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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will begin a re-certification exercise next week, targeting what the agency termed "myriad problems" in the production of packaged water.

The agency will audit manufacturing practice of at least 30,000 water packaging plants in the country, said NAFDAC's director general Paul Orhii.

An outbreak of the deadly haemorrhagic virus Lassa at the Federal Medical Center in Jalingo has killed at least 13 people since its detection a week ago in Taraba state, Xinhua reported.

The outbreak of the virus has forced the management of the medical center to close some of its units.

A Nigerian doctor has warned users of becoming addicted to Information Communication Technology (ICT). According to Dr Maymunah Kadiri, President of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) based at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in Yaba, addiction leads to several health issues.

Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has solicited the support and cooperation of all stakeholders in the health sector, including religious and community leaders, to completely eradicate polio in the country.

Mimiko, who stated this on Saturday, in Akure, during the kick-off of the third round of sensitisation on Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI), stressed the importance of polio eradication, especially as the nation was working towards its certification as a polio-free country.

This piece is going to be a life-changer, folks. I've cracked the code, after long years of research and intense rumination (pun intended). There are indeed certain foods which can fill us with vim, crank up passion, boost your style quotient and even soothe the soul. So without much ado, I present to you; (start drumroll please) the ordinary, the non-exotic, the easily available — Smart Foods! Fine, I agree ‘Smart Foods' sounds a little lame, but Superfoods was already taken and ‘smart' is all the rage these days. Move on, now.

Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of sodium in the American diet, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Salty snacks like chips and pretzels come in at No. 10.

The finding seems unlikely, since bread isn’t actually saltier than chips or many of the other foods on the list. But Americans tend to eat more bread and rolls, compared with other foods.

In this day and age, it has been made pretty clear that too much of anything can be harmful. But did you know that foods we eat everyday have the potential to kill us? Read below to find out what dangers lurk on your dinner plate.

Potatoes

Potatoes seem like one of the most harmless things on the planet. I mean, there’s a children’s toy modeled after them. But it turns out that the leaves, stems and sprouts of potatoes contain substances called glycoalkaloids, which can cause cramping,

In this day and age, it has been made pretty clear that too much of anything can be harmful. But did you know that foods we eat everyday have the potential to kill us? Read below to find out what dangers lurk on your dinner plate.

Potatoes

Potatoes seem like one of the most harmless things on the planet. I mean, there’s a children’s toy modeled after them. But it turns out that the leaves, stems and sprouts of potatoes contain substances called glycoalkaloids, which can cause cramping,