ehingbeti..... O'ju o ni ti Eko ile..
Moyo fun e.
Today, we gather to celebrate a remarkable individual, a...
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned what it described as the opaqueness and significant procedural violations in the Lagos Water Corporation’s...
A businessman, Donatus Ofoelo, on Friday, appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos, for allegedly aiding importation and distribution of unwholesome processed food.
The...
Mr. Paulinus OKoronkwo
A United States court has sentenced a former senior official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Paulinus Okoronkwo, to 87 months...
