THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned open-drug marketers against selling substandard drugs. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of NAFDAC, issued the warning during an interview at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum…
FIFTEEN Nigerian Navy warships, three helicopters, gunboats, and detachments of the Special Boat Service (naval special forces) have been deployed in this year’s Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Annual Sea Inspection. The warships include Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Kada,…
THE Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) has urged the Federal Government to sustain efforts on the improvement of Naira exchange rate. Mr Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, Director-General of NECA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Oyerinde was reacting…
THE Zamfara Professionals League has commended President Bola Tinubu for reappointing Hajiya Fatimah Shinkafi as the Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) for another term. The group lauded the President’s decision on Sunday in Abuja. The News…
THE management of Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH) in Ilorin has given a 14-day ultimatum to those concerned to claim their corpses from the hospital’s mortuary. The hospital’s Head of Corporate Affairs Unit, Mr Yakub Aliagan, said in…
OPERATIVES of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service have rescued a 63-year-old plumber, Akin Kuboye, alive from deep well in the Igando area of the Lagos. The Director of the fire agency, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, confirmed this in…
BURKINA FASO has appointed Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as its new prime minister following the dismissal of Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela. Ouedraogo’s appointment, announced on Saturday, comes after President Capt. Ibrahim Traore issued a decree removing Kyelem de Tambela from office…
Ghana Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat in the country’s presidential election, marking a historic moment for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) as its leader, former President John Mahama, returns to power. This defeat ends the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP)…
AT least 20 people were injured on Saturday as protests over Mozambique’s disputed October 9 presidential election escalated into violent clashes with police. Demonstrators in the capital, Maputo, set two government buildings ablaze and blocked roads with burning tyres, stones, and containers,…
JOHN Dramani Mahama is set to make a historic comeback as Ghana’s president after his main rival, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat. This comes despite the Electoral Commission of Ghana yet to officially declare the results. Mahama, 65, is no stranger…
