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By Deborah Nnamdi The Investigation & Enforcement Directorate of The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has raided a warehouse at Apongbon Oke Arin Market, Lagos Nigeria, following a tip-off about the sale of unregistered food products. This was disclosed in a post on NAFDAC’s official handle on X.com on Tuesday. The post reads in part: “Various unregistered items valued at N3,818,802,720 were seized during the operation, and the facility has been placed on hold pending further investigation. “The warehouse management has been summoned for questioning, and appropriate sanctions will follow after investigations. “We reaffirm our…

By Deborah Nnamdi A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand in the recreational facility of the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola; the Chief Executive Officer of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat; and the Principal of Islamic High School, Abdullahi Fasasi, at the Agodi Correctional Centre. The trio were arraigned in connection with last week’s tragic stampede at a Christmas funfair held at Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, which claimed the lives of 35 children and left six others injured. The prosecution alleged that the trio played a role in the events…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Ebonyi State Police Command says it has arrested a man identified as Joshua Nwafor, who allegedly beat his wife, Charity Nwafor, to death over a tuber of yam in the Nsokkara area of Ezza South Local Government Area of the state. Nwafor and his late wife reportedly had a misunderstanding over how a tuber of yam should have been cooked. It was disclosed that contrary to Nwafor’s directive that the yam should be cooked, the wife went ahead to roast it because she preferred eating roasted yam. This was said to have angered the husband who…

By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu says for three straight months, he has fulfilled Nigeria’s financial obligations without touching remittance by Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, or exploring Ways and Means from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Disclosing this one Monday, during his first media chat with journalists, the president said he met Nigeria’s financial obligations without falling back to the old order. “Push me to my brag mode, in the last three months, I’ve not taken a penny from NNPC before I meet my other obligations. To me, that is excellent. “Without going into Ways and Means,…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a comprehensive public advisory on Lassa fever, warning that it remained a significant public health threat. Dr Jide Idris, NCDC’s Director General, revealed the concerning trend to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, urging Nigerians to adopt preventive measures as cases continue to rise during the peak transmission season. Idris explained that Lassa fever, an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus, is endemic in Nigeria and is transmitted through contact with the urine, feces, saliva, or blood of infected rodents, particularly the multimammate rat.…

President Bola Tinubu has affirmed that the country is on the path of recovery. He spoke during the first Presidential Media Chat with journalists on Monday. Recall that Tinubu had presented the country’s 2025 budget proposal to the National Assembly, called ‘Budget of Restoration: Securing Peace, Rebuilding Prosperity’. With a record outlay of N49.7tn, the budget aims to consolidate economic reforms, restore macroeconomic stability, foster inclusive growth, reduce poverty, and promote equitable income distribution. Responding to those who have criticized the budget presentation, he said: “Regardless of what critics are saying and the criticism, this is a budget of restoration…

Fresh facts have emerged on how a man in Otokutu, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State allegedly connived with the chief priest of the community and others to bestially murder his close friend. It has now been revealed that the suspect, Efe Onoetiyi (aka Efe Millions) killed his friend, Paulinus Okon, after defrauding him of N30m given to him to purchase a choice plot of land in the community. “Rather than buying the land as instructed by Paulinus, Efe diverted the money, gave out forged documents and used it to hurriedly build himself a 6-bedroom duplex in the…

By Deborah Nnamdi The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Nentawe Yilwatda says the Federal Government is targeting 15m households and 75m people in its conditional cash transfer scheme. Yilwatda disclosed this on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. According to him, each household will be paid ₦25,000 per month thrice a year as part of President Bola Tinubu’s push to cushion the impacts of economic hardship on vulnerable Nigerians. “The president was so specific, there are policies that he brought in to see if that can ease those challenges for people at the lower…

File Photo of a road accident From Didimoko A Didimoko, Calabar No fewer than 14 individuals, including three students, are feared dead in three ghastly motor accidents that occurred in Ogun, Cross Rivers, and Ebonyi states, as Nigerians travel for the yuletide holidays. Three students from Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, were confirmed dead on Friday following a tragic motor accident along the Ilisan-Ago-Iwoye Road. The Ogun State Police Command confirmed the deaths of the three students. The command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, stated that the accident occurred at approximately 3:30 PM on Friday when the Opel Safira they…

By Deborah Nnamdi A N5 million reward has been announced for anyone who recovers the missing phone of Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid. The phone reportedly went missing on Saturday during the singer’s surprise performance at the Nativeland concert held at Sol Beach, Elegushi, Lagos. In a viral video from the event, DJ Tunez announced from the stage, explaining that Wizkid’s phone had fallen during his performance. He also pledged a reward of N5 million to anyone who returns it. “When my brother Wizkid was performing, he dropped his cell phone. Anybody that finds Wizkid’s cell…