The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Professor Christianah Adeyeye on Monday said the agency does not and had never contracted the analyses of its micronutrients or any parameter of its regulated products to private laboratory since she assumed office.

It used to be a great privilege and status symbol to work at The Nigerian Stock Exchange up till 2010, before the palace coup at the board sent virtually all of us in the management packing.

The immediate past Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has urged the Federal Government to name a national monument after literary icon, late Prof. Chinua Achebe, in line with the resolutions of the 7th Senate and House of Representatives of the at their valedictory sessions for him during his burial in 2013.

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger has admonished Nigerians to reflect more on what unites the country rather than what divides it.

Rising from a low-key Independence anniversary, Sunday, the federal government yesterday unveiled plans to turn Nigeria fully into a digital economy.

Gov. Alex Otti has declared that the era of sharing Abia money to few individuals instead of using it to develop the state, should be considered over.

Ahead of the November 11 gubernatorial election in Kogi State, the Arewa Defenders Forum, ADF, has urged the Nigeria Police Force to be at red alert and confront any form of violence before, during and after the elections.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has thrown his weight behind the efforts of the south east governors in rooting out insecurity in the geopolitical zone.

Reports say over 35 people have been burnt to death at an illegal oil refining site in Rivers State.

Lawyers for Niger’s ousted president say they are filing a legal case in the West African country against those behind the coup that deposed the democratically elected leader.

Ahead of the November 11 gubernatorial election in Kogi State, the Arewa Defenders Forum, ADF, has urged the Nigeria Police Force to be at red alert and confront any form of violence before, during and after the elections.

The UN’s health agency on Monday recommended an additional malaria vaccine for children, which could save hundreds of thousands of lives by plugging a huge supply and demand gap.

 The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commended the Federal Government’s announcement of 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) waiver on Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), cfommonly called diesel.

Niger says it has paid N120 million out of the N500 million it owed the National Examination Council (NECO) as examination fees for its Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) candidates.

Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has said that Nigeria can defy its current difficulties and strive to become a great nation.