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Post Date : October 9, 2024

NAFDAC Destroys N10bn Fake, Expired Drugs

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed fake, expired and substandard drugs worth over N10 billion. Director General of the agency, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this on Wednesday in Gombe. She said the products were confiscated by NAFDAC officials from manufacturers, importers and distributors in the six states of the Northeast geo-political zone. Represented by the North-East Zonal Coordinator of the agency, Mr Kenneth Azikwe, the NAFDAC said the products destroyed included substandard, fake and falsely labelled medicines, unwholesome food products, cosmetics, among others. She said the exercise was a testament to the agency’s commitment to rid markets of substandard, falsified, and unwholesome products that pose serious risks to public health. “The products we are about to destroy, including food, drugs, and other regulated items worth N10 billion, were seized through the diligent efforts of our regulatory and enforcement officers in the zone, who work tirelessly to intercept and confiscate these dangerous items. “These products, if allowed to circulate, could have caused untold harm to countless individuals. By removing them from circulation, we are taking a decisive stand against those who seek to profit at the expense of public safety,” Prof. Adeyeye said. The director general reiterated that the agency would ensure that only quality and safe food, drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, chemicals, and packaged water are consumed and sold in Nigeria. She added that NAFDAC would not relent in its efforts to protect the health of Nigerians, through enhanced surveillance activities, and by ensuring that violators are brought to justice. Earlier, the state Coordinator of NAFDAC, Mr James Agada, said the agency was aking a decisive stand against dealers of drugs prioritising profits over public safety. He stated that the destruction exercise was a key component of NAFDAC’s market control strategies to ensure only quality products reach markets. Agada assured that the agency would continue to strengthen regulatory frameworks, enhance surveillance, and bring violators to justice.

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

NLC asks FG to reverse petrol price hike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the federal government to reverse the petrol price hike. On Wednesday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited increased the price of petrol across its retail outlets. In a statement, Joe Ajaero, president of the NLC, said the labour union is “dismayed” by the petrol hike without commensurate financial capacity of Nigerians. Ajaero said the latest petrol price hike has “grossly altered the calculation” of Nigerians, who are still trying to adjust to the current economic realities. “We challenge the government to go to the drawing board and present us with a blueprint for inclusive economic growth and national development instead of this spasmodic ad hocism and palliative policy,” the statement reads. “It needs no stating the fact that the latest wave of increase has grossly altered the calculations of Nigerians once again at a time they were reluctantly coming to terms with their new realities. “It will further deepen poverty as production capacities dip and more jobs are lost with multidimensional negative effects. “In light of this, we urge the government to immediately reverse this rate hike as previous increases did not produce any good results. People only got poorer. “But more fundamentally, the government should be bold enough to tell Nigerians in advance the destination it wants to take the country.”

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

Access Bank hints at ‘minimal’ service disruptions over planned system upgrade

Access Bank says it has rescheduled its system upgrade earlier slated for October 12, noting that customers may experience “minimal” service disruptions. In a notice to customers on Wednesday, the bank said a new date for the system upgrade would be announced in the next few weeks. “We value your feedback and truly appreciate your continued trust,” the bank said. “We are pleased to inform you that our system upgrade earlier planned to start this weekend, October 12, 2024, has been rescheduled to start at a later date which will be communicated in the coming weeks.” The bank said it is excited about the advantages the upcoming upgrade exercise would offer to customers. “We will keep you updated as we progress,” the financial firm said. “Your convenience is our priority, rest assured, we will ensure minimal disruption in our services.” On September 29, Zenith Bank informed its customers via various channels that its app would be automatically updated to a new version on October 1. Following the development, the bank’s customers took to X to complain about their inability to access the financial institution’s mobile app. Last week, First Bank customers took to X to express frustration over their inability to access the bank’s mobile platform. The bank, in response, issued a statement on October 1 apologising for the disruption and assuring customers that efforts were being made to resolve the issue. On October 7, the bank provided updates and announced the full restoration of services on its mobile banking platform, Firstmobile, following a brief disruption caused by a recent upgrade of the application

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

Appeal Court affirms removal of Enugu PDP Rep member

The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu has upheld the ruling of the House of Representatives tribunal sacking the member representing Igboeze North/Udenu federal constituency, Hon. Simon Atigwe. The Appeal Court which delivered the judgement in Enugu on Wednesday, held that Hon. Atigwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not duly elected by the valid votes cast in the rerun election. The court therefore declared Dennis Agbo of the Labour Party as the rightful winner of the 3rd February, 2024 re-run election. The judgement was unanimously delivered by the three members of the panel and read out by the chairman of the panel Justice Ekanem. It would be recalled that Hon. Atigwe was declared the winner of the re-run election held on February 3rd, 2024. The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) said the PDP’s candidate polled 23,863 votes to defeat Hon. Dennis Agbo of the Labour Party who garnered 23,226 votes. Hon. Agbo who had earlier won the February 25th, 2023 election but was sacked by the appellate court proceeded to the tribunal to challenge Atigwe’s declaration. Hon. Agbo argued that the election was marred by wrong computation of result, substantial non compliance to the electoral act among others. In their ruling on 14th August, the Tribunal headed by Justice H N Kunaza said that the petition had merit and declared Rt. Hon. Dennis Nnamdi Agbo the actual winner of Igbo Eze North/ Udenu Federal constituency. Justice Kunaza’s panel declared invalid, null and void the 2000 votes added to the PDP candidate and restored the votes of 25th February 2023 of 14229 for the PDP and 28870 for the LP candidate Rt Hon Dennis Agbo. It also held that Atigwe Simon Chukwuemeka was not duly elected by the valid votes cast as the petitioner won with 23,221 and PDP 21,863 votes and as such, the certificate of return issued to Atigwe should be withdrawn and issued to Hon Agbo. The judgement will return Hon. Agbo to the House of Representatives.

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

Israel Minister Says Attack On Iran Will Be ‘Deadly, Precise And Surprising’

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that Israel’s retaliation against Iran for last week’s missile barrage will be “deadly, precise and surprising”. “Our attack in Iran will be deadly, precise and surprising,” Gallant said in a statement posted on social media, adding: “Those who try to harm the State of Israel will pay a price.” Mwanwhile, the United States has asked Israel to avoid conducting military operations in Lebanon like it has in Gaza. Briefing journalists on Wednesday, the State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller, expressed concern over the humanitarian situation in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. “I’m making very clear that there should be no kind of military action in Lebanon that looks anything like Gaza and leaves a result anything like Gaza,” he said. Miller was responding to a question about a video released by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. “You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza,” Netanyahu said. “I say to you, the people of Lebanon: Free your country from Hezbollah so that this war can end.” Hezbollah began low-intensity strikes on Israeli troops a day after its Palestinian ally Hamas staged an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, which triggered war in the Gaza Strip. The clashes have rapidly escalated this month, with Israel carrying out extensive strikes at both the border and further inside Lebanon, before launching ground operations in the country late last month. Miller separately said the United States was “particularly concerned” about the humanitarian situation in north Gaza, where the territory’s civil defense agency said Israeli forces have intensified shelling and closed roads, preventing aid delivery. “We are incredibly concerned about the humanitarian situation in all of Gaza, and particularly concerned about the humanitarian situation in north Gaza, and I can tell you, it has been the subject of some very urgent discussions between our two governments,” he said. “We have been making clear to the government of Israel that they have an obligation under international humanitarian law to allow food and water and other needed humanitarian assistance to make it into all parts of Gaza,” Miller said. “We fully expect them to comply with those obligations,” Miller added, while also warning Israel against “conducting operations in Gaza in perpetuity.” AFP

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

FULL LIST: Covenant emerges Nigeria’s best university for 2024

Covenant University has once again secured the top spot in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. The ranking, which evaluates universities across various performance metrics, placed the Ota-based institution ahead of other leading Nigerian universities, reaffirming its position as a leader in higher education. The rankings, which surveyed 1,907 universities across 108 countries, assessed the institutions based on 18 performance indicators across five key areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook. CU emerged as Nigeria’s best, outperforming the University of Ibadan, the Federal University of Technology Akure, and the University of Lagos, which ranked second, third, and fourth respectively. The 2024 list also reflected a shift in the global higher education landscape, with more than 134 million citations from 16.5 million research publications analyzed and survey responses from over 68,000 scholars collected globally. Other Nigerian universities making the top ten include Bayero University, University of Ilorin, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and Afe Babalola University. The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta also earned a spot in the top tier, securing 10th place. See the full list

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

NNPC hikes petrol price by 15% to N1,030/litre in Abuja

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has raised its pump price of petrol in Abuja by 14.8 per cent to N1,030 per litre from N897. The latest price increase makes it the second time the petrol price has been hiked in the past month. The company had in September increased pump price from N615 per litre to N897. When Vanguard visited the NNPC Retail mega station in Abuja where the price increase has been effected, shocked motorists lamented the continuing hardship in the country. “It’s beyond belief. I have been in the queue for almost an hour and I didn’t know they had increased the price. Tinubu is not concerned about our suffering”, a taxi driver, Usman Abah lamented.

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

Nigeria Can Become A Refining Hub, Saves Africa’s $17bn Petrol Products Imports – Dangote

Aliko Dangote says Nigeria must enhance its crude oil production capacity and effectively manage its crude supply to ensure adequate feedstock for domestic refineries, in order to transit from a net importer to a net exporter of petroleum products. The Chairman of Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals Company Limited made this assertion during his keynote address at a summit held in Lagos by the Crude Oil Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria (CORAN). He was represented at the event which attracted top government officials and key stakeholders from the midstream and downstream sectors by Engr. Mansur Ahmed, Group Executive Director of Dangote Industries limited. Addressing Nigeria’s potential as a refining hub, Dangote expressed concern that despite producing over 3.4 million barrels of crude oil per day, Africa imports around 3 million barrels of petroleum products daily. He noted that these imports, primarily from Europe, Russia, and other regions, are estimated to cost approximately $17 billion in 2023. He said that Nigeria could capitalise on this situation to become a net exporter of refined petroleum products, as the markets would be more competitively served from Nigeria. “Both the crude oil and the petroleum products will travel shorter distances. The logistics costs of floating storage will be eliminated, and countries can purchase their petroleum product requirements just-in-time. Nigeria and Africa can become completely self-sufficient, and we can keep all the value on our shores. We have done it in cement, and we can certainly do it for petroleum products. “It is worth noting that the Dangote Refinery already produces sufficient diesel and jet fuel to meet Nigeria’s demand. We recently started the production of PMS and will soon ramp up to meet Nigeria’s needs. Our refined products have been exported to diverse markets, including Europe, Brazil, the UK, the USA, Singapore, and South Korea,” he added. Dangote emphasised that Nigeria must develop a refining capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day and prioritise domestic crude supply obligations to seize this opportunity. Acknowledging the arising and future challenges, he urged the government to incentivise investors, contrasting this with the Dangote Oil Refinery, which was built without any government incentives. “…It is unfortunate that while countries like Norway are putting oil proceeds into a future fund, in Africa, we are spending oil proceeds from the future. We will also need to prioritise the implementation of domestic crude supply obligations. We will need to expand our crude oil production capacity to support demand from new refining capacity. The government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is taking active steps to achieve this through fast-tracking IOC divestments and other initiatives,” he stated. Emphasising that global developments in the petroleum sector, particularly in Europe, will disrupt historical trade flows for refined petroleum products in Africa, Dangote stated that Nigeria is uniquely positioned to capitalise on this opportunity and become a significant player in the global oil industry. He called for consultation, collaboration, and cooperation among stakeholders. “As a vibrant exporter of refined products, Nigeria will witness an improvement in its balance of trade and generate much-needed foreign currency. Nigeria’s potential as a refining hub is clearly not in doubt; let us work together to make it happen,” he urged. The foremost industrialist noted that the summit’s theme, “Making Nigeria a Net Exporter of Petroleum Products,” would have seemed unrealistic a few years ago, and added that despite being Africa’s largest crude oil producer, Nigeria has historically relied on imports to meet its refined petroleum product needs. However, he emphasised that the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals is poised to transform Nigeria from a “net importer” to a “net exporter” of refined petroleum products, establishing the country as an emerging player in global downstream trade flows; with refined products already exported to various markets, including Europe, Brazil, the UK, the USA, Singapore, and South Korea.

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

FactCheck: Picture of Palestine teenager shot by Israeli forces in 2015 resurfaces

Claim An X user posted a photo of a wounded Palestinian kid and claimed the Israeli forces gathered and shot her recently. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING. Findings by FACTWATCH indicated that the incident happened on 12 October 2015, after a Palestinian teenager, Marah Bakeer, attempted to stab two Israelis in Eastern Jerusalem. Marah was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment thereafter. Full Text On the 7th of October, 2023 Hamas militants staged the worst-ever attack on Israel. On that fateful day, hundreds of Hamas fighters infiltrated Israel. The unprecedented attack resulted in the deaths of 1,205 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. Gunmen rampaged through southern communities massacring some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251 to Gaza. Israel responded with a military campaign to topple the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip, destroy the terror group, and free the hostages. The Hamas-run health ministry has said over 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, though the figure cannot be independently verified and is believed to include both civilians and Hamas members killed in Gaza. Reacting to the unending war in Gaza, a Palestinian Activist, @Nadila_Ali shared a photo of a Palestinian teenager and claimed she was shot by Israeli forces recently. The x user said “More than 10 Israeli men surround a 15 year old Palestinian girl and shøøt her…“ “Would you accept living like this or would you do something about it?“ Another X user, Jonny Utd shared this photo in July and wrote, “This is 1 of the most evil things I’ve seen in 9 months. The post had garnered more than 600k views and 6k reposts. Many people who came across this post believed that this incident occurred recently. Verification FACTWATCH subjected the photo to a simple Google image reverse search and results showed that the image first appeared online in 2015. This Fact Checker found a report by a Palestinian news agency on October 12 , 2025. The report narrated that Palestinian girl was shot and injured on by Israeli police near the Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, when an Israeli settler yelled saying the girl tried to stab him, said local sources and witnesses. It was gathered that as a group of female students were leaving ‘Abdullah Bin al-Hussein school in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, they were verbally abused by Jewish settlers, resulting in an altercation. According to witnesses, a settler threw a knife nesr the girl and started screaming sayng the girl attempted to stab him. Israeli police encircled the student and shot her. According to another female student, ten bullet shots were heard. Israeli police claimed in a statement that the girl, who sustained serious injuries, was targeted after allegedly carrying out a “stabbing attack”. In another report in 2016, a report by Clarion India stated Israel’s central court in Jerusalem sentenced a Palestinian teenage girl to eight-and-a-half years in prison , convicting her of attempting to carry out a stabbing attack in occupied East Jerusalem in October 2015. According to Amjad Abu Asab, head of the Jerusalem Committee for Families of Prisoners, the court sentenced Marah Jawdat Moussa Bakr, 17, from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, to eight-and-a-half years of prison and imposed a fine of 10,000 shekels (approximately $2,595). Bakr was shot and subsequently detained by Israeli forces on Oct. 12, 2015 after carrying out a stabbing attack which injured two Israelis in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where she attended the nearby Abdullah Bin al-Hussein high school.According to Abu Asab, Bakir sustained critical injuries in her arm and still needs treatment and medical-follow-up. The teenager was initially imprisoned in Israel’s Ashkelon prison before being transferred to Ramla prison, and then to HaSharon prison. Freed In 2023 Al Jazeera reported in 2023 that Marah Bakeer is one of 39 Palestinian women and children released from Israeli prisons on Friday in exchange for 13 Hamas captives under a Qatar-mediated deal that includes a four-day truce in Gaza. The report stated that her mother, Sawsan Bakeer ran down a flight of steps to greet her 24-year-old daughter, Marah, who had just been released after eight years in an Israeli prison. Conclusion The X users recirculated the picture which first appeared in 2015. The incident didn’t occur recently. Credit: FactWatch

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Post Date : October 9, 2024

BREAKING: Biafra agitators attack military checkpoint, soldiers feared killed in Imo

Insecurity in Imo State seems unending after suspected Biafra agitators attacked a military checkpoint at Aba Branch in Ehime Mbanọ Local Government area, Imo State on Tuesday night. Videos obtained by our correspondent showed that the incident happened in front of Ehime Mbanọ Local Council headquarters on Tuesday. In the one-minute video, the suspected Biafra agitators were seen boasting that soldiers at the checkpoint had fled after the attack. The hoodlums warned that they would continue to unleash mayhem on the Nigerian security operatives until they (military) leave the entire states in the Southeast. A local source in the area who preferred anonymity told our correspondent that over seven soldiers were gunned down by the hoodlums.But CrimeFacts is yet to independently confirm this as of press time. “Some non-state actors attacked and killed soldiers in the area yesterday,” one source explained. “The whole place is engulfed in chaos, and troops have taken control of nearby communities.” “We are terrified,” said one resident, who requested anonymity. “The sound of gunfire still lingers in our ears. We don’t know what will happen next. We are worried; Ehime used to be a peaceful place, and now we don’t know what’s going on.” Residents, terrified for their safety, fled their homes as the sound of heavy gunfire echoed through the night. Many families left in a hurry, uncertain of when they might be able to return When contacted, the police spokesperson in Imo State, Henry Okoye, referred our correspondent to the military. However, the army spokesperson in the State, Joseph Akubo didn’t answer calls placed across to him as at press time.He is also yet to reply to text messages sent to him. On September 30, hoodlums set ablaze the country home of Frank Ibezim, an ex-Senator who represented Imo North in the Senate. The gunmen also razed a skill acquisition center at the National Open University (NOU) in Nsu, Ehime Mbano.

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