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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Saturday confiscated expired and unregistered products worth N15 million in Niger State. The Director of NAFDAC, North-Central, Mr. Shaba Mohammed, who disclosed this to journalists, said the agency raided 24 business outlets in the Bida local government area of the state. He said: “We embarked on our routine …

CBN Office The federal government says the money it borrowed from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the most expensive debt it is servicing. Currently, the federal government is servicing the N23 trillion CBN Ways and Means facility it collected from the CBN with over N2 trillion. This was disclosed by the Technical Adviser to the Director General of …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday dared the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to take their case to the Supreme Court. Ganduje was reacting to the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which sacked Yusuf as the governor of the state. A three-member panel of the appellate …

Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) in Lagos State has retained the first position for the sixth time in the biannual Webometrics ranking among polytechnics in the country released in July 2023. This was contained in a statement issued by the Yabatech Deputy Registrar, Joe Ejiofor, on Saturday, August 5, 2023. Ejiofor noted that the polytechnic also moved up by two …

Nigeria women’s basketball team, D’Tigress will be playing against the United States, Senegal and hosts Belgium for a spot in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The draw Paris 2024 FIBA basketball qualifying tournaments held on Thursday. The qualifiers will run from 8 to 11 February 2024 in four different cities, Antwerp, China, Sopron in Hungary and Belem in Brazil. The top …

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano has rejected the verdict of the court of appeal on the March 18 election in the state. A three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice M.A. Adumeh had earlier on Friday upheld the verdict of the Kano State governorship election tribunal which sacked Abba Yusuf as governor of the state. …

The Third Mainland Bridge’s ramps will all be closed on Monday at 7 a.m. for repairs, according to the Federal Government. This was revealed by the Federal Ministry of Works in a statement on Friday that was signed by Olukorede Keisha, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State. Keisha said the federal government was set to undertake extensive repairs …

The Niger state government has planned to plant 19 million trees across the state in two years in line with the green economy policy of the Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago- led administration. The state Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Yakubu Kolo, stated this in Minna Thursday at a press briefing. He stated that while the administration planned to plant 10m …

The Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has likened his embattled deputy, Hon. Philip Shaibu, to a spoilt child with the attitude of self-entitlement. Obaseki also discribed Shaibu as bullish and indisciplined who “on sundry occasions saunters and gallivants into the State Executive Council (SEC) meetings while the meeting is ongoing and the governor already superintending”. The governor stated this, …

The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, in Imo State, Mr. Ben Odunzeh has vowed to tackle insecurity and uphold the rule of law if he emerges winner. Odunzeh also reiterated his preparedness to make sure that there is implementation of a transparent and accountable electoral system, before, during and after the election. He made this known …