NAFDAC Alerts Nigerians On Suspected Fake Drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control has raised the alarm over the circulation of suspected counterfeit Augmentin 625mg Tabs in the country. According to NAFDAC, the product failed short of the labeling requirements. The alert signed by the management of NAFDAC and titled ‘NAFDAC Alert And Sensitization Of The Public On Suspected Falsified Augmentin 625mg’ was obtained...
Increase In Airfares About 97% In One Year – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that air transportation rose by 96.87 per cent in one year. In its report titled ‘transport fare watch’ (September 2022), the Bureau noted that the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey, increased by 96.87% from N36,922.97 in September 2021 on a year-on-year basis. According to the statistics body, on...
UAE Authorities Jail Nigerian Lady For Filming Scene Of Maltreatment Of Her Countrymen
The family of Dinchi Lar, a Nigerian lady who was jailed for one year in the United Arab Emirates, have said she was incarcerated for exposing the maltreatment of Nigerians at Dubai airports. They stated this during a protest on Sunday in Abuja after the Dubai authorities sentenced her to one-year imprisonment. On August 31, Lar had taken to her Twitter...
How We Arrested IPOB Commanders In Ebonyi, Recovered Assorted Arms — Police
Ebonyi state Police Command, weekend said it has arrested Commanders of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB/ Eastern Security Network, ESN, in a thick forest, close to Opeke River, in Omege village of Agba Community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. During their arrest, the combined team of police, the military and DSS, also recovered assorted arms, ammunition, military...
FG Evacuates 542 Stranded Nigerians From UAE
A total of 542 stranded Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates, UAE, have been repatriated by the federal government. They arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja on Sunday morning at about 4:29am. The evacuees consisted of 79 males, 460 females and three infants. They were received by a federal government team led by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, and airport...
Obi Visits Bayelsa Flood Victims, Decries FG’s Delay In Activating Response
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, yesterday visited Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital to sympathise with flood victims in the state, lamenting that the federal government had yet to respond three weeks after a massive flooding hit Bayelsa State. Obi, who spoke when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Douye Diri at the Government House before...
How Gunmen Opened Fire On My Convoy – Apostle Suleman
Gunmen on Friday attacked the convoy of the President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, along Benin–Auchi Road, Edo State, and killed three cops and four others. It was gathered that the cleric returned from a foreign trip and was heading for a destination in the state when the gunmen attacked his convoy. Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, who confirmed the attack,...
Akwa Ibom Journalist Narrowly Escapes Death After Ghastly Accident (Photos, Video)
An Akwa Ibom-based journalist, Comrade Ekomobong Peter, on Friday narrowly escaped death after he came out unhurt in an accident in Ini local government area. ABN TV reports that the unfortunate incident occured at about 7pm while on his way to his hometown in Ini local government. Narrating how the incident occurred, the journalist, who's...
Hoodlums Set 15 Trucks Ablaze In Anambra
Hoodlums have set over 15 trucks ablaze in Anambra state. An eye witness told our reporter that the trucks were parked in Amorka community in Ihiala Local government area of the state when hoodlums came around 11pm on Thursday and set them ablaze. https://youtu.be/Dal-FKX40nY According to report coming from the community, there has been pandemonium, confusion and concern since the incident occurred...
Elections Would Hold Nationwide – Police
Contrary to speculations in some quarters that the 2023 general elections may not hold in some parts of the country due to security concerns, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba on Friday allayed fears and assured that the elections would be held nationwide as scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The IGP who spoke through the...
