Category: Health & Environment

Olutayo Arikawe, a community pharmacist and pharmacist manager at Priory Community Pharmacy in Dudley, wins the Chemist and Druggist (C+D) Community Pharmacist of the Year and Pharmacy Manager of the year awards 2016.

Independent pharmacist Arikawe Olutayo has been named as the winner of the ‘I Love My Pharmacist Award’ 2016.

The award was presented following a final judging panel day at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London, during which each of the six regional finalists were given the opportunity to highlight their work and healthcare initiatives in a ten-minute presentation.

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Dr. Adeniyi Saheed Aremu, a senior lecturer at the Department of water resources and environmental engineering, University of Ilorin, Kwara state and Engineer Olasunkanmi Ojowuro of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Lagos state have won the prestigious “Excellent Paper Award” at the 6th International Conference on Solid Waste Management (IconSWM) in India based on content and quality of their paper/research, and the theoretical/implementation/conceptual relevance.

RecyclePoints, an incentive based recycling scheme that deploys the use of electric cargo tricycles, the first of its kind in Nigeria, has been announced as the Nigeria winner of The Venture, Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky’s global competition; scooping the 1 million Naira prize money and will represent Nigeria in the Global Final in Los Angeles in July 2017, to compete with social entrepreneurs from 31 countries across 6 continents for a share of the $1 million in funding to take their business to the next level.

Nigerite Limited has been adjudged the cleanest manufacturing company in Lagos State – an award organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).

The Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) has awarded three laboratories in the country the International Standard Organisation (ISO) accreditation certificates for complying with international standards of services.

The laboratories are 445 Nigerian Air Force Hospital Laboratory, Clina Lancet Laboratories and El-lab Laboratories all located in Lagos.

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Forensic neuropathologist Dr. Bennet I. Omalu, MD, MBA, MPH, has been honoured with the American Medical Association (AMA) Distinguished Service Award recognizing his meritorious service in the science and art of medicine