NAFDAC secures five-year jail term for fake Goya oil manufacturer
….Court gives Aba businessman option of ₦5m fine By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has secured the conviction of a businessman in Aba, Abia State, for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil, sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment with an option of a ₦5 […]
14.4% of Nigerians engage in drug abuse — UNODC
The United Nations Office on Drug and Crimes (UNODC) has said that 14.4 per cent of Nigerians are presently engaged in drug abuse. This portend a negative trend to the future of the country, Mr Oliver Stolpe, UNODC Country Representative to Nigeria, said in Abuja on Tuesday, Stolpe spoke at the third national youth conference […]
Install safety valves to reduce explosions, FRSC urges tanker owners
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised tanker owners to install safety valves to stem incessant tankers’ explosions in the country. Mr Ahmed Umar, the State Sector Commander, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun.Umar gave the advice while […]
Suspected kidnappers kill Ondo APC Chieftain
By Dayo Johnson – Akure A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo state and a member of the state Executive Committee of the party, Honourable Bamidele Emmanuel Isibor, has been shot dead by suspected kidnappers. Isibor, aged 62, a father of five, was attacked in company of three others on their way from Imoru […]
Ekiti auto accident claims 7 lives, many injured — Police
The Police Command in Ekiti confirmed that seven people lost their lives, while many other passengers sustained injuries in an auto accident along Ilumoba-Aisegba road in Ekiti on Tuesday. A statement by Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson in Ado-Ekiti, said the incident, which occurred at about 6:00a.m., involved two vehicles on a collision. He […]
FG’s anti-media stance worse than Decree 4; won’t be allowed— Editors’ Guild
The Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, said on Tuesday that attempts by the Federal Government to censor the media was worse than the infamous Decree 4 of 1984, which was promulgated during the military era, and vowed to resist it.
