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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control yesterday destroyed fake and expired goods worth over five Hundred Million Naira in Abuja. Speaking during the exercise, the Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, explained that some of the goods were also voluntarily submitted to the agency. Represented by NAFDAC Director of Investigation and Enforcement, […]
Super Falcons will depart Nigeria for Addis Ababa, Ethiopian capital on Sunday, October 22, 2023, for the 2024 Olympics Qualifiers first leg. Accordingly, the players and officials of the nine-time African champions will leave the shores of Nigeria for the first leg of the Paris 2024 Olympics Qualifiers in Addis Ababa from the nation’s capital, Abuja. […]
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has assured Nigerians that disagreement amongst senators will never result in throwing chairs like what used to happen in the past. Senator Akpabio who gave the assurance on the sidelines of the face-off between him and the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, spoke to State House Reporters, yesterday, shortly after […]
Federal Government has announced its readiness to commence the payment of nine months backlogs to N-Power beneficiaries who are on the programme beginning from November. It announced this yesterday through the N-Power National Programme Manager, Akindele Egbuwalo, who made this known during a meeting with some N-Power beneficiaries at his office in Abuja. Egbuwalo in a […]
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA, has been awarded the best Federal Ministry, Department and Agency, MDA in Digital Transformation from the Presidency through the Bureau of Public Service Reforms. NIMASA Chief, Dr. Jamoh who led management team of the Agency to the Awards Presentation Ceremony in Abuja at the weekend, dedicated the awards […]
The entourage of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and that of Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun were over the weekend held in traffic for three hours on the dilapidated Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta. Governor Abiodun and Senator Akpabio, accompanied by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, Senator Aminu Tambuwal, Senator Adams Oshiomohle, Senator Sani Bello, among others, were […]
Federal Government has been told to give compensation to host communities of rich forests in the country to check the exploitation of the forest resources by the people. Commissioner for Environment in Cross River, Moses Osogi, made the call when he visited the Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Environment, Dr. Ishaq Salako, in his […]
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Bayo Onanuga as his – Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. Also appointed is Ms. Delu Bulus Yakubu, who will serve as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. This was announced in a statement yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on […]
Federal government has tasked security agencies to explore intelligence research in the bid to address the – current security challenges affecting the country, which it described as ideological warfare than a physical war waged on the nation. Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this assertion yesterday in Abuja during the public presentation and official launch […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved more than two hundred and seventeen billion naira for road repairs and construction projects across the country. Minister of Works, Engineer David Umahi, announced this yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja while speaking with journalists after an audience with President Tinubu in his office. The Minister said that the emergency […]
