The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has raided and sealed some shops at Utako market for selling re-bagged and under-weight bags of rice. Sealing the shops in Abuja on Tuesday, Mrs Boladale Adeyinka, the Director, Surveillance and Investigations Department of FCCPC, said the raid followed an intelligence gathered by the Commission. She said…
The Katsina State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (SPHCA) says it is targeting not less than 3 million children during the forthcoming polio immunisation campaign scheduled for April 26 to 29. Its Executive Secretary, Dr Shamsudeen Yahaya, made the disclosure at a media dialogue with UNICEF, Katsina State Government officials and partners on polio as as…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned a suit filed by the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) against the Federal and State Governments until May 29. The fresh suit, which was scheduled for mention before Justice Inyang Ekwo, could not proceed because the court did not sit. The matter was, however, fixed…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Daboikiabo Warmate, has advised the party’s governors forum to immediately withdraw its resolution recognising Sunday Udey-Okoye as the party national secretary. Warmate in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, described the resolution as an unconstitutional declaration of a state of…
Chairman of Labour Party in Oyo State, Sadiq Atayese, has said that the leadership crisis at the national level of the party will not create factions among its members in the state. Atayese told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan that stakeholders in the state had agreed to work together to…
Residents of Magboro Community in Ogun State are living in fear following a surge in burglaries that have plagued their homes in recent months, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). An investigation by NAN reveals growing concern and anxiety, particularly among those living in Happyland Estate, over the activities of suspected criminals. According to…
Ericsson, a multinational telecommunications company says its reported sales in the first quarter of 2025 were 55 billion sek (N9,060 trillion), with adjusted gross income increasing to 26.7 billion sek (N4,400 trillion). In a statement on Tuesday, Ericsson said that the reported sales and gross revenue were driven by sales growth and strong gross margin…
Lady’s pocket watch found among the belongings of one of the passengers who drowned on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic could sell for up to 50,000 euros (66,000 dollars) at auction. Danish second-class passenger Hans Christensen Givard, 27, was among one of the 1,500 who died when the vessel struck an iceberg in…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has assured that no candidate would sit for the board’s examination outside their state of registration. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor, JAMB, gave the assurance in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Benjamin explained that some candidates, who sat…
Kazeem Sanusi, a final year student in the Mathematics Department, of the University of Ilorin has set a new Guinness World Book Record for the ‘Longest Mathematics Lesson’. Sanusi broke the record with a lecture spanning 31 hours, 42 minutes and 54 seconds. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Corporate…
