The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday destroyed N95 billion worth of unregistered pharmaceuticals, including Tramadol 200mg and higher strength in the Republic of Benin. The director-general of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known at a press briefing on the Joint International Destruction of 5 x 40 feet containers of unwholesome pharmaceutical products in Abuja, said the successful tracking and destruction of the products in the Republic of Benin on December 21 and 22, 2022, was as a result of an intelligence report from the presidency in 2018. she said, “The director, Ports Inspection…
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The ruling All Progressives Congress has asked the incumbent governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, to prepare his handover notes in anticipation of victory for the former Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar. This was disclosed in a statement released in Abuja by the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yakubu Ajaka, on Monday. The warning was coming in the wake of the report that the rally was abandoned over a faulty sound system. Meanwhile, the power supply to the rally venue went off shortly after the National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Adamu, mounted the podium and began delivering his…
The Nigerian stock market ended trading with N28.68 trillion equity capitalization on Monday, slightly above the N28.64 trillion recorded on Friday. This shows the market capitalization increased by 0.11 percent or N34.32 billion after trading today. Also, the All-Share Index rose slightly from 52,594.68 ASI to 52,657.69 after gaining 63.01 basis points. On Monday, investors exchanged 143.73 million shares, valued at N1.77 billion, in 4,078 deals. This was against the 443.75 million shares traded in 3,100 deals on Friday worth N1.68 billion. John Holt led the gainers’ list with a 9.38 percent rise in share price to move from N0.96kobo…
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Lagos for Senegal on Tuesday where he will attend the 2nd edition of Dakar International Conference on Agriculture. According to a statement signed by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), the high-level Dakar 2 Summit hosted by President Macky Sall of Senegal and the Chairperson of the African Union is holding under the theme “Feeding Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience.” The conference, which seeks to create favourable conditions toward achieving food security in Africa, is convened jointly by the government of Senegal and the African Development Bank. There will also be…
2023: North-East NNPP Secretary dumps Party, defects to PD Dr Babayo Liman, Secretary of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), North-East zone alongside hundreds of supporters have dumped the party for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State. Liman, who is also a member of the Rabiu Kwankwaso Presidential Campaign Council, stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Gombe. The Citizen Newspaper reported the Secretary to have been said he resigned from the NNPP and joined the PDP to support its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. “We registered more than 3.6 million people in the North-East region under…
Nigeria is Best Global IT Talent Factory – Kashifu woos German Tech Expert The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has told an international audience of tech giants that Nigeria is the most viable Information Technology (IT) investment destination in the world. Kashifu said Nigeria ticks all the boxes more than any country in terms of her size, population, youth demography, government support and institutional, legal as well as regulatory framework to ensure the success of any foreign investment in IT. Speaking at this year’s edition of the annual Digital Life Design conference in Munich,…
Cash Withdrawal Policy: Banks commences Automatic Debit Syste Commercial banks have begun the enforcement of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) cash withdrawal limit policy for transactions across channels. The banks are also adjusting their IT systems to take charges on customers’ accounts that exceed set limits, The Nation learnt. CBN reviewed the weekly cash withdrawal limit to N500,000 and N5 million for individual and corporates. The policy shift announced by CBN Director, Banking Supervision Department, Haruna Mustafa, represents 400 per cent increase, from N100,000 and N1 million withdrawal limit for individual and corporates set by the apex bank in…
About Three hundred passengers on Sunday were stranded as the Warri Itakpe train service (WITS) grounded after a train operating the route derailed, the Nigerian Railway Corporation has confirmed. The train derailment left passengers, who were waiting to board the train to Warri from Itakpe, stranded. The train embarked on the 8:00.a.m trip from Ujevwu in Udu Council area of Delta State but derailed at a location between Ajaokuta and Itakpe in Kogi State. According to the schedule of the train service, the train was supposed to pick up passengers from the Itakpe train station at 2:00 p.m for Warri.…
Prof. Zainab Abiola, the wife of the winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, has dragged the Nigeria Police Force and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged defamation. Joined in the suit are the son of the IGP, Ibrahim, and former police orderly, Teju Moses. Abiola, in the suit with reference number FHA/ABJ/CS/2370/202 filed by her lawyer, Tawo Tawo (SAN), is challenging the police for violating her fundamental human rights to life and dignity as a human being. In her statement of claim obtained by…
Senator Kashim Shettima, at the recently concluded signing ceremony organised by the National Peace Committee, for Presidential aspirants and political parties; brimmed with camaraderie and was in fine spirits, as he exchanged pleasantries with a cross-section of participants like Bishop Isaac Idahosa whom he referred to as his brother, as well as Prof. Rufa’i Ahmed Alkali. Kashim is an embodiment of whom you’d refer to as a Pan-Nigerian, drawing friends from all across the different geo-political zones of the country. Having served at Calabar, Cross-Rivers State in the South-South, and obtaining an MSc. from the University of Ibadan, in Oyo…
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPCC) has demanded the arrest and prosecute of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for alleged graft and drugs related issues. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has to arrest and prosecute Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for alleged graft and drugs related issues. The opposition party at a press briefing, yesterday, in Abuja reiterated its demand and asked the Economic and Finance Crimes Commission (EFCC), the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the police, Department of State Service (DSS), and Office of the Attorney-General…
An unknown gunmen have invaded the Gambar Sabon Layi community in the Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State leaving no fewer than five people killed. They also kidnapped one person in the process leaving the community in total confusion, Meridianspy learnt. Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen stormed the area on Saturday night and shot sporadically into the air to scare residents away before carrying out their nefarious act. He said that the assailants kidnapped one Mr Daniel and killed the hamlet head of the area while four others were also killed in the process. Another resident of…