The South-East Caucus in the House of Representatives has urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to consider re-opening the Onitsha bridgehead market in Anambra. Leader of the caucus, Rep. Igariwey Enwo (APC-Ebonyi), made the call at a news conference held at the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday in Abuja….
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, has named Mr Sani Daura as his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol Matters. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the minister’s spokesman, Mr Lere Olayinka, said Daura brings more than three decades of experience in protocol and ceremonial duties within the FCT Administration….
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C in Owerri, says it intercepted 13.6 kilograms of dry donkey skin worth N3.6 billion in Owerri, Imo State.It stated that the dry animal skins were warehoused in a 40ft container and were billed for export. The Customs Area Controller in charge of FOU Zone C,…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State on Wednesday said the security situation in the state has significantly improved, declaring that “the worst is over.” He made the remarks during a meeting with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shuaibu, in Maiduguri, noting that despite recent attacks, the security landscape has improved compared to…
The Advocacy for Growth and Development in Sustaining Leadership Initiative has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to urgently fix logistics lapses ahead of the Federal Capital Territory area council elections slated for February 21. The group raised the concern after monitoring the INEC mock accreditation exercise conducted on Saturday, February 7, 2026, in Bwari…
Air Peace Ltd. has reduced its Nigeria-London airfare by N600,000 for all travellers emanating from Nigeria. This is contained in a statement signed by the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Dr Ejike Ndiulo, on Wednesday in Lagos. According to Ndiulo, the offer is in the airline’s latest promo. He said that the airline’s passengers could…
Experts have called for united efforts to strengthen the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) integration to foster peace and security, while enhancing trade and economic growth in the West African region. They made the call at the ECOWAS @ 50 regional integration event by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on…
Russia bombarded Ukraine with airstrikes overnight, killing at least two people, local authorities said on Monday. A strike on the Black Sea port city of Odessa killed one man and damaged civilian infrastructure, the regional military governor, Oleh Kiper, said. The military governor of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said a 35-year-old man was…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called on countries to take “urgent and decisive action” to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific said in its press release on World TB Day, falling on March 24 every year. “This is especially urgent in the WHO Western Pacific region,…
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by typhoon Yagi has reached 16 in the Philippines, with 21 reported missing, the national disaster agency and police said Wednesday. The disaster management disclosed that 15 people were injured and more than 1.7 million people were affected by the bad weather in 26 provinces and the…
