NAFDAC closes 4 yoghurt production companies
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) office in Kaduna State has closed four illegal facilities engaged in the production of unregistered yoghurt. The State Coordinator of the agency, Nasiru Mato, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna. Mato said that the agency sealed the facilities during its surveillance activities in...
Buhari tasks NNPC on speedy transfer of assets
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to ensure a speedy transition by taking all steps required to transfer assets, human and material. The President spoke on Friday when he received the certificate of incorporation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited. Buhari said the country expects nothing less from the Board of Directors,...
Journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov win Nobel Peace Prize
The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia. The award was won for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace. Announcing the shared award in Oslo on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said that the pair were “representatives of all journalists...
Tinubu returns from London, says ‘I’m fully healed after knee surgery’
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, returned to Nigeria on Friday evening after spending over three months in London, the United Kingdom, for surgery. The former governor said he “has returned fully healed from the knee surgery.” Tinubu arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos and was received by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu,...
Tiwa Savage: I’m being blackmailed with sex tape
Popular Afro-pop music star, Tiwalade Savage has revealed that she's being blackmailed with her sex tape and she is being asked to part with huge sums of money. The mother of one made this known during a chat with Power 105.1 FM's Angie. She said that she discovered the blackmail after her road manager sent her the tape. "Yesterday I was leaving...
Bode George and I undergo surgeries in Germany within 24 hours – Roli
Former Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mrs. Roli Bode-George, has narrated how she and her husband, Chief Olabode George, underwent surgeries within 24 hours in Germany. She said the leg surgery her husband, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), underwent, was done for six hours. Speaking in Lagos, George said the pain...
Coca-Cola System mulls fresh N560bn investment in Nigeria
The Coca-Cola System in Nigeria, comprising Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd and Coca-Cola Nigeria Ltd., has said that it will invest N560 billion in five years in Nigeria. Managing Director of NBC, Mr. Mathieu Seguin, said this on Thursday in Lagos, during a news conference to flag-off activities marking the company’s 70th anniversary celebration in Nigeria. The Coca-Cola System, through the bottling...
First Bank drives trading, exchanges 605.01m shares
FBN Holdings Plc (FBNH) emerged the most traded stock by volume on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd on Thursday. Specifically, the company accounted for 605.01 million shares worth N8.90 billion. Fidelity Bank followed with 20.59 million shares valued at N53.59 million, while Wema Bank traded 15.18 million shares worth N11.31million. ETI accounted for 15.03 million shares valued at N88.88 million, while Transcorp transacted...
Army: Actor Chiwetalu Agu inciting public to join IPOB
The Nigerian Army has justified the arrest of Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu. Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said troops arrested Agu while inciting members of the public and soliciting support for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Nwachukwu said: “Dressed in a very well-known attire of the proscribed group, Chiwetalu Agu was picked up for questioning while inciting members...
Nigerians’ll witness Tinubu’s inauguration as President in 2023 – Sanwo-Olu
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said that major political actors in the country will drive to the logical end the presidential ambition of his benefactor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in 2023. With confidence, Sanwo-Olu declared that Nigerians will witness the inauguration of Tinubu as President. “By the grace of God, we will drive this agenda to logical end and we will all...
