Author: Vincent Osuwo

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Wednesday in Kano, uncovered and sealed a warehouse stocked with 88,560 litres of controlled chemicals, including sulphuric and nitric acid, used for explosives in Kano. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General of the Agency, made the announcement while briefing reporters at the facility in Kwakwachi, Fagge Local Government Area of the state. Adeyeye, represented by NAFDAC’s Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Dr. Martins Iluyomade, stated that the warehouse contained 60,000 litres of 90.5 percent sulphuric acid and 28,560 litres of 68 percent nitric acid, as well as 330 empty jerrycans…

The Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, on Thursday dismissed a statement credited to Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, who reportedly said Obi must seek clearance before visiting the state. The former governor of Anambra state stated that he is not afraid of visiting any part of the country. Obi stated this in Onitsha during the presentation of a ₦50 million check to his alma mater, Christ the King College (CKC), in support of infrastructural development. The donation, made in collaboration with fellow Old Boys of the school, is aimed at improving educational facilities and learning…

Adebayo Pelumi, a correctional officer who was declared wanted for the murder of a photojournalist, Ayo Aiyepekun, in Lokoja, Kogi State, reportedly committed suicide. Pelumi, who worked for the Nigeria Correctional Service, was claimed to have checked into a hotel on Wednesday afternoon and was discovered dead in the room at 1 p.m. on Thursday. A hotel employee discovered his body while performing standard cleanup at checkout. According to a hotel employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity, management immediately notified the police, who identified the deceased as the main suspect in Aiyepekun’s murder. Aiyepekun, a photojournalist with InsideStory…

Prof. Yilwatda Nentawe, the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s new National Chairman, has committed to unifying the party’s organs and participants across the country. Nentawe’s appointment was revealed during the ruling party’s NEC meeting in Abuja on Thursday. “I pledge without hesitation that I will work with everybody in the party… I will expand the party with you,” said Nentawe in his acceptance speech. The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has named the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Nentawe, as substantive national chairman of the party. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, who leads the…

President Bola Tinubu announced plans Thursday to build a new national secretariat for the All Progressives Congress in Abuja. “We’ll look for suitable land to build a fitting secretariat,” Tinubu stated at the 14th APC National Executive Committee meeting, which was held at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. However, Tinubu did not specify a budget for the project. Muhammadu Buhari House is the current APC national secretariat, located at 40 Blantyre Street, Wuse II, Abuja. The party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee named the building after Buhari in June 2021, after the party paid N2.5 billion for the property…

The Sokoto State Government has prohibited all sorts of “signing-out” ceremonies for graduating secondary school students throughout the state. Prof Ahmad Ladan Ala, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, issued the prohibition on Thursday, citing an increase in student misconduct, vandalism, and public disturbances linked to such gatherings. The directive applies to both public and private schools in Sokoto state. Ala claims that the signing-out trend has strayed from its initial celebratory meaning and now threatens the principles of discipline, academic attention, and responsible behaviour that the state’s education system seeks to encourage. “All principals have been directed to…

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has named the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, Yilwatda Nentawe, as substantive national chairman of the party. Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, who leads the Progressive Governors’ Forum, announced the motion during the Committee’s 14th meeting, which is currently taking place at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. The proposal was seconded by Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives. The minister was sworn in immediately afterward. The Plateau State-born politician contested for the 2023 governorship election on the platform of the APC. However, he…

A teacher has died while saving students after a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into the Milestone School and College in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, bursting into flames. Just hours earlier, a teacher, Mahreen Chowdhury, had been standing at the entrance to the school, preparing to hand the second- to fifth-grade students over to their parents. However, in a split second, what had been an unremarkable Monday lunchtime turned to horror. Chowdhury – realising there were students still in the building’s classrooms – ran back into the burning wreckage. “I did my best to pull out about 20 to…

The Senate has defended its decision to deny Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi Central, admission into the chamber on Tuesday. Recall that Natasha stormed the National Assembly to resume legislative responsibilities after the Senate imposed a six-month suspension on her but was denied admission to the chamber by security officers who claimed to be acting on orders from above. Senator Yemi Adaramodu, chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, accused Natasha of using her attempted return to plenary as a content creation stunt in an interview on Channels Television’s ”Politics Today” programme Tuesday night. He said, “The…

Former Senate President Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to abandon the party amid its current internal crisis, urging them to remain united and committed to rebuilding the platform. Saraki made the call in an emotional statement posted to his official Facebook page on Wednesday, following his attendance at a PDP Consultative Conference hosted by one of the party’s founding fathers, Professor Jerry Gana. “It was an honour to join the Founding Fathers and stakeholders of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party, today at the Consultative Conference,” Saraki wrote. Saraki emphasised…