United Kingdom – The MHRA is consulting on making Nuromol, a medicine that contains ibuprofen and paracetamol, available without the need to visit a pharmacy. Dr Sarah Branch, Director of Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines at the MHRA, said:” Every response received will help us gain a better picture of whether people think Nuromol…
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Nigeria – Fela Anikulapo-Kuti has lost out in the race to become an inductee of the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation today announced the new inductees of the 2021 class; Jay-Z, the Foo Fighters, The Go-Go’s, Carole King, Todd Rundgren, and Tina Turner. Foo Fighters, The…
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Nigeria – Members of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, across the country held a one day prayer session to seek God’s intervention in the the various challenges facing Nigeria. To join their counterparts across the country, members of the Anambra state Chapter of the Association converged on the Anambra Broadcasting Service ABS Awka…
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United Kingdom – The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) provides advice to trustees of a number of funded pension schemes, which cover over 300,000 members with combined assets of around £30 billion. Funded pension schemes The Government Actuary’s Department (GAD) provides advice to trustees of a number of funded pension schemes, which cover over 300,000 members…
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United Kingdom – A £1.4-billion contract to modernise the Chinook fleet over the next 10 years has been agreed. The deal will see British forces benefit from 14 of the latest iconic heavy-lift helicopters. The order for the new aircraft signals the commitment made in the recent Defence Command Paper to invest over £85-billion on…
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Nigeria – No fewer than 25 rape cases were recorded in Enugu State from January to March 2021, the Centre Manager, Tamar Sexual Assault Referral Centre (Tamar SARC), Mrs Evelyn Onah, said. Onah disclosed this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. She said that 31 cases of…
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Jamaica – The Government, in partnership with the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), has invested US$230,000 for a pilot programme on Climate Resilience that will expand and upgrade the seed storage facility at the Bodles Research Station in St. Catharine. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, said that the facility will…
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United Kingdom – The CMA has welcomed the Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss all 4 of Facebook’s grounds of appeal in a key case on how companies engage with the CMA. The Court of Appeal criticised Facebook’s conduct, saying the “central problem in this case was entirely of Facebook’s own making”, and agreeing with…
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United Kingdom – The UK Government will convene the world’s first Global Vaccine Confidence Summit in an effort to drive vaccine uptake in the fight against the Covid. On 2 June, the UK Government will convene the world’s first Global Vaccine Confidence Summit in an effort to drive vaccine uptake in the fight against the…
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United Kingdom – A UK Government-led taskforce is helping to improve export systems. Discussions took place during the seventh meeting of the Scottish seafood exports taskforce, which brings together key industry figures from the fishing industry with officials and senior politicians from the UK Government and Scottish Government. UK Government Minister for Scotland David Duguid…
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