Fake NAFDAC registration used to smuggle drugs into Nigeria — Customs
Hands over N53bn worth of seized drugs, expired pharmaceuticals to NDLEA, NAFDAC By Efe Onodjae The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has uncovered an attempt to smuggle unregistered pharmaceutical products into Nigeria using a fake registration number of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this […]
2027: We’ll give Tinubu 95% votes in Ondo’ — APC women declare
—- Hail NASS list, back NWC By Dayo Johnson Akure Women members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State have pledged to deliver 95 percent of their votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. The women, under the Women Wing of the Asiwaju Mandate Group (AMG), made the pledge […]
Okeigbo: Ondo APC stakeholders demand new representative for 2027
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Stakeholders in Okeigbo, Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, have demanded a new representative for the Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo/Odigbo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2027 general elections, citing years of poor representation and inadequate development. Their position was contained in a statement issued on their behalf on […]
Campaign of calumny against Chief Hakeem Gbajabiamila will not stand
By Joseph Oriowo The latest campaign of calumny against the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Hakeem Gbajabiamila, has crossed the line from political criticism into outright fabrication. The recent allegation by one Adeniyi Adeyemi that Gbajabiamila was “involved in the establishment” of a so-called Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, and worse, that he “included” […]
The courtesy that’s beyond please and thank you, by Ruth Oji
Were you taught in primary school to use the magic words? Most people think courtesy means saying “please” and “thank you”, holding doors for others, not interrupting when others speak, remembering the social graces your parents taught you, and the etiquette that makes interactions flow smoothly and signals you were raised right. Well, that’s not wrong, […]
Communities as first responders to insecurity
The Director-General of the Department of State Security Service, (DSS), Adeola Ajayi, has articulated what few security chiefs would dare acknowledge: communities must become the first line of defence against insecurity and terrorism. This postulation represents obvious breakthrough thinking, yet uncomfortable questions remain about why such a brilliant strategy remains unimplemented despite years of worsening […]
