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Phone Dealers Demand Government Intervention Over Rising Import Prices
On Friday, the Nigerian Phone and Allied Products Dealers Association urged the government to support domestic production of mobile devices and telecommunications equipment in order to maintain economic stability. The PAPDAN President, Mr. Ifeanyi Akubue, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria that the local manufacturing would reduce dependence on imported goods. Akubue said that it would also...
ECOWAS Security Frameworks In Jeopardy As Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali Exit — Air Chief
According to Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff, CAS, the sub-region's security frameworks have been upset by the Alliance of Sahel States' exit from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS. He added that plans by Chad to pull out of the Multinational Joint Task Force would affect the ability of the joint security force to...
Parents Express Concerns As Bauchi Shuts Schools For A Month During Ramadan
The Ministry of Education has ordered schools to close for a month in order to keep children at home during Ramadan, which has left parents in Bauchi perplexed. Vanguard investigations reveal that all pupils will be tasked with writing their exams immediately after returning from the break. Several parents who spoke with Vanguard said that they are worried for their children’s...
NAFDAC Orders Stop On Artemether/Lumefantrine Oral Suspension Registration
The multi-dose oral suspension of artemether/lumefantrine dry powder has no longer been registered by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The announcement was made in a public alert No. 01/2025, released on the agency’s website Thursday. According to the alert, the decision was made due to the instability of the reconstituted formulations, which can lead to...
Anambra Police Accept Accountability For Escape Of Murder Suspects
Two suspects in the murder of Hon. Justice Azuka, the lawmaker representing Onitsha North 1 Constituency in the State House of Assembly, escaped due to operational errors acknowledgeable by the Anambra State Police Command. Following the discovery of the lawmaker’s decomposing body at the Second Niger Bridge, multiple arrests were made. However, the public was shocked to learn that two...
Lagos Lawmakers Attend Court Hearing On Obasa Removal Suit
On Friday, twenty-nine Lagos State House of Assembly members who support Speaker Mojisola Meranda showed up at the Lagos State High Court to hear a case that Agege lawmaker Mudashiru Obasa had brought. PUNCH Online reports that Obasa had challenged his removal in court by 36 of his colleagues on January 13, 2025. In the application dated February 12, 2025, and...
Court Schedules March 7 For Hearing In Obasa Removal Case
The Lagos State High Court, Ikeja's Justice Yetunde Rukayat Pinheiro has set March 7 as the date for hearing all outstanding applications in the lawsuit brought by former State House Assembly Speaker Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa had dragged the state government and the assembly to court over what he termed unlawful removal. The lawsuit, filed on February 14, 2025, also names the...
Senate President Akpabio Denies Natasha’s Sexual Harassment Allegation
Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, has been accused of sexual harassment by Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uguaghan. Akpabio has since denied the allegation through his media consultant, Kenny Okulogbo. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the allegation during an interview with Arise Television on Friday. She alleged that Akpabio blocked her motions from being heard on the floor of the Senate because she rejected his advances. The...
Supreme Court Cancels Rivers Local Government Elections
The results of the October 5, 2024, local government elections in Rivers State were declared invalid by the Supreme Court on Friday. The apex court upheld an appeal that was brought before it by the All Progressives Congress, APC. In a unanimous decision by a five-member panel led by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the court vacated the November 21, 2024, judgment of...
Power Cut Hits Presidential Villa, 52 Other Key Locations
Technical issues with some of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company's feeders have resulted in a widespread power outage that has impacted at least 53 locations, including the Presidential Villa. The technical fault affecting the power supply to some parts of the city in the Abuja metropolis impacted transmission to the R4 Injection Sub Station at Three Arm Zone, Aso Drive,...
