Joy Udo Gabriel has ran a Personal Best (PB) and Facility Record (FR) of 7.13 seconds to win the women’s 60 meters final at the 2025 MIAA Indoor Championships.
Diandrenique Gaines and Ta’Mihja Nichols, rounded the podium in 7.41 seconds and 7.47 seconds respectively.
Udo-Gabriel has tied Success Umukoro as the second-fastest Nigerian in the 60 meters this season.
Ezekiel Nathaniel has set a new African 400 meters indoor record with a historic 44.74 seconds run at the 2025 Big 12 Indoor Championships, claiming gold.
Dr Amanda Bisong, has earned her doctorate in International Law from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, receiving the prestigious ‘cum laude’ distinction for her exceptional research.
This honour is a rare accolade in the Netherlands and across Europe, awarded to only five percent of PhD candidates over the last two decades.
Notably, the Faculty of Law at the university has not granted a cum laude distinction in the past 20 years.
PositiveNaija Public Alert 10: The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is informing the public of an investigational report from BBC revealing that an Indian pharmaceutical company Aveo Pharmaceuticals is manufacturing unlicensed, highly addictive opioids and exporting them illegally to some West African countries including Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote D’Ivoire, where they are constituting a major public health crisis.
PositiveNaija Public Alert 9: The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is alerting the public about the sale and distribution of falsified PETSOW STARNICILLIN 500mg purportedly manufactured by Petsow Laboratories Limited. This falsified product was reportedly circulated in Cameroon and Central African Republic.
PositiveNaija Public Alert 8: The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is alerting the public about the illegal circulation and marketing of a substandard and falsified Knowit Insulin Syringe 40 IU 29g X 1/2 in Nigeria.
PositiveNaija Public Alert 7: The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) would like to inform the public that it has discontinued the registration of Multi-Dose Anti-Malarial (Artemether/Lumefantrine) dry powder for oral suspension. This decision was made due to the instability of the reconstituted formulations, which can lead to a loss of efficacy over time.