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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The National Agency of Food, Drug and Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says it is intensifying efforts to end production of substandard packaged water flooding markets. Mr Natim Mullah-Dadi, the Kaduna State Coordinator of NAFDAC, made the disclosure in an interview with the Newsmen on Monday  in Kaduna. He said that the agency would not allow some unscrupulous elements toy with the health of Nigerians under whatever pretext. “We have observed how package water has flooded the markets with many disregarding basic good manufacturing practices required to guarantee the quality of their products. “Those who decide to breach standard would not be allowed to toy with the health of the consumers simply because they can fill water into a sachet, package and sell. “We have observed a number of violations in the production of package water, especially in recent times. “It ranged from production in unhygienic conditions, poor building plans, non-use of qualifi...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The authorities of the Lagos State University, Ojo, is mourning the death of Prof. Abubakar Momoh, the Director-General of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Electoral Institute, in Abuja. Momoh reportedly died on Monday, at about 9:00 a.m. in his official residence in Abuja, and was buried at Auchi, Edo State, his hometown, on the same day, according to Islamic rites. Before his appointment as DG of the INEC electoral institute, Momoh was a lecturer in Political Science, and dean, faculty of the Social Sciences at LASU. According to a press statement signed by Mr Ademola Adekoya, Head, Centre for Information, LASU, “Prof. Momoh’s death is a huge loss and that the entire university community is deeply saddened by his demise. “The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, on behalf of the Council, Senate, University Management and the entire students commiserates with the entire family of Prof. Momoh. “The Vice Chancellor described the deat...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Mr Bassey Uwe, a retired Director of Service, Akwa Ibom Water Company, Oron office, on Tuesday in Abuja decried poor access to quality water in rural areas across the country. Uwe, who made the observation in an interview with the Newsmen, blamed the development on failure by the three tiers of government to live up to their responsibilities. “Responsibility of water supply in Nigeria is shared between the three tiers of government. “ The Federal Government is in charge of water resources management; state governments have the primary responsibility for urban water supply, and local government is responsible for rural water supply.“ According to Uwe, the level of water supply in rural communities in the country is poor and the situation is pathetic. He said that many people, especially women and children, trek several kilometres every morning and evening in search of water. Uwe explained further that others had to depend on polluted water from ponds, stream,...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nigeria’s economy contracted for a fifth straight quarter, official figures showed Tuesday, as low oil production dented overall output. Gross domestic product shrank by 0.5 percent in the first three months of 2017, an improvement from a 1.7 percent fall in the last quarter of 2016, said Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics. Despite an encouraging pick-up of momentum in the non-oil sector, the latest reading disappointed expectations of a modest recovery and an exit out of a debilitating recession. “It’s worse than what we’d expected,” said John Ashbourne, Africa economist at London-based Capital Economics. “But if you remove oil, non-oil GDP increased. Manufacturing picked up and construction picked up,” Ashbourne said, “it’s a pretty positive set of figures in the sense that the contraction is easing.” As a result of attacks on oil and gas infrastructure in the oil-producing swamplands, last year production fell to a low of 1.4 million barrels per ...

http://ift.tt/2rHC2Nd European Commission member in charge of Brexit negotiations with Britain, Michel Barnier takes part in a general affairs council at the European Council in Brussels, on May 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND EU ministers on Monday unanimously gave Frenchman Michel Barnier the green light to start what they warned would be “very difficult” talks with Britain over its exit from the bloc. Negotiations are not expected to begin until mid-June after the British general election, but the two sides are already at loggerheads over key issues including the cost of Britain’s departure. Former European commissioner and French foreign minister Barnier will conduct negotiations on behalf of the remaining 27 EU member states for the coming two years. He will lock horns with Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis who warned at the weekend that London could walk away from the talks if Brussels pushes a reported 100-billion-euro ($112-billion) divorce bill. “EU 27...