The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) hàs warned Nigerians against too much use of bleaching cosmetics, saying it could lead to skin cancer. This is contained in a statement signed by the agency’s media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, and made available to newsmen on...
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Massive flooding on Sunday over ran Ajaokuta-Ganaja-Lokoja road in Kogi which links the metropolis to the eastern part of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja reports that the flooding covered the portion of the road at Ganaja village such that only by canoes that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the week reassured Nigerians that with the renewed efforts of the Nigerian military, insecurity in the country would soon be a thing of the past. The Nigerian leader, currently engaged with official activities at the ongoing 77th Session of the UN General...
A team of football players representing the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Sunday in Abeokuta defeated their Police Machine counterparts 4-1. The victory helped them to win the second edition of the Ogun SWAN Security and Safety Cup competition, played at the MKO Abiola International Stadium. The News Agency...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged Nigerians to exhibit the resilient spirit they are known for, to achieve the Nigeria of everyone’s dream. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Lagos State Chief of Staff, Mr Tayo Ayinde, gave the advice on Sunday at the Church Thanksgiving Service commemorating...
Hermes, Groovy and Sheggz, housemates of the television reality show, Big Brother Naija, season 7, have been evicted. The housemates were evicted during the live eviction show on Sunday. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the host of the show, announced the eviction process. According to the vote percentage, Hermes garnered 15.83 per...
Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr Malachy Ugwummadu, has hailed a court judgment stopping towing of vehicles and imposition of fines by Lagos State Traffic Management Authority without a valid court order. Ugwummadu, a former National President of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, told the News...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said that seven passengers were burnt to death in a commercial bus that gutted fire at Iyana Oworo in Lagos. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this in a statement, attributed the cause of the accident to...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that a brighter future filled with prospects and God’s blessings awaits Nigeria. Osinbajo made this known in a speech at the 62nd Independence Anniversary Inter-Denominational Church Service held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, on Sunday. Nigeria clocks 62 years of independence on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has in the last seven years positioned Nigeria as a bastion of democster of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has said. Onyeama disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York, following the conclusion of the High Level Segment...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudiness and sunshine across the country from Monday to Wednesday. NiMet on Sunday in Abuja predicted cloudy skies with intervals of sunshine over the northern parts on Monday. It stated that there would be prospects of isolated thunderstorms over parts of Gombe,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Supporters and members of Mustapha Jibrin Tatabe PDP Campaign Group have vowed never to give up its struggle in challenging Abuja Based PDP politicians from Borno and their culprits in court over the replacement of the name of Borno Central Senatorial District Candidate, Mustapha...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has charged Nigerians not to make the mistake of voting those he described as killers into elective positions. He gave the charge on Sunday in Uyo during a special interdenominational service to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the creation of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A former member of the House of Representatives and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain in Akwa-Ibom State, Chief Nduese Essien has called for a stop in the yearly celebration of the creation of the state as its a total waste of public funds and...
The Lagos State Environmental Enforcement and Special Offences Unit has impounded 150 motorcycles for violating traffic rules in the last one week. The unit’s spokesman, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, stated on Sunday that 10 persons, including motorcyclists and passengers were also arrested and prosecuted for plying the BRT corridor. He...
President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Mallam Tijjani Isa, has described female accountants as the invaluable assets being used by the institute to achieve its mandate. Isa said this while speaking at a presidential luncheon, organised in his honour by Society of Women Accountants of Nigeria (SWAN)...
The Federal Government has bestowed a national award of Commander of Federal Republic (CFR) on the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II. Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Chief Press Secretary to the traditional ruler, announced this on Sunday via a press statement, a copy of which was made available to the News...
Two medical practitioners, Dr Denis Richard Shattima and Dr Hauwa Galadima Shehu, have been referred to the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (MDPDT) for adjudication by the Nigeria Medical and Dental Council. The referral followed an indictment of the duo over the death of nine year-old Miss Disney...
A Federal High Court Abuja, has fixed July 26 for hearing a motion seeking an order compelling the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to release details of the asset declaration forms of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The motion on notice filed by an applicant,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have arrested three suspects over alleged robbery on Old Gwarinpa Road area of Abuja. The police spokesperson , DSP Josephine Adeh, who said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the...