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.Says it impacts public health By Adesina Wahab The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has charged food scientists and others involved in the production of edible items to ensure the safety and quality of their products, saying it impacts on public health. She […]

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By Adesina Wahab A group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has described the omission of the name of Prof. Ibrahim Isa Ali Pantami as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe after a court-ordered fresh primary as an act of impunity and contempt of court. The group therefore called for the […]

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By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The Niger Delta Progressives Alliance (NDPA) has endorsed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term in office, while calling for an increase in the derivation fund for the Niger Delta from 13 per cent to 25 per cent. The National President of NDPA, Victor Udoh, made the declaration during a […]

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By Dayo Johnson, Akure A suspected vehicle thief, Bamidele Rowell Lodi, has been arrested in Ondo State after allegedly fleeing Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with his employer’s car. The suspect, said to have worked as a security guard in Port Harcourt, was arrested following a complaint that a motorist purchased fuel worth ₦100,000 at a […]

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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has urged governors of the 36 states and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to utilise ₦267 billion in released intervention funds and access over ₦65 billion in counterpart funding for basic education. Falana, who is the chairman of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), […]

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate for Ifo Constituency I in the Ogun State House of Assembly, Adebari Adekunle, has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), over the omission of the party’s gubernatorial candidate from the election.

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