NAFDAC seizes fake drugs in raids on Onitsha market

NAFDAC Director General, Prof Moji Adeyeye The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday busted and seized suspected fake and adulterated pharmaceutical products at the Onitsha Bridgehead drug market. Dr. Martin Iluyomade, Coordinator of NAFDAC in Southeast who led the team on the raid, told newsmen that the operation would […]

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IBEDC will soon reconnect UCH – Adelabu

The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, says the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) will reconnect the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, as soon as agreed conditions are met. The minister disclosed after Monday’s tripartite meeting involving himself with the management of UCH and IBEDC at the hospital complex. Adelabu said the reconnection would occur […]

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My visit to Obasanjo not politically motivated — Atiku

Atiku in Abeokuta Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has debunked claims that Monday’s courtesy visit to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has anything to do with his political ambitions. Atiku, who was spotted at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, alongside some political associates, said the closed-door meeting with his former boss, […]

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Selfish parents registered 5,000 underaged candidates for UTME — JAMB registrar

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) registrar, Professor Emeritus Isiaq Oloyede, has disclosed that no fewer than 4,997 underage candidates have so far registered for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. This is as he disclosed that the board had, by Monday afternoon, registered 420,674 candidates for its May 2025/2026 exams, targeting […]

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Power outage: Students protest over 100 days of darkness in UCH Ibadan

Protesting students of University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, on Monday, expressed displeasure to President Bola Tinubu through the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, over the persistent darkness in the teaching hospital. The angry students decried the over 100 days of darkness in the institution, saying patients are not only dying, but staff of the tertiary […]

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2025 budget: Fiscal discipline imperative to calm inflation

President Bola Tinubu presenting the 2025 budget proposal to members of the National Assembly on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 in Abuja. Photo Credit: Presidency President Bola Tinubu’s proposed 9.77 per cent increase in the 2025 budget from N49.7 trillion to N54.2 trillion is a double-edged sword. While a bigger budget may be necessary to address […]

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Makinde holds thanksgiving for departed brother

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has thanked family, friends, and dignitaries who joined him to honour the life and legacy of his departed eldest brother, Sunday. In a statement on Monday via X referencing a Thanksgiving service held at the Cathedral of St Peter, Aremo, Ibadan, Makinde said that while his brother’s sudden passing was […]

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N70,000 minimum wage: States’ salaries rise by 90% to N3.8tn

The amount budgeted for personnel costs, including salaries and allowances to state civil servants, has increased from N2.036tn spent in 2024 to N3.87tn in the approved 2025 budget. Although the 36 sub-national allocated a total sum of N2.8tn as salaries costs, it only paid out a total of N2.036tn within the 12 months of 2024, […]

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