The House of Representatives Committee on National Agency on Food, Drugs Administration, and Control (NAFDAC), has ordered suspension of ban on sale of spirits and alcoholic drinks in sachets and pet bottles. The suspension is pending the outcome of its investigation on the matter. Rep. Regina Akume, Chairman,...
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By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arraigned the immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin. A statement via the anti-graft agency X (Twitter) handle on Friday,...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), and two others for offences bordering on internet fraud. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale disclosed this in a statement on...
The pioneer President, ECOWAS Commission, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has urged the bloc’s leaders to lift the sanctions slammed on Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic following the military coups in the countries. Chambas, currently the African Union’s (AU) High Representative for ‘Silencing the Guns in Africa,’ made...
No fewer than 4,000 persons in Lagos benefitted on Friday from the sale of rice seized by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). Comptroller-General of the NCS, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, had on Thursday directed that the seized rice be sold to members of the public at a subsidised rate...
The Vice-Chancellor, Lagos State University, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has won the Nelson Mandela Leadership Prize for Integrity and Transparency. The President of Stay Africa Youth Development Initiative (SAYDI-AFRICA), Mr Dominic Mensah, presented the award to Olatunji-Bello in her office on Friday in Lagos. Mensah said the award...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Gunmen, driving in a Sienna Bus, fired at police officers conducting a stop and search operation in Port Harcourt, killing one officer in the process. The state police PRO, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, condemned the attacks...
A Federal High Court judge, Justice James Omotosho on Friday, warned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) to be diligent in its prosecution of the alleged money laundering charge filed against Ali Bello and Suleiman Daudu or its case would be closed. Omotosho gave the warning while...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry, Lagos State, said it intercepted 15,540 litres of petrol stored in a building along Badagry creeks. The Commanding Officer of the FOB, Navy Capt. B A Amakiri, said naval operatives intercepted 518 ×30 Jerry cans on Thursday,...
The operators of hotel businesses in Enugu State have said that multiple taxation imposed by the state government and epileptic power supply is crippling their businesses in the state. They noted that doing hotel business in the state was no longer fruitful as it used to be, due to...
Senator Monday Okpebholo, representing Edo Central at the National Assembly, has emerged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River, who is the Chairman of the APC supplementary primary election, declared Sen. Okpebholo winner...
Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), says the ICPC is desperate to create or search for any conceivable crime to nail him. Prof. Ndifon told Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court, Abuja in a no-case submission filed by his...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, on Friday directed the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Plc. to publish names of electricity consumers owing the company in Edo and Delta states. Adelabu, who is on inspection tour of power projects in Edo, gave the directive when he met with...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially published the report of 2023 General Election. The announcement was aftermath of the commission weekly meeting which was held on Thursday, 22nd February 2024, in Abuja where the 2023 General Election Report was reviewed and...
Katsina State Government has reacted to the resurgence of banditry in eight local government areas of the state, saying it was a desperate move by the criminals who have been under intense pressure. The state Deputy Governor, Faruk Lawal said this at a press conference in Katsina on...
The Senate has rejected the controversial bill seeking to extend the service year for employees of National Assembly by additional five years. The bill, which had been passed at the House of Representatives was declined for concurrence by the Senate on Thursday at plenary. The News Agency of...
No fewer than 4,000 police officers across the country will converge in Ibadan for the 14th Biennial Police Games coming up from Feb. 24 to March 2 in Ibadan. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this while addressing newsmen on preparation for the game...
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has reiterated the Church’s teaching on marriage and its rejection of the notion of blessing same-sex couples in Nigeria. In a communiqué issued at the end of their First Plenary Meeting, the CBCN reaffirmed the Sacrament of Marriage as a union...
If I ever disagreed with the school of thought that says “we are a country of short memoried people,” I now certainly have a germane reason to agree wholeheartedly with that school of thought, in the face of the unfolding reality in Nigeria, today. The North has...