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Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaNAFDAC Uncovers Fake Cosmetics Producer In Lagos

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 22, 2024

A fake cosmetics producer at Balogun Trade Fair Gate in the Trade Fair Complex, Lagos has been uncovered by the Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC over illegal activities. NAFDAC, in a post via its X handle on Monday, April 22, revealed that the producer, Pius Eyoh, the owner of Pasco Global Limited, was caught manufacturing, packaging, distributing and selling substandard and counterfeit cosmetic products,...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTwo Teens Planting IEDs For Boko Haram Surrenders to Govt Forces

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 22, 2024

A 19-year-old Abubakar Mohammed (alias Garba) and 13-year-old Bana Modu who have been planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for Boko Haram have surrendered to Sector 3 of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF). Lt-Col Abubakar Abdullahi, Chief Military Public Information-Ndjamena said the surrender occurred on Sunday in Monguno Government Area of Borno State. He said the feat marked a notable success in the ongoing campaign to dismantle Boko Haram operations in the region. Col. Abdullahi...

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EducationNewsNigeriaFederal Govt Bans Higher Institutions From Admitting Students Below 18

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 22, 2024

Tertiary institutions in Nigeria have been directed not to give candidates less than 18 years of admission. Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education gave the directive on Monday while monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME in Bwari, Federal Capital Territory. Mamman decried the activities of some parents, who were pressuring their underage students to get admissions into tertiary institutions, saying that the 18-year benchmark is in line with the 6-3-3-4...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaBandits Gun Down Six Soldiers, Abducts Captain In Niger State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 21, 2024

Six soldiers have been gunned down at Roro, Karaga, and Rumace communities, Bassa Ward, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on Friday night. It was gathered that a captain was said to have been abducted during the incident when the soldiers had left their camps at Allawa and Erena to respond to a distress call when they ambushed them at Roro village. A hunter and two farmers were also said to have been killed...

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NewsNigeriaAPC: Angry Mobs Beats Commissioner In Ondo State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 21, 2024

Some angry members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at Ugbo Ward 3, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have beaten the Commissioner for Health in Ondo State, Banji Ajaka on Saturday for allegedly hiding result sheets during the party’s primary election. The Commissioner was attacked after electoral officers fingered him for holding the material when some members of the party who had been waiting to vote demanded the result sheet. “Ajaka received a...

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NewsNigeriaCollapse Pit Kills Seven Pupils In Kebbi State

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 21, 2024

Seven pupils of Malam Dan-Umma Qur’anic School at Bayan Science, Badariya in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State died while one sustained injuries when a pit collapsed on them. Malam Dan Umar, the proprietor of the school who spoke amid tears at his residence in the school premises, said the pupils were assigned to go to the top of the hill near the school to excavate clay and gravel to mend the holes...

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Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFederal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Seals Supermarket In Abuja

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 19, 2024

The foreign-owned supermarket ‘4 U’ located at Wuse 2 Abuja has been sealed off by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for the sale of substandard bags of rice, intolerable practices, and information concealing information. Dr Adamu Abdullahi, acting Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission said the supermarket was engaging suppliers who were re-bagging the stallion rice and described the act as unacceptable. The supermarket had stockpiled stallion and cap rice when Stallion...

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HealthNewsNigeriaStrange Disease Claims Seven Lives, Records 196 Cases In Sokoto

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 19, 2024

An unknown disease announced by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC on April 9 has now spread to Kaduna State. Some of the identified symptoms of the strange disease include fever, abdominal swelling and pain, vomiting, and weight loss. The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris held an emergency meeting with Commissioners for Health from Sokoto and Kaduna States at NCDC Headquarters in...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsFCCPC Vows To Combat Price-Fixing Of Commodities

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 18, 2024

The Acting Executive Vice Chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Dr. Adamu Abdullahi says the agency will utilize its existing legal framework to enforce fair competition and consumer protection provisions. According to a statement by the commission’s chairman, it is aware of the concerns expressed by Nigerians regarding the continued rise in prices of goods and services, despite the recent appreciation of the Naira against the dollar. The Commission directed its operatives to intensify...

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EducationNewsNigeriaJamb says Any Parent Found Near JAMB CBT Centre Risk Arrest

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 18, 2024

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said all arrangements have been concluded for the conduct of the 2024 UTME and directed all Computer-Based Test (CBT) center owners nationwide to arrest any parent found near their facilities during the exercise. The agency said the exercise will be held in over 700 CBT centers across the nation. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede gave the order during a virtual meeting held on Wednesday with owners of the...

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