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By Precious Mark The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued an urgent public alert warning importers, distributors, and consumers against the circulation of two banned alcoholic energy drinks intercepted in the West African sub-region. The regulatory warning follows an official notification confirming that food and drug enforcement officers in ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica The Federal Government has evacuated 39 additional Nigerians from Johannesburg, South Africa, aboard an emergency Air Peace flight arranged to bring home citizens who were unable to return during Thursday’s evacuation exercise. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed the development in a statement issued on Friday, explaining that the special ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Lagos State Government has queried an officer of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) over allegations of corruption after a viral video captured him receiving a ₦20,000 bribe from a suspected environmental offender. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica Reactions have continued to trail the disclosure by the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, that the minimum monthly salary for Nigerian soldiers now stands at N100,000, with veterans and serving military personnel describing the amount as inadequate in the face of the country’s rising cost of living. The development comes amid ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Friday presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to the Rivers State House of Assembly for consideration and approval, marking a significant step in the state’s budget process. Governor Fubara arrived at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters Auditorium, where lawmakers have been holding plenary sessions, and ...
...as Oyo Pupils, Teachers regain freedom By Taiwo Scholastica The Nigerian Presidency has disclosed that eight suspected kidnappers involved in the abduction of pupils and teachers in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been arrested, while several others were killed during the rescue operation. The Special Adviser to the President on Information ...
Nigeria has been awarded the UNODC–World Bank–Egmont Group Stolen Asset Recovery initiative award at the 32nd Egmont Group Plenary of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units in Baku, Azerbaijan. The award recognises an outstanding collaborative case between the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the EFCC Nigeria, demonstrating how timely financial intelligence, effective inter-agency cooperation and ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica The Nigerian Senate has approved a total of ₦404.07 billion for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The approval follows the presentation of the report of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs by its Acting Chairman, Yunus Akintunde, who stood in for the committee chairman, Abdulhamid Ahmed Mallam-Madori. This is as the upper ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica A bill seeking to establish the Nutritionists Registration Council of Nigeria, has scaled second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives. The proposed legislation is sponsored by the member representing Okigwe South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Chike Okafor. Opening the debate, Okafor described the bill as “a necessary legislative ...
...pledges insurance, grants for traders if elected as Governor By Ismail Azeez The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the August 15th Osun State governorship election, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji has announced a donation of N10 million to support traders in the state. Oyebamiji made the donation during an engagement with traders and ...
By Precious Mark Nigerian Governors have insisted that the successful implementation of state policing hinges entirely on a comprehensive overhaul of the national revenue allocation formula and the creation of legally protected funding streams. The leaders made these known on Thursday at the Arise News town hall event on State Policing in Abuja. Speaking,Anambra State ...
By Precious Mark The Federal Government has successfully evacuated another batch of 287 Nigerian nationals from South Africa, following the ongoing wave of anti-migrant protests and xenophobic attacks sweeping across the country. The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Lady Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, confirmed the development in a statement on Thursday, noting that the flight departed ...
By Omobolaji Adekunle Two persons were killed in the early hours of Thursday when a Mack truck collided with a Peugeot J5 bus, which subsequently burst into flames at the Ogbere Junction along the Ogbere–J4 corridor in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Sector Command, confirmed the incident in a statement ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica Vice President of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima has ordered the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to collaborate on fast-tracking the adoption of Nigeria's emergency number, 112. The VP gave the order on Thursday when he met with a delegation from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), led ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has announced the immediate disengagement of Online Integrated Solutions (OIS Services) as the operator of Nigeria’s Visa Application and Submission Centres in the United States. The development was disclosed in a public notice posted on the service’s official X account on Thursday. Acording to the notice, the ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said his spending reforms are the reason he is unpopular among many civil servants, arguing that his administration has blocked channels previously used to divert public funds. Wike made the remarks during his monthly media briefing on the state of the ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica Former Anambra State Governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has claimed that many business owners are suffering under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The NDC Presidential candidate made the allegations during an interview with media entrepreneur Chude Jideonwo on Wednesday. Speaking, Obi alleged that several business owners ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Nigerian Senate has suspended its probe into the inclusion of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) in the 2026 Appropriation Act. The decision followed a motion raised under matters of urgent national importance by Senator Kawu Sumaila (APC, Kano South), who sought a probe into how the agency allegedly received ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica Lagos State has been ranked the most climate-resilient city in West Africa in the 2026 West Africa Climate Governance Index (WACGI). The state emerged as the highest-performing sub-national government among 209 states and regions across the 15 member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The development was disclosed ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has suspended its planned withdrawal of services and industrial action following the resolution of operational concerns with APM Terminals at the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa. The decision was contained in a communiqué issued on Thursday by the National Coordinator of the association's 100 ...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the late Alhaji Kola Oseni as a courageous and principled man who never compromised his convictions, urging Nigerians to honour his memory by living lives of integrity, speaking the truth without fear and remaining steadfast in the pursuit of what is right. The President, who spoke on Wednesday at ...
By Precious Mark The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called for transparent justice and fair treatment for the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, stating that the emotional viral video of his wife must serve as a wake-up call to the nation's conscience. Obi made this known ...
By Taiwo Scholarstica The House of Representatives on Wednesday turned down a proposal seeking to invite President Bola Tinubu to explain the alleged suspension of funding for zonal intervention projects, popular known as constituency projects, during a heated plenary session on the implementation of the 2026 budget. The debate arose while lawmakers were considering a ...
