THE NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered manufacturers of alcoholic beverages below 200ml to commence nationwide recall and stop further production of the products. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye gave the order at a news conference held in Lagos on Monday to brief the media on its ongoing banned enforcement on the production and sale of sachets alcoholic and pet bottles below 200ml. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that NAFDAC in January announced a nationwide ban following the Federal Government’s prohibition of alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and pet bottles…
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THE ALL PROGRESSIVES Congress (APC) has disowned Mr Abayomi Hunye who claims to be its Ogun governorship candidate for 2027 election, describing him as an imposter. The party’s National Secretary, Sen. Ajibola Basiru, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said Sen. Adeola Olamilekan remains the APC governorship candidate in the state. “Hunye is not a member of the APC; in good standing, he was suspended from the party on April 7, 2026; he is an imposter currently on suspension,” he said. He added that Hunye’s suspension was not arbitrary, but followed a petition from his Tube Ward in Ipokia…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has directed that all legally cleared and unencumbered funds recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) be channelled to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Mr Ikharo Attah, Special Adviser to the Minister of Education on Media and Communications. Attah quoted the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, to have said that the directive was aimed at strengthening NELFUND’s financial sustainability and expanding access to tertiary education for Nigerian students. Alausa said President Tinubu had also directed that funds from unclaimed dividends and…
THE EDO HOUSE of Assembly, on Monday, rejected the purported resignation of former Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku. The News Agency of Nigeria) reports that the House, instead, converted the resignation to impeachment during plenary session in Benin. Moving the motion for Agbebaku’s impeachment, the Majority Leader, Sunday Ojezele, said the alleged resignation letter was not received by the House. Ojezele, who represents Esan South-East, said that the verbal resignation process “was unknown to parliamentary practices and did not conform with parliamentary procedures”. He urged members to support the impeachment of the ex-speaker. A majority of the members supported the motion for…
THE NATIONAL Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, has condemned former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to reverse the removal of petrol subsidy if elected president in 2027. Yilwatda, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, described Atiku’s proposal as a deeply troubling policy u-turn that raised serious questions about the opposition’s preparedness to govern Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the statement was issued by Yilwatda’s Special Adviser on Media and Information Strategy, Mr Abimbola Tooki. He said Nigerians deserved more than election-season declarations, adding that any proposal to restore a costly subsidy regime…
THE MINISTER of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has cautioned against calls to restore the petrol subsidy. He said a return to the old regime would undermine Nigeria’s improving fiscal position, weaken investor confidence, and reverse gains from the economic reforms of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. According to a statement issued by his Media Aide, Rabiu Ibrahim, in Abuja on Monday, the minister stated this in an Op-Ed published on Monday in some national dailies, titled “Restoring Fuel Subsidy Will Reverse Nigeria’s Economic Gains.” He outlined the fiscal benefits of subsidy removal, the economic risks averted, and the…
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Federal Government have called for an actionable Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan (NIYEAP) to boost job creation and improve the employability of young Nigerians. Ms Vanessa Phala, ILO Country Director for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, made the call on Monday at a consultation on the review of the youth employment framework in Abuja. The consultation brought together representatives of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), development partners and other stakeholders to review and strengthen the youth employment framework. Phala, who was represented by Ms Aisha Dirisu, National Project Coordinator, said the…
THE NATIONAL Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has sought stronger collaboration with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to enhance environmental protection, monitoring and enforcement in the country. Mr Danasabe Daniel, North-East Zonal Director of the NESREA, made the call when he led staff of the agency on a courtesy visit to the NSCDC Command in Adamawa on Monday in Yola. Daniel said the visit was part of the agency’s efforts to strengthen inter-agency cooperation in the implementation of its environmental regulatory mandate and promote sustainable national development. “Our visit to the command is to seek…
A 21-YEAR-OLD Computer Engineering student at Baze University, Abuja, Isah Barde-Auwal, has invented QX Alpha, a humanoid robot designed to solve real-world problems. Barde-Auwal, a final-year student at the institution, who hails from Kano State, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano. He said it was the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) that awarded him a scholarship due to his potential in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics under the Technology Innovation Support programme. According to him, in 2022 he invented a humanoid exoskeleton remote control robot, which he presented to…
THE NIGERIAN Railway Corporation (NRC) has released a preliminary report on the Warri-Itakpe Train Service (WITS) accident which occured on June 8 near Goodluck Jonathan Railway Station, Delta. The Managing Director of NRC, Dr Kayode Opeifa, made this known in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Opeifa noted that the train departed Itakpe at noon with 482 persons comprising 442 passengers and 40 operational personnel. He said that the train derailed near Kilometre 177, Owa-Oyibu, Agbor, Delta. “The incident affected five coaches, one locomotive and a power car. Three coaches and the power car overturned, while other rolling stock derailed…