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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said it evacuated over 100 truckloads of substandard, falsified, and banned medicines and narcotics from Idumota market in Lagos State, Onitsha market in Abia state, and Aba market in Abia state, in six weeks.This was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Resident Consultant of the agency, Sayo Akintola.The Director General of NAFDAC, ...

Wages and salaries of military personnel, revenues accruing to non-profit-oriented organisations like religious bodies, pension fund, schools, trade unions and cooperative societies are to be exempted from tax payment when the Tax Reforms Bills become law.The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will also enjoy 50 per cent of funds accruing from the development levy contained in the Report on the bill as submitted on Thu...

Lagos State Government will shut and divert traffic for the emergency repairs of the Independence/Mekwen Bridge (inbound Marina/CMS route) for two months.Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, the State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said the emergency repair of the bridge is scheduled from Wednesday, March 19 19, to Monday, May 26, 2025.He said during the repairs, the section of th...

The Rivers State House of Assembly, on Sunday, accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of insincerity in the implementation of the recent Supreme Court judgment, ordering him to present the 2025 budget afresh.The lawmakers, who are loyal to Fubara’s estranged political godfather, Nyesom Wike, alleged that contrary to Fubara’s claim to have written the House for budget presentation, they had not received any correspon...

An earlier attempt by the governor to present the budget on March 12 was unsuccessful after he was denied entry into the Assembly premises. ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a scathing critique of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, declaring it the worst in Nigeria’s democratic history. ...

The Senate has approved for second reading the bill to establish the National Council for Traditional Rulers, aimed at formally giving monarchs and community heads vital roles in the country. ...

Bola Tinubu in 2027 further gathered momentum on Thursday, with the Peoples Democratic Party governors, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and the New Nigeria People’s Party planning an alliance to oust the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress government....

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called for practical and actionable solutions to tackle the issue of fraud in the country’s financial system. ...

Amid the controversy rocking the Nigerian Senate, the Red Chamber has passed a vote of confidence in the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio. ...