Author: Vincent Osuwo

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) revealed it evacuated over 100 truckloads of substandard, fake, and banned medicines and narcotics from Idumota Market in Lagos State, Onitsha Market in Abambra State, and Aba Market in Abia State in six weeks. The agency’s resident consultant, Sayo Akintola, issued a press statement on Sunday. NAFDAC Director Prof. Moji Adeyeye warned that allowing substandard and banned medicines in circulation could harm the nation by lowering the quality of life for millions of Nigerians. Adeyeye spoke at a briefing in Lagos on Friday, providing an update on enforcement efforts…

Sule Lamido, former Jigawa State governor and Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, has dismissed a call by ex-Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai urging opposition leaders to join the Social Democratic Party, SDP. El-Rufai, who recently announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress to the SDP, made the call in an interview with BBC Hausa. While he did not specifically mention Lamido, he did invite key opposition figures such as Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola to join him in the SDP. In a separate BBC Hausa interview on Sunday, Lamido dismissed the invitation as an insult, claiming…

Amnesty International Nigeria has condemned the alleged threats and harassment directed at Ushie Uguamaye, a Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, following her popular TikTok video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s government for rising economic hardship. In a statement posted on X on Sunday, the human rights organisation condemned the reported threats from NYSC officials, emphasising that Uguamaye was entirely within her rights to express her dissatisfaction with the country’s deteriorating economic realities. “It is perfectly within her right to express discontent peacefully. Instead of threatening her for her opinions on rampant inflation, the authorities should prioritise addressing the country’s…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it recovered over N365.4bn and secured 4,111 convictions in 2024. The commission’s executive chairman, Ola Olukoyede, announced this at a three-day directors retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, with the theme “EFCC: The Journey So Far, Ensuring Professionalism and Integrity.” Olukoyede thanked staff for their dedication and pledged to break the record in 2025, according to a statement by the commission’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale. “In 2024, the commission secured 4,111 convictions and a monetary recovery of over N365.4 billion. The EFCC’s boss appreciated the sacrifice, hard work, and discipline and called for…

Chief Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has declared that he will not prohibit the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, from fulfilling its constitutional obligations. Wike, the former governor of Rivers State, criticised the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Tammy Danagogo, for initiating the state’s political crisis while speaking during a civic banquet in his honour at Abalama Town in the Kalabari Kingdom organised by NEW Associates. Addressing the massive crowd that had gathered to greet him, Wike stated that he attended the event despite threats from certain individuals, emphasising…

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara surrounded himself with people that wished to be governor of the state. Wike made the discovery while speaking at a magnificent welcome hosted by the Kalabari people of the state on Saturday. According to him, those advising Fubara do not mean good for him and want him to vacate the seat for them. He cited Tammy Danagogo, the Secretary to the State Government, as one of the people who initiated the feud between him and his successor, which plunged the state into turmoil. The…

The presidency has stressed that President Bola Tinubu is not focused on the 2027 election but rather on implementing economic policies that will improve the lives of Nigerians. Tinubu’s special adviser on media and public communications, Sunday Dare, indicated that the president is more concerned with the long-term consequences of his programs than with political manoeuvring ahead of the next election. Dare highlighted important economic accomplishments made under Tinubu’s leadership in a Friday night post on his X page. “President Tinubu is not worried about the next election. He’s worried about the shared prosperity that he can bring to Nigerians,”…

Hundreds of women of Kalabari descent in Rivers State have barricaded the road leading into their kingdom, demanding that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, not enter their territory for the Civic Reception arranged in his honour. The women, dressed in black with white lace tied over their heads, invaded the location as early as 7 a.m. to launch the protest. It should be noted that the NEW Associates had planned to host the minister for a grand reception on Saturday, March 15, in the Abalama village of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area. However, the King of…

Rivers State youth groups, under the auspices of the Niger Delta Youth Council, threaten to shut down oil production across the region over the raging political impasse in Rivers. The youth groups issued a seven-day ultimatum to President Bola Tinubu, demanding, among other things, the immediate restoration of Rivers State’s statutory revenue allocation, the end of all impeachment plots against Rivers State Governor Similaye Fubara, and the public retraction of anti-Ijaw remarks attributed to the state’s former governor, Nyesom Wike. The group declared in an open letter to the president, signed by the NDYC president, Bene Youkore Mamamu, that “failure…

Nasir El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, has denied betraying Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. In an interview with BBC Hausa that went viral on Saturday, El-Rufai, who recently left the All Progressives Congress for the Social Democratic Party, urged opposition leaders such as Atiku, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi, and Rauf Aregbesola to join the SDP. El-Rufai, speaking in Hausa, expressed his unhappiness with the current administration by saying, “What pains me is that the government we supported and had confidence in would…