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  NAFDAC has distanced itself from products sold by Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin. NAFDAC in a statement said, both the “Miracle Water” and “Miracle Soap,” have not been registered by the agency, hence declaring it illegal and dangerous. It also said ...

  The action comes amid worsening security challenges the military is currently combating in most parts of the country. No fewer than 196 soldiers in the North-East and other theatres of operation have applied to the Chief of Army Staff, ...

  Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang, has announced the dissolution of the 17 Local Government Transition Implementation Committee Chairmen, effective 6th September 2024. The Governor disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday night. The committees were constituted ...

  The Nigeria Police announced on Friday that President Bola Tinubu did not approve a tenure extension for Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. The police noted that instead, the President gave his approval to the law governing the tenure ...

  A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of a prominent leader in the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Ganiyu Oyedepo, popularly known as Koko Zaria. Koko Zaria is facing charges of assaulting veteran Yoruba actor, Lawori. ...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today returned a total of $180,300 and 53 vehicles, fraudulently taken by some Nigerians from Canadian citizens to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This was revealed at the signing ceremony for the return ...

  A mass grave containing 303 bodies including hundreds of children and babies has been found in a cemetery in Oldham. The unmarked resting place was discovered in Royton Cemetery and contains the remains of 145 stillborn infants, 128 babies and young children ...

  The Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent increase in the feeding allowance for inmates in Nigeria’s Custodial Centre. The increase will take effect from August 2024 as part of measures aimed at improving the welfare of inmates. ...

  Borno residents have dumped their cars to take to horses and bicycles. This comes following the increase in petroleum pump prices on Tuesday, more residents, including civil servants in Borno State have abandoned their vehicles to embrace trekking, horse riding, ...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said Premium Motor Spirit or petrol from the Dangote Refinery will begin to flood the market from September 15, 2024. The company who revealed this in a statement signed by its Chief ...

  President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, directed Vice President, Kashim Shettima to summon the Minister of State, Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri; Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, and the National Security Advisor, NSA, over the recent ...

  The family of Taiwo Akinkunmi, has decided to proceed with his burial after waiting for a year of a promised state funeral that is yet to materialize. Akinkunmi passed away on September 4, 2023, at the age of 87. ...

  Some unknown gunmen on Thursday abducted an assistant Chief Nursing Officer with the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan Remo, Mrs Elizabeth Uruakpa. Uruakpa, 66, was said to be coming from the evening church service when the gunmen who had laid ...

  Eintracht Frankfurt have confirmed the death of their Under 19 head coach Helge Rasche. The 33-year-old lost his life in a car crash on Thursday, with the Bundesliga side confirming the news published by German reports this morning. In a statement ...

  A woman was left heartbroken after receiving an eviction notice shortly after spending 4 million naira on renovating her flat in Ikeja, Lagos. She shared a video showing how much effort she had put into transforming the apartment. She ...

  There is no age limit for taking NECO and WAEC exams, according to the Federal Government. This clarification was made by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Tanko Sununu, who explained that the government only set a minimum ...

  A Nigerian doctor residing in the United Kingdom has tragically passed away due to a health complication. According to a report shared by environmentalist Chidozie Nwaigwe on the X platform, the late doctor, identified as Julien, had just completed ...

  The Minority caucus of the House of Representatives has called for the immediate reversal of the recent increase in prices of petrol, saying that it will no doubt increase the suffering of the Nigerians. The caucus in a statement ...

  The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 11 suspected kidnappers and recovered a cache of arms and a large sum of money during operations across the state. In a statement on Thursday, the command’s spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police ...

  At least 17 children died after a fire ripped through their primary school dormitory overnight in central Kenya, police said Friday. The blaze in Nyeri county’s Hillside Endarasha Academy broke out at around midnight, police said, engulfing rooms where ...

  A former national president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Reverend Felix Omobude, on Thursday, urged the people of Edo State, particularly Christians, to vote in the upcoming election, emphasising that the Independent National Electoral Commission tallies votes, not ...

  A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has remanded a man, Oluwasegun Victor, in prison for allegedly impregnating a minor (name withheld). The 31-year-old defendant was arrested by the men of State Command of the ...

  Polaris Bank Limited, in partnership with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation, has taken its tree planting initiative, aimed at nationwide land restoration, to Kano State. A statement from the bank revealed that a commemorative tree planting activity was held at ...

  The Federal Government has announced that only buyers with National Identification Numbers would benefit as it commenced the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a subsidised rate of N40,000 per 50kg bag. President ...

  China’s President Xi Jinping has promised Africa more than $50 billion in fresh funding. That’s as he opened a major China-Africa summit in Beijing on Thursday (September 5). “China is willing to deepen cooperation with Africa in the areas ...