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Health care providers and Nigerians’ attention has been drawn by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to one batch of counterfeit Meronem 1g Injection on sale in the country. The information is contained in a public alert signed by the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Tuesday. […]
The reports making rounds that the Abia State government under the administration of Governor Alex Otti has spent over N900 million on feeding and welfare from July to September 2023 is false. It was reported that Otti’s government has spent N927 million within three months on meals, settlement of honorarium, allowances, and welfare […]
The election that brought Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State into power has been affirmed by the Court of Appeal in Abuja. Alia’s election was challenged in court in a petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Titus Uba following the judgment given by the tribunal. During the proceedings at […]
The voices of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) are on the mountain top crying that President Williams Akporeha and General Secretary Afolabi Olawale resign from the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) or they would exit the union. This was contained in a statement by a formal official of PTD from Ibadan […]
The Police Command in Kaduna State have arrested a young man identified as David Felix, from Madakiya village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state for killing his father. The 20-year-old man was arrested after he killed his father for allegedly appearing like a bird to him in his dreams. On […]
The nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, as a result of the assault on Comrade Joe Ajaero in Imo State, has been suspended. The strike was called off after an emergency joint National Executive Council, NEC, meeting with the leaders of NLC and TUC last night […]
A new world record has been set by a Nigerian lady, Helen Williams for the longest handmade wig. Williams’s record was disclosed by the Guinness World Record on X handle on Tuesday. The stretch of the wig is 351.28 metres (1,152 ft 5 in) which she made for 11 days, spending over N200,000. GWR […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes remain a legal tender beyond the expiry date of December 31, 2023 that was earlier given. In a statement on Tuesday, the Director of Corporate Communications, Dr Isa Abdulmumin stated that banks will continue to issue and accept […]
Pain and fear passed through the spine of passengers at the Port Harcourt International Airport as ValueJet, CRJ 900 Bombardier aircraft skidded off the runway. The aircraft had 62 passengers and five crew members, with registration 5N-BXR, slipped off the runway while trying to land. With no damages done to the aircraft, it landed […]
Following the nationwide strike by organised labour and the shutting down of the national grid by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, a new development has been made by the power sector. Earlier today, the spokesperson of the TCN, Ndidi Mbah confirmed to Daily Post that electricity workers shut down the national grid in […]
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