The First City Monumental Bank has given update to it’s customers in respect of the directive issued by the Nigerian Communication Commission that customers to link their National Identity Number to their mobile phone numbers. FCMB FCMB has informed their customers to be cautious against fraudsters who may want to take advantage of this to get their personal banking information. The bank stated in a post on their page that they should ignore calls or messages from persons pretending to be from their network service providers. The bank urged people to ignore such texts or calls as such can be…
Author: Adebimpe A.
Following the directive of the Federal government that people should enroll for the National Identification Number, scores of people have been trooping to the National Identity Management Commission in order to get their NIN. The World Bank has reportedly given protective equipments valued at £172m to the National Identity Management Commission in order to aid the enrollment of people for National Identification Numbers in Nigeria. According to the Director-General of National Identity Management Commission, the turn out people was much and beyond control and the NIMC’ website was exposed to much traffic which made it to crash. The NIMC boss…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has noted that it has been informed by the United States’ Food and Drug Administration that Regenecare HA Hydrogel medicine has been withdrawn due to Burkholderi cepecia contamination. This was stated by NAFDAC in a post. According to NAFDAC “Regenecare HA Hydrogel is an OTC product that contains 2% lidocaine and is used topically for temporary relief of pain and itching associated with minor burns, sunburn, minor cuts, scrapes, insect bites or minor skin irritations”. NAFDAC further stated that the use of Regenecare HA Hydrogel that has been contaminated with…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has stated that it has been informed by Novartis Nigeria in respect of the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) of fluconazole subject to the internal review of available safety information. According to NAFDAC “Changes were made to the Other medicines and Flunoc section; Ibrutinib (used to treat some cancers of the blood) was added to the list of medicines that may interact with Flunoc”. NAFDAC has therefore charged patients and consumers to always read the Patient Information Leaflet of the medicines they are taking and to always inform their healthcare providers…
Union Bank Nigeria Plc has announced Emeka Okonkwo as it’s new Chief Executive Officer. This coming following the voluntary retirement of it’s present Chief Executive Officer, Emeka Emuwa, from the Bank which is to take effect on March 31, 2021. According to the bank, Emeka Okonkwo has been appointed the new as the new CEO, ahead of the imminent retirement of the present CEO: “With his imminent departure, the Board has appointed Emeka Okonkwo, an Executive Director currently leading the Bank‘s Corporate Banking business, to succeed him. The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria.”…
A fire station has recently been inaugurated at Treasury House building, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation in Abuja. During the inauguration the finance minister, Ahmed Zainab, who was duly represented by the permanent secretary at the ministry of finance, Ahmed Ali stated that fire incidents in government offices are mostly caused by the failure to plan and implement fire preventive and safety measures. According to the finance minister “Of recent, fire incidents have been reported in many government offices and in most cases such incidents were as result of failure to plan and implement fire preventive and safety…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has announced that it has been informed by United States Food and Drug Administration of the likeability of patients been injured if they wear face masks with metal parts and coating during a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) exam. According to NAFDAC Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) uses strong magnets and radio waves to take internal pictures the body and monitor medical treatment. NAFDAC has advised the public to avoid the use of face masks containing metal parts, like nose piece or staples, nanoparticles, or antimicrobial coating that may contain metal, during…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has been stated in a post that information reached it from the United States Food and Drug Administration of the recall of Sildenafil 100mg tablets and Trazodone 100mg tablets due to product mix-up. According to NAFDAC, the Sildenafil 100mg and Trazodone 100mg tablets were inadvertently packaged together during bottling. Sildenafil is used to treat erectile dysfunction and is likely to cause serious health risks if consumed by persons with underlying medical issues. Trazodone hydrochloride is used to treat major depressive disorder, the unintentional use of the medicine may cause adverse…
The governor of Sokoto State, (RT) Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has reportedly tested negative to coronavirus. This was made known by a post released by the Sokoto State Ministry of Health. Recall that Tambuwal had self isolated himself due to my close contact with persons who have tested positive to the coronavirus. The state governor revealed he has undergone test at relevant agencies in order to his coronavirus status, and the results all turned out negative. In his words Honourable Aminu Tambuwal appreciated those who stood by him all through and urged people to support Agencies who are fighting the…
Folllowing the presentation of the report of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs by Senator Amos Bulus before the Senate chamber, the house have approved Niger Delta Development Commission’ 2020 fiscal budget. The national house of assembly has during a plenary session held earlier this week assent to the budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission’ 2020. During the plenary which held on Monday the Senate approved the sum of #453.2 billion as the budget of the Niger Delta Development Commission for the 2020 fiscal year. The Senate Committee on Niger Delta affairs stated that the revenue profile of…