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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J N ew advice on antibiotics  use has been released by the World Health Organisation, WHO. in its new Essential Medicines List (EML) The new updated guidelines differentiate which antibiotics to use for common infections and which to preserve for the most serious circumstances. This is contained among  additions to the WHO Model list of essential medicines for 2017. Other additions include medicines for HIV, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and leukaemia. The updated list adds 30 medicines for adults and 25 for children, and specifies new uses for nine already-listed products, bringing the total to 433 drugs deemed essential for addressing the most important public health needs. The EML is used by many countries to increase access to medicines and guide decisions about which products they ensure are available for their populations. WHO experts have grouped antibiotics into three categories – access , watch and reserve – with recommendations on when each ca...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Peter Duru & Prince Okafor M akurdi— Benue State government, yesterday, faulted Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, over its opposition to the state’s Open Grazing Prohibition Establishment Law, 2017, which Governor Samuel Ortom recently signed into law. Meanwhile, Benue State House of Assembly has called on the Inspector General of Police to arrest the leadership of Maiyetti Allah Kautal Hore, following Tuesday’s media briefing by the National President of the Association, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello and Secretary, Alhaji Saleh Alhassan. At the briefing in Abuja, they not only kicked against the anti-open grazing law, but vowed to mobilise their members to resist its implementation, describing the law as “wicked, obnoxious, repressive and a deliberate attempt to enslave them.” House’s motion Ruling in a motion of urgent public importance, moved by the Majority Leader of the House, Mr. Benjamin Adanyi, the House called for the as...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Nkiruka Nnorom INVESTORS committed N45.25 trillion in fixed instruments in the Over-the-Counter, OTC, market between January and April, 2017. This is contained in a data compiled by the FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange Plc for the month of May. Every month FMDQ compiles data on the transactions in the OTC market. Breakdown of the trading activities for the four month period showed that trading activities in Treasury Bills, T.bills, contributed the largest to overall turnover, accounting for 48.58 per cent or N21.99 trillion of the market. Secured market transactions (Repos/Buy-backs), followed, accounting for N9.60 trillion or 21.22%, while FX market transactions ranked third, with N5.94 trillion total turnover, representing 20.20 per cent of the total OTC market turnover. Bonds. On the other hand, contributed N4.07 trillion or 9.10 per cent of the total market turnover,while unsecured placement & takings, Money Market Derivatives and commercial papers accou...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J T wo persons were confirmed dead in a road accident involving a blue Toyota Corolla car and a Toyota picnic bus at Olodo area, on Abeokuta-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of Traffic Compliance and En-forcement Agency, TRACE, in Ogun, confirmed the accident in Abeokuta, yesterday. Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred Monday evening due to wrong overtaking by the driver of the Toyota Corolla. Akinbiyi said: “The accident involved a Toyota Corolla car with number plates KSF 846 EF and a Toyota picnic bus; RLG 61 AA. “The driver of the Toyota Corolla car tried to overtake the Toyota Picnic space bus, which resulted in a collision. “The vehicles had three passengers each— three males and three females. But the drivers died in the accident.” The official said the victims were taken to Omo Arewa Clinic in Odeda, while one female, in critical condition, was rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abe...