By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested a 32-year-old businessman, identified as Obinna Igbo, for allegedly importing fake malaria drug, Amanta Forte. NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on...
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Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), an Arewa Group, has vowed to disrupt campaign events of Igbo presidential candidates in the North after a similar threat by a prominent Ndigbo group ahead of the 2023 general polls. President of NYCN, Comrade Isah Abubakar disclosed this to Politics Digest while...
Lionel Messi, the world-famous Paris Saint-Germain forward, has predicted that next season will be way better for him at the club. Messi left his boyhood club Barcelona on a free transfer to join PSG last summer. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner did not really impress during his debut season at...
A yet-to-be named Ogun State housewife has been apprehended by her neighbourhood vigilante and other residents after her husband’s corpse was found in their bathroom days after he died. Residents began to suspect something was not right when they did not see the deceased for about one week. It...
A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, on Monday said going by the chain of event recently in Nigeria’s political space, Vice-President Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) “may step down” for Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) when the ruling party holds...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commended the Nigeria Navy for improving maritime security in the nation’s waters, prompting the delisting of Nigeria from countries affected by sea pirates. Buhari, represented by the Minister of Defence, Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd.) expressed delight with the development while addressing participants at the...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt.-Gen. Lucky Iraboh, has called for more collaboration with foreign navies to effectively tackle maritime crimes in the Gulf of Guinea. Iraboh made the call while flagging off a two-day regional maritime exercise, codenamed ‘Exercise Edi-Diana’ at the federal Ocean Terminal, Onne, in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has dismissed the reports making the rounds that some Nigerian villages were attacked by Cameroonian (Ambazonian) separatists on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, dismissed the report in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the Nigerian...
UEFA announced on Monday it was opening an “independent report” into the security chaos before the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Paris. European football’s governing body said the report would “examine decision making, responsibility and behaviours of all entities involved...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday ran a mock exercise with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in Ekiti, ahead of the state’s governorship election. BVAS facilitates the accreditation of voters on election day. Speaking to reporters during the exercise, INEC’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said the exercise...
The kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church, His Eminence Samuel Uche, and two other abducted clerics have regained freedom. They were released at 6.30 pm on Monday but details are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. It is also unclear if any ransom was paid...
The presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has said the former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, could have been his running. Kwankwaso, a former governor of Kano State, spoke on Monday following speculations that the-now presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) was...
The number of big shots in the current administration that may be consumed by the ongoing probe of the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, are increasing on a daily basis as the investigation proceeds. A highly placed source in the anti-corruption circle has informed Economic Confidential, that...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that he will never be ashamed to talk about President Muhammadu Buhari whom described as a “good man“. Umahi made the declaration in Abakaliki while granting audience to the Central Working Committees of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the National...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A frontline senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State, Barr. Labaran Magaji has said an impending danger awaits the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) if serious measures are not taken against irregularities in the party. Bar. Magaji...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it will generate a whopping revenue of $176 billion over the next 20 years through the implementation of e-customs project.
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of the efforts in reaffirming the Nigerian Army’s commitment to enhancing the welfare of both serving and discharged personnel, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya has on Saturday, 28 May, 2022 feted retirees to a valedictory buffet at...
Former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party ahead of the forthcoming general elections. His emergence as the party’s flagbearer follows his victory at the presidential primary of the Labour Party. The party conducted the primary for its presidential ticket on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A group of aggrieved State House of Assembly aspirants for the All Progressives Congress, in Bauchi State, has called on the National Working Committee of the party to cancel the primary election recently held and a new one conducted. The Interim Chairman, Saleh Nabayi,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has congratulated the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his nomination as the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the just concluded party primary held in Abuja. In a statement on Monday by his Chief...