By Isaiah Eka The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerians not to consume fruits ripened with calcium carbide to avoid health complications. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning in her keynote address during the South-South Zone media sensitisationContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Prof. Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has commended President Bola Tinubu for making Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) as the fourth pillar in the policy document of his administration. He said that this was a reflection of Tinubu’s commitment toContinue Reading
By Mustapha Yauri Hajiya Binta Zubairu, Justice of the Court of Appeal (JCA) on Sunday in Zaria said judges are not the cause of delay in the dispensation of justice as erroneously believed by some Nigerians. Zubairu made this known on the sidelines of a reception organised in her honourContinue Reading
By Ezra Musa The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday, commenced the distribution of relief materials to 8,757 households affected by the 2022 flood disaster in Kaduna State. The Director-General of the agency, Mr Mustapha Ahmed, said during the distribution in Kaduna that the gesture was under the SpecialContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted four tons of illicit and controlled drugs in seven states within one week, its Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, has said. The drugs include nitrous oxide popularly known as laughing gas, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine and tramadol, he added inContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir Jigawa has recorded 91 suspected cases of diphtheria in 14 local government areas. It also suspects the loss of 10 children to the childhood infection. “There has been diphtheria outbreak in the northern parts of Nigeria in the last four months. “This is especially in neighbouringContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has been awarded as Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN). Abubakar, in a statement thanked ICSAN for the award and pledged to rededicate himself to greater service. The News AgencyContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Prof. Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has urged the Federal Government to scrap the Higher National Diploma (HND) in the Polytechnics if the government would not remove the dichotomy between HND and BSc. Bugaje disclosed this during an interview with theContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio says the 10th National Assembly will not review the social media regulation bill since there are laws already guiding the use of the media. Akpabio was represented by the Senate Committee Chairman on ICT, Sen. Shuiab Salisu, at the Parliamentarian SymposiumContinue Reading
