By Peter Okolie The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday confiscated alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and pet bottles below 200ml worth millions of naira in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the alcoholic beverages confiscated by theContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Theatre, Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos, as Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts. The President disclosed this in a tribute personally written and signed by him on Friday in Abuja to mark Soyinka’s 90 birthday. “IContinue Reading
By Grace Alegba The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) on Thursday identified adequate collaboration as an essential strategy for curbing insider influence and financial malpractices in banks and other financial institutions. Mr Bello Hassan, Managing Director of NDIC, stated this during the 2024 capacity-building workshop for law enforcement agenciesContinue Reading
By Hafsah Tilde The culture of putting on shoes and the type and cost is a great deal for many people, especially celebrities and other famous individuals. Shoes have become part of the fashion trends that defines a person and his or her social standing; it is personal identifier. TheContinue Reading
Traffic was disrupted along the Kubwa Expressway on Thursday evening when a tanker offloading petrol caught fire inside a filling station. Fire fighters were, however, on ground to respond to the situation. The incident at Dutse junction on Kubwa Expressway did not claim any life.Continue Reading
By Adebola Adegoke/Mariam Akande The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Lagos Urban Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (LUWASH) Activity have awarded 841,217 dollars grant to support seven organisations to improve hygiene services in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the grant approved byContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday swore in eight new permanent secretaries to fill existing and impending vacancies of some states and geo-political zones in the top administrative cadre of the Civil Service of the Federation. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s spokesman, read their citations before they tookContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Mr Peter Scott, Global CEO of BURN Manufacturing, says his company plans to construct a full cooking stove manufacturing facility in Ogun. Scott said this during a visit to Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, on Tuesday in Abuja. Ngelale said the visit wasContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has expressed support for Nigeria’s bid for re-election into the FIFA Council. Mr Amaju Pinnick, two-term President of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), is seeking re-election into the Council. Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, said inContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has tasked the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms to address obstacles to agricultural productivity. The president inaugurated the committee on Tuesday in Abuja and appointed former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, as Co-Chairman of the Committee.Continue Reading
