Our labs at par with international labs— NAFDAC DG
The Acting Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mrs Yetunde Oni has expressed the Agency’s ability to compete favourably with international counterparts on food and drug administration and control activities through the International Standard Organisation (ISO) accreditation of 4 of its laboratories.
Why Sylva, Alaibe, Lokpobiri can’t get Bayelsa governorship ticket—Kpodo
A chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, Chief Perekeme Kpodo, has offered reasons why the former governor, Chief Timipre Sylva; Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and former Managing Director of Niger Delta Develop-ment Commission, NDDC, Mr. Timi Alaibe, are not qualified to vie for the governorship ticket of the party in 2020.
Run for 2nd term, Okada riders urge Omo-Agege
A political pressure group, Erhuvwu’ Urhobo Political Forum, EUPF, has called on the Senator representing Delta Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Obarisi Omo-Agege, to run for a second term in 2019.
Militants suspend attacks in N’Delta
REFORMED Niger Delta Avengers, RNDA, and a coalition of nine militant groups, yesterday, temporarily suspended their threat to restart attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta region.
Reconstitute MDCN Board now, Medical College urges FG
THE National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, NPMCN, has urged the Federal government to reconstitute the Board of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, to allow the Council perform statutory functions
Labour, Ikeja DISCO in fresh showdown over workers’ sack
ORGANISED Labour in the nation’s Power sector and Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, IKeja DISCO, are heading towards a fresh showdown over the termination of employment of some workers.
Schneider Electric restates commitment to innovation, sector’s devt
SCHNEIDER Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has emphasised the strategic role of innovation in driving and achieving the desired transformations as well as consolidating gains in the power sector.
NNYM advocates one voice for Southern region
NDOKWA National Youth Movement, NNYM, yesterday, called on leaders of the three south geo-political zones to put their differences aside and forge a common path to tackle the perceived Northern dominance in the country’s political space.
AuGF accuses petroleum ministry of contract-splitting, procurement violation
THE Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation has accused the Ministry of Petroleum Resources of contract splitting, violating the procurement process and other offences.
2 hospitalised after gas explosion in Lagos
Two persons were hospitalised yesterday, following injuries sustained from a cooking gas explosion in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Oando reduces debt position by 24% despite low oil price
Despite the low crude oil price in the global market, Oando Plc disclosed that it has reduced its debt position by 24 per cent.
