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The Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has raided an illegal alcohol factory on Lagos Island and arrested three people. The agency confirmed the development in a statement posted on its X account on Friday. NAFDAC said its officers raided several shops and premises at Oke-Arin market after obtaining credible intelligence and discovered a makeshift factory used to produce various …

The three tiers of government on Friday shared the revenue allocation of N1.35 trillion for July. A communique issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja revealed the total distributable fund of N1.35 trillion comprising official revenue of N161.593 billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N582.307 billion and Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) …

Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Friday the Federal Government was working to resolve its dispute with Chinese company Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment. The company on Thursday seized a Dassault Falcon 7X, a Boeing 737-7N6/BBJ, and an Airbus A330-243 belonging to the Federal Government stationed at Paris-Le Bourget and Basel-Mulhouse airports in France. This follows a Paris court order on …

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Friday quashed an order barring former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, and two others from attending the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings. Other party leaders affected are the sacked Rivers State Governor, Celestine Omehia and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara. Justice Inyang Ekwo …

Nigeria’s Super Falcons retained their 36th position in the latest FIFA World Rankings. The latest rankings were published on the world football body’s official website on Friday, August 16, 2024. In Africa, Falcons remain the top-ranked team, followed by Banyana Banyana from South Africa. Their ranking is not surprising, considering their disappointing showing at this summer’s Paris Olympics. The Falcons …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has warned that the response of the party’s national working committee (NWC) is a direct invitation to anarchy in the state. The warning came after the NWC ordered Chief Tony Okocha to commence the Congress process from ward level to state level in October, despite a court ruling dismissing Okocha’s interim committee …

The Senate has finally responded to claims made by Senator Kawu Sumaila (NNPP, Kano South) that each serving senator receives N21 million monthly. Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC Ekiti South), on Thursday, clarified that the National Assembly receives only 1% of the federal budget. Adaramodu, in a press release, explained that the funds …

A devastating incident has occurred in Benue State, where gunmen have kidnapped over 20 medical and dental students, along with a Hospital Officer. The students from the University of Maiduguri and the University of Jos were on their way to the annual convention of the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) in Enugu when they were ambushed. The …

Aare Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), has criticized the Federal Government’s disbursement of social assistance to citizens, describing it as an attempt to turn Nigerians into beggars and plunge them into poverty. He also expressed his support for the Patriots’ call for a new constitution. Babalola made the comments during a visit by the Prestige Sisters …

The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, on Thursday condemned the seizure of three Nigerian presidential jets in France, calling it a stark example of “failed leadership” and lack of transparency in the country. The jets were seized by a French court over a contract dispute between Ogun State and Chinese firm Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial …