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No More Flogging In Lagos Schools, Says Commissioner
The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its ban on physical punishment in public schools, citing counseling as a more successful form of discipline. The state’s Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, reaffirmed the stance during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. He stressed that flogging students for indiscipline and other misbehaviors remains strictly...
TCN: Nigeria’s Power Output Hits 5,713MW
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that the country's power generation reached 5,713.60 megawatts on Tuesday, marking the highest level in the past four years. In a statement on Tuesday, the TCN announced that the power sector had achieved a new peak generation for the year 2025 that was successfully transmitted. It stated that the feat was recorded on Tuesday,...
Three Nabbed By Police Over Alleged Assault On NANS Members
Three suspects have reportedly been taken into custody by the Ondo State Police Command in relation to the assault on National Association of Nigerian Students members in Ogbese, the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on Sunday, February 23, NANS members were attacked at Ogbese, Akure North Local Government Area, while traveling to Abuja for their annual convention. The...
Rivers crisis: Ijaw Nation Opposes Move To Impeach Fubara
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has denounced the Supreme Court's decision regarding Rivers State, warning that it could cause widespread instability in the oil-bearing Niger Delta region as tensions over the political crisis in the state continue to rise. The INC president, Prof. Benjamin Okaba, in a statement made available to Vanguard in Port Harcourt on Monday, declared that the...
NAFDAC Issues Warning On Circulation Of Unsafe Insulin Syringes
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a warning about the illegal distribution and sale of a substandard and counterfeit medical product, the Knowit Insulin Syringe 40 IU 29G x 1/2, in Nigeria. The agency issued the warning in a statement on Monday, highlighting concerns from the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria about...
FG, NNPCL Work Out N7.7tn Fuel Subsidy Debt Payment
The Federal Government’s indebtedness to NNPCL as exchange rate differential (subsidy) for the importation of petrol rose to N7.74tn as of September 2024 when the deregulation of the downstream oil sector was fully implemented. This amount covers the cost of maintaining a specific price range in the retail market, despite acquiring the product at a higher rate between June 2023...
Reps Extend Submission Deadline For Memoranda On State Creation
The House of Representatives, on Monday, extended the deadline for the submission of memoranda on the creation of new states and local governments to March 26, 2025. According to a statement issued by the House spokesperson, Akin Rotimi, this decision was arrived at following public demand for additional time to refine and resubmit their legislative proposals in compliance with Section...
NAFDAC’s Crackdown: The Thin Line Between Fighting Fake Drugs and Destroying Legitimate Businesses
Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry has faced an unrelenting assault orchestrated by NAFDAC and the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) for weeks now. Under the guise of sanitization, key drug markets, including Idumota, Onitsha, and Aba have been raided, shops locked, medicines confiscated, and an entire sector broadly labeled as criminal. The prevailing narrative suggests that all pharmaceutical traders are frauds, charlatans,...
Gov Aiyedatiwa Approves Employment Of 1,000 Teachers In Ondo
Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the governor of Ondo State, has given his approval for the state to hire 1,000 secondary school teachers. The governor is also putting the finishing touches on the employment of 1,000 teachers for primary schools in the state. According to a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Ebenezer Adeniyan, on Monday, the governor’s approval came after...
Supreme Court Ruling Ignored? – Nnamdi Kanu’s Legal Team Questions FG’s Actions
The legal team representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has once again called for his immediate release, insisting that his continued detention is unlawful. During a routine visit on Monday, the legal team, led by Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, disclosed that Kanu remains resolute in his stance that he is being persecuted for...
