About 100 shops has been shutdown in Ogbete, Main Market, Enugu by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, for alleged selling suspended fake alcoholic beverages. The agency also confiscated a truckload of adulterated products as well as effected arrest of four suspected traders in the process of a well-coordinated raid. […]
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission has announced October 5 for the conduct of local government elections. The commission made this known on Monday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, after meeting with the leaders of political parties and major stakeholders in the state. Part of the highlights of the meeting includes the unveiling […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says at least 25 persons died in an accident that occurred along the Kano-Kaduna highway on Monday. In a statement, Olusegun Ogungbemide, the corps’ public education officer, said the accident occurred around 3:15am and involved a trailer conveying about 90 persons. “However, FRSC emergency and rescue team was […]
A newly released report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said total capital importation into Nigeria rose by 210.16 per cent to $3,376m in the first quarter of 2024. According to the report, the rise was from $1,088m recorded in Q4 2023. The increase is higher than the $1,132m recorded in Q1 2023, […]
A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), against the federal government and Department of State Services (DSS). In a judgment delivered on Monday, James Omotosho, the presiding judge, held that Kanu failed to provide credible evidence to back […]
The Federal Government has suspended approval for the construction of new road networks across the country. This was revealed by the Minister of Works, David Umahi on Sunday in Calabar, where the Federal Ministry for Works convened a stakeholders engagement on the proposed alignment for sections 3A and design for about 97km Spur of […]
The Lagos State has said it is receiving additional support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) as it now battles an outbreak of cholera at the Kirikiri prison. A statement released by the Director, of Public Affairs, Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, on Sunday, quoted the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, as saying an outbreak […]
About twenty travellers have been reportedly abducted by gunmen on the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway. The travellers were on Sunday ambushed around the Sagamu area command of the Nigeria Police Forces and Ilishan township. While the Police Public Relations Officer in the state Omolola Odutola said the report was not true, a resident and chairman of […]
A helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reportedly crashed on Monday morning in Tami village of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Vanguard reports. Locals said the incident happened at about 5 a m when they heard a loud sound from the crash site, which made them rushed to the […]
Monday 01 July 2024 Import duty: Bank plane grounded as FG clamps down on private jets Japa: Outrage as UK-based driver remains on FG payroll TCN repairs plunge Ondo, Ekiti to two-month blackout Litigation: FG withdraws five oil blocks from 2024 bid round Lagos-Calabar highway: S’South section begins August as FG suspends new roads […]
