The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that importation of Indomie noodles to Nigeria has been banned following allegations of a cancer-causing chemical found in the noodles and non-registration of the agency. Health Official in Malaysia and Taiwan recently detected ethylene oxide, a compound ...
The Federal Government has explained that the sum of 1.2 million dollars allegedly spent in hiring buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan was due to the dire need of the war situation. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the ministry of Humanitarian ...
Recall that the implementation of the Naira redesign and withdrawal of old banknotes by CBN sucked in about N1.81 trillion from the Currency Outside Banks, CoB, while crashing Currency-in-Circulation to N1.4 trillion in January 2023. The CBN Money and Credit data for January showed that Nigerians in response to the ...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor says Nigeria requires an all of society approach to curtail the various forms of insecurity facing it. Irabor said this on Thursday in Abuja, at a two-day workshop on “Use of Broadcasting in Complementing the Military in Conflict Mitigation and Management”. ...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) declared on Wednesday in Abuja that no state has the right to increase Hajj fares. Its Chairman, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, made the declaration at a meeting with chief executive officers of states pilgrim’s welfare boards, agencies and commissions. Hassan explained that the 2023 ...
Some residents of Abuja and environs have lamented the scarcity of the new naira notes. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restored the old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes to remain as legal tender until Dec. 31. Mr Moses Nnegedu, a resident of Nyanya, said if CBN was ...
The NYSC said the 2023 Batch ‘A Stream II Orientation Course has been scheduled to hold from 26th April to 16th May, 2023. According to management, 2023 NYSC Batch A Stream II Orientation Course for Lagos and FCT will commence on 3rd May, 2023. Some PCMs deployed to FCT will ...
The federal government has ordered the temporary closure of the national stadium at Surulere in Lagos state following the collapse of a floodlight mast. Minister of sports and youth development, gave the directive on Saturday after he inspected the vicinity where the floodlight mast collapsed. The minister was said to ...
Geoffrey Onyeama, minister of foreign affairs, says the federal government is working assiduously to ensure the safe evacuation of Nigerians in Sudan. Onyeama spoke during an interview on Channels Television on Sunday. The minister said about 5,500 Nigerians are in Sudan and over 80 percent of them are students. He ...
The DSS’ Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya, in a statement late Thursday night, said the suspects were in possession of two AK-47 assault rifles, two empty AK-47 magazines, a red Boxer motorcycle, and a sack of yams in which the guns were concealed. “The suspects were on transit to deliver ...
