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277 cartons of fake and unregistered Malamal Fort anti-malaria drugs worth over N1.2 billion have been seized by the National Agency for Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The drugs were hidden in a spare parts warehouse along Ilasa-Oshodi after being shipped in a container from China. Revealing the matter to newsmen in […]
An Urhobo group under the Urhobo Renaissance Group (URG) has called on the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to adhere to the provisions of the constitution and award the pipeline surveillance contract in Urhobo land to an Urhobo son. The group, addressing the issues in a statement through […]
Major Josiah, who was reported kidnapped by gunmen in Bomadi, has been rescued by villagers in the deep forest of Tuomo community. The major was found inside the forest, tied to a canoe, with gunshot wounds on his leg and hand. The local community took him to a nearby camp before conveying him to […]
Residents in Bomadi and the surrounding areas are tense over what the retaliation of the Nigerian Army will be after a senior officer, Lt.-Col. Josiah, was kidnapped from his lodge in Bomadi. The Colonel had attended a marriage ceremony during the weekend in the Kpakiama community and afterwards proceeded to lodge at Bomadi, […]
Medical doctors under the umbrella of the Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory (ARD-FCT) have embarked on a seven-day warning strike. Disclosing the information in a communiqué on Monday, the President, Dr. George Ebong, and other executive members stated that they refuse to compromise any longer. NARD revealed that the FCT […]
The Chairman of the Presidential Tax Reform Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has dismissed trending reports that from January 2026, Nigerians will start paying a N500 fuel surcharge. Oyedele’s clarification comes amid growing tension and uncertainty about how much harder things are going to be in the coming months under President Tinubu’s administration. Explaining […]
Simon Ekpa has been sentenced to six years in prison for terrorism-related crimes and other offenses by a District Court in Finland on Monday. Following his conviction, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has distanced itself and the ESN from Ekpa, who calls himself the leader of the Biafra Government in Exile. […]
Niger Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has dissolved his cabinet asking the Permanent Secretaries to take over affairs of the ministries pending when new commissioners will be inaugurated. He dissolved the cabinet on Monday during the weekly State Executive Council Meeting warning the outgone commissioners against lobbying anyone for any position. “Don’t lobby anyone, no […]
Reports making the rounds that former President Goodluck Jonathan has stepped down from the 2027 presidential election race to protect the interests of Southern unity are not true. The rebuttal was announced by his cousin, Azibaola Robert, on Friday in a statement shared on his Facebook page, stating that Jonathan never said he […]
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari, has publicly alleged that his life and those of his management team are under serious threat as a result of reforms introduced into the system. This threat to life was revealed on Thursday during a meeting held in […]
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