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  By allcitynews.ng  The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have strengthened collaboration to ensure the safety, quality, acceptability and affordability of menstrual health products in Nigeria. The Director-General of SON, Dr. Ifeanyi Okeke, stated this at the Nigeria Menstrual Health Product Forum 2026 in Lagos, themed, “Driving Standards and Policy Reform for Affordable Menstrual Products.” Okeke said the growing collaboration among regulators, government agencies, manufacturers and development partners was critical to ensuring that women and girls have access to menstrual products that meet required standards while remaining affordable. “Quality and affordability must not be treated as competing objectives,” he said. He said SON would continue to support measures aimed at strengthening standards, consumer protection and regulatory oversight in the menstrual health products sector, noting that effective standards would pr...

As at 8.40pm on top of Otedola Bridge by allcitynews.ng on Tuesday, September 8 By allcitynews.ng  Motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway are experiencing fierce traffic jam as Federal Government began repair works on Kara Bridge. The repair which started on Tuesday, September 8, 2026 brought untold hardship thereby most commuters abandoned their commercial vehicles embarked on foot-wagon, trekking from end of 7-up down to Kara Bridge end while those  who chose to stay inside their vehicles did so, spent almost two to three hours to come out from the traffic. The near-zero movement triggered heavy hike in cost of transportation for those who decided to remain inside the commercial vehicles while those with private vehicles that did not have any alternative were forced to endure the stress. A visit to the scene by allcitynews.ng at 8.45pm on Tuesday discovered that the workers had let the spots but kept the barricades on the bridge, thereby merging the four/five lanes int...

  By allcitynews.ng  With few days to the commencement of another academic school calender, academic stakeholder has advocated for safer school environment. In view of the recent attacks and security threats targeting primary and secondary schools in different parts of Nigeria, Guard Time Information (GTI), Human Rights Activists Nationwide, has called for stronger collaboration among schools, parents, communities, security stakeholders and relevant government security agencies to protect the lives and safety of students, teachers and other members of the school community. The Chairman of Guard Time Information, Comrade Bibi Oduku, in a statement sent to allcitynews, called for urgent need for communities and educational institutions to strengthen security awareness, intelligence sharing and rapid communication with relevant security agencies. The Abuja-based GTI,  urged community security stakeholders and relevant security agencies to remain tactically alert, adequately ...

  3rd left DG NAFDAC, Prof. Adeyeye, next to her, President, LCCI, Engr Leye Kupoluyi, with a team of investors from Cameron at the closing ceremony of the conference in Lagos By allcitynews.ng  The leadership of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has expressed delight over gradual increment of homemade drug manufacturers following the insistence of NAFDAC pruning importation of drugs. The Director General,  Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, who made this  known re-emphasised that its 5+5 Policy and Ceiling List initiatives are reshaping Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry, with local manufacturing gaining ground as dependence on imported medicines declines. Adeyeye, said the initiatives had helped increase the number of pharmaceutical manufacturing companies in the country from 174 to 190 while attracting fresh investments. Adeyeye spoke over the weekend at the just-concluded Invest in Nigeria Conference and Expo 4.0, organised by the Lago...

  By allcitynews.ng  The Federal Government is strengthening efforts to integrate psychosocial and mental health support into humanitarian response for children affected by conflict, with renewed commitments to community referral pathways, frontline capacity, coordinated data systems and a stronger national response. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard  Doro, disclosed this at the National Policy Dialogue on the Psychosocial Impact of Conflicts on Children in Nigeria, held at the Muhammadu Buhari Conference Centre, University of Maiduguri, Borno State. This was contained in a statement issued by  Senior Technical Adviser on Information Systems and Data Analysis to the Honourable Minister, Dr. Abimbola Fasanu, in Abuja. The Minister reaffirmed the Federal Government's commitment to ensuring that the psychological consequences of conflict received greater attention within humanitarian interventions. Speaking on “The State of Children...

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