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The United Kingdom has said 10 Nigerians are on its Visa ban watchlist, following their inciting comments, during the country’s just concluded general election. The UK government also condemned a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Femi Fani-Kayode, over his controversial comments during the elections. In an interview with Nigeria Info FM, on Sunday, […]
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has asked Nigerians, medical doctors, importers and traders, to stop the use, prescription and sale of EzriCare and Delsam Pharma Artificial Tears Eye Drops. The Agency also warned importers, distributors, retailers and consumers to exercise caution and vigilance within the supply chain, adding that […]
A Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Ikeja, has locked up 51-year-old Ubregbo Parmer in prison for life, for raping his colleague’s 9-year-old daughter. The convict, utility officer, committed the offence in his office on 10 December 2019, in Magodo area of Lagos. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had sufficiently […]
The United Kingdom Home Office International Operations, HOIO, has trained about 35 officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA’s Marine Command and Seaports Operations in recent weeks. Of the number, five are currently undergoing a two-week Maritime Patrol and Tactical Coxswain training at the UK’s Central Maritime Training Unit based in Southampton. The […]
A non-governmental organization, Know Your Rights for Justice, has petitioned the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, over the alleged killing of one, Charles Oyinbra Anderson, by NDLEA operatives. The rights group, in a letter dated March 17, 2023, and signed by its […]
By Oluwatosin Adebowale President Muhammadu Buhari has said he would hand over to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, come May 29, 2023. President Buhari’s reaction followed a statement ascribed to him suggesting he would not hand over to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the expiration of his tenure on 29th May. The […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Mamman Nasir Ali, son of Ahmadu Ali, former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and one, Christian Taylor, before Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, for alleged N2.2-billion oil subsidy fraud. Nasir Ali and Taylor were arraigned alongside […]
Two members of Israeli Knesset (parliament) have caused a stir and controversy, after they introduced a controversial bill. The lawmakers introduced a bill, seeking to ban any and all efforts to tell people about Jesus. According to a report by All Israel News, if the new bill that was introduced last week is approved, people […]
It appears Nigeria’s national carrier, Nigeria Air, may commence full flight operations and services before May 29, handover of President Muhammadu Buhari. This is according to a revelation by Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Haidi Sirika, at the National Aviation Stakeholders’ Forum 2023 held in Abuja, on Thursday. President Buhari had earlier in October 2022, said the […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says it has directed the evacuation of banknotes from its vaults to commercial banks, across the country. The CBN has also directed all commercial banks to open for operation on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of efforts to ease the circulation of banknotes of various denominations. CBN’s Acting Director, […]
