The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said it would ensure that 60 per cent of the drugs being imported into the country were manufactured locally. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the agency, said this at a news conference, on Monday in Abuja. She stressed the need for the agency to […]
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Edo governor Godwin Obaseki says he has so far created 157,000 jobs out of the 200,000 he promised the state. Obaseki made the disclosure in his speech at the 2019 Alaghodaro Youth Summit in Benin on Monday. “I have done what many politicians will not do; during my campaign, I promised to create a minimum […]
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The front section of the six-storey building gutted by fire on Tuesday in Lagos Island has collapsed, killing a policeman. According to NAN, a part of the six-storey building located at 43 Martins street, Lagos Island, collapsed around 8:30pm on Tuesday. The incident happened as firemen were battling to contain the inferno. A part of […]
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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami has directed the Board and Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to resolve the issues of illegal data deduction and review downwards, the price of data in the country within five days. Pantami gave the directive during the oath taking ceremony of the new […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunny and hazy weather conditions over the northern region with few chances of thunderstorms over some parts of the southern states for Monday. NiMet’s weather outlook on Sunday in Abuja also predicted day and night temperatures to be from 34 degree Celsius to 37 degree Celsius and 14 […]
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Two safety agencies of Lagos State Government on Monday discovered five containers laden with rotten fish and other edibles in Apapa area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the shocking discovery was made during a site inspection of the containers following reports of air pollution and release of toxic gas […]
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Nine persons were confirmed dead on Saturday while 12 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a separate accidents around Ijebu Ife axis on Sagamu – Ijebu -Ode – Benin expressway. Mr Clement Oladele, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Oladele […]
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The house of representatives committee on finance is asking why the Abuja CCTV project failed despite a $460 million loan taken from China to fund the project. At a budget defence session with the ministry of finance on Thursday, James Faleke, chairman of the committee, said the ministry should explain to Nigerians why the CCTV […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains across the country for Monday. NiMet’s weather outlook on Sunday in Abuja predicted partly cloudy conditions over Northern states in the morning hours. It further predicted moderate rains accompanied by thunder over some parts of Sokoto, Maiduguri, Yobe and Kano states as the day progressed. […]
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An unidentified 11-year-old boy alongside Wasiu, who was trying to rescue him, was swept away by a flood in the Aboru, Alimosho local government in Lagos on Saturday. The NAN correspondent, who visited the scene of the accident, gathered that two young boys who were sent by their parents to buy cooking gas at a […]
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