The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ramped up its crackdown on illicit and counterfeit pharmaceuticals, sealing over 3,000 shops at the Idumota Open Drug Market in Lagos within a week of enforcement operations. This development was disclosed in a statement posted on 𝕏 by NAFDAC on Saturday. During the … Read more
A retired Joint Task Force (JTF) Commander, Isma’il Tanko Wudilawa, has responded to claims by U.S. lawmaker, Scott Perry, that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is allegedly sponsoring acts of terrorism worldwide, including in Nigeria. Naija News reports that a Republican representing Pennsylvania, US Congressman Scott Perry, had alleged that USAID was … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force has neutralised seven terrorists and recovered 23 firearms, along with assorted ammunition, in recent operations across the country. Armed men invaded Gobiraje Village in Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi State on February 14, 2025, kidnapping a 60-year-old man, Umaru Bawa. Police operatives trailed the suspects to Tundafari Forest, engaging them … Read more
The newly appointed National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Ude-Okoye has denied his arrest by the police. Social media have been a washed on Sunday with the news of the arrest of Ude-Okoye and the National Vice Chairman (South East) Ali Odefa, for allegedly forging PDP primary election guidelines. PDP chieftain, Mike … Read more
In Saturday, the French President, Emmanuel Macron reportedly scheduled an “Emergency meeting” for European leaders to discuss United States (US) President, Donald Trump. Sunday Telegraph gathered that the Polish Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski alluded to the meeting at the Munich Security Conference. Two European Union officials also confirmed that the meeting would take place on … Read more
Former president of Liberia George Weah was in Lagos for the commissioning of the 10,000-capacity INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church. The football legend, who is the only African player to win the prestigious Ballon d’Or, graced the special occasion on Thursday. Other dignitaries at the event were the president of the Nigeria Football Federation Ibrahim Gusau … Read more
Wild Africa has urged both the Nigerian government and the general public to protect the world’s most trafficked mammal from extinction, the pangolin, and support ongoing efforts to update national wildlife legislation to help combat wildlife trafficking. In a statement to mark 2025 World Pangolin Day, Wild Africa’s West Africa spokesperson, Dr Mark Ofua, urged … Read more
Former Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, has dared an executive at Binance Holdings Limited, Tigran Gambaryan, to take a lie detector test in a neutral country. He stated this while reacting to bribery allegations against Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. Naija News reports that Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crime compliance, was detained in Nigeria … Read more
In a significant move to strengthen his media and communications team, Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, has appointed an executive member of Indigenous Correspondents’ Chapel (ICC), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Delta State Council, a distinguished female intelligent journalist Comrade Lucy Ezeliora as his Special Assistant (SA) on Media and Publicity. The … Read more
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has countered the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Nigeria’s Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, on his calls for the establishment of Independent Shariah Arbitration Panels in the South-West region of the country. The PFN which made its position known in a statement by … Read more