The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned alcoholic beverages produced in sachets less than 200ml. The agency said the five-year window given to the manufacturers of the products to stop producing the drinks in sachets and pet bottles which began in 2018 elapsed on January 31, 2024. She said enforcement of the ban commenced on February 1, 2024. The director-general of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, while addressing the media over the development in Abuja on Monday, February 5, said the ban was not a sudden development but a result of a multilateral Committee that…
Author: Ajibola Oluwasegun
Amid the soaring rate of inflation, the Presidency on Sunday claimed that Nigerians are enjoying the lowest living costs in Africa. It also said the administration of President Bola Tinubu was focused on “solving our economic and security challenges,” and while admitting that his reforms would cause “immediate pains, but will usher in an era of prosperity in the medium and long terms.” The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, made these assertions in a statement he signed titled ‘Atiku Abubakar and his new hobby.’ Onanuga’s response followed accusations from the Peoples Democratic Party…
As Nigerians grapple with the skyrocketing cost of essential medicines, President Bola Tinubu has directed an immediate action plan to curb the hike in prices of drugs nationwide. Consequently, he directed that an Executive Order be developed to reduce identified barriers to local drug manufacturing to enable the industry to thrive. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Prof. Ali Pate, disclosed this in Lagos during a meeting with key stakeholders in the pharmaceutical sector aimed at exploring ways of addressing myriads of problems confronting the sector, especially hike in prices of drugs. The meeting, which was organised by…
Namibia’s President, Hage Geingob is dead. A presidential release on Sunday confirmed his demise. Geingob, who was serving his second term as president, revealed last month that he was receiving treatment for cancer. He was 82. “It is with utmost sadness and regret that I inform you that our beloved Dr. Hage G. Geingob, the President of the Republic of Namibia has passed on today,” a statement signed off by the acting president, Nangolo Mbumba, said. Geingob had been in the US briefly for “treatment therapy” for cancerous cells but died late Saturday, a few days after his return to continue…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered over N30bn from the N37,170, 855,753.44 allegedly laundered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs under the former minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. Sources in the anti-graft agency, who spoke with our correspondent on Friday, said the commission had also uncovered over N500m from the scam associated with Umar-Farouk’s successor, Betta Edu, who was recently suspended by President Bola Tinubu. Saturday PUNCH had in December reported that N37,170,855,753.44 was transferred from government coffers and sent to 38 different bank accounts domiciled in five legacy commercial banks belonging to or connected with a contractor, James Okwete.…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said the Super Eagles’ quarter-final victory at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) was in tandem with President Bola Tinubu’s ‘renewed hope agenda.’ Ibrahim Gusau, NFF president, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abidjan on Saturday. NAN reports that the Super Eagles are through to the semi-finals of the AFCON after a hard-fought 1-0 win over giant-killers Angola in Abidjan on Friday. This was after a lovely assist by Moses Simon, slipping in a lovely pass for Ademola Lookman, who slotted calmly beyond goalkeeper Guilherme da Costa to…
INEC says it has suspended the ongoing rerun elections in specific constituencies in Enugu, Kano and Akwa Ibom States due to disruptions, irregularities and abduction of election officials.
The Federal Government has cleared the hurdles in the ways of the employment of Health workers in the country to address the incident of the depleting medical officers migrating from the country. Consequently, a government committee has been constituted to address the matter of accumulated waiver requests for employment of health workers in hospitals nationwide. Minister of State for Health, Tunji Alausa, who made this known when he paid a familiarisation visit to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, said as soon as the Ministry verified the employment list of the health institution, there won’t be any barrier…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered a total of N70,556,658,370.5 within 100 days, between October 2023 and January 19, 2024. Details of the recovery outlined in an EFCC document titled, ‘Operations and Recoveries’, was obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. The document revealed that between October 2023 and January 19, 2024, the EFCC recovered N60,969,047,634.25, $10,522,778.57, £150,002.10, €4,119.90, making a total of N70,556,658,370.5 recovered by the anti-graft commission within the period. Within the same period, the EFCC received a total of 3,325 petitions, accepted 2,657 of the petitions, and secured the convictions of 747 persons for financial crime…