The Bauchi State chapter of the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN), has sealed 571 pharmacies and medicine shops for selling fake, expired and illicit drugs across 10 local government areas in the state PCN Director of Enforcement, Pharm. Stephen Esumobi, who made this disclosure while briefing newsmen shortly after the enforcement on pharmaceutical premises and medicine shops in Bauchi, lamented that the rate of sale of hard substances was alarming in the state, adding that the Council would work with other relevant agencies to break the network of circulation. According to him, the council visited Bauchi, Tafawa Balewa, Darazo, Ganjuwa, Alkaleri, Dambam,…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
After getting injured during a team training in Perth two weeks ago an Australian field hockey player identified as Matt Dawson has decided to remove a finger on his right hand. Dawson’s decision was aimed at ensuring he competes at the 2024 Paris Olympics in France, BBC reports Friday, 26 July, 2024 The 30-year-old hockey player narrated that he passed out when he saw his finger in the changing room, thinking his Olympic dream was over. Thereafter, he met with a plastic surgeon who told him that the finger may not function well after surgery – even which will take…
Students of tertiary institutions in Delta State, have dissociated themselves from the planned nationwide protest. The planned protest, tagged #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria, is scheduled for August 1 to August 10, which according to the organisers, the protest is to draw the attention of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to the plight of Nigerians and rising cost of living. President, National Association of Delta State Students (NADESSTU), Comrade Monday Wiska, at a press conference in Asaba, said students of tertiary institutions in Delta State were strongly in support of the administration of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and vowed to protect Delta against such a protest. …
The Federal Government has decried that Nigeria and in fact the whole of Africa is still in pains over decades and centuries of exploitation mostly perpetrated on the continent by Global North countries. The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Izaq Salako said this on Thursday, 25 July, 2024, in Abuja at the Validation Workshop on the National Biodiversity Targets and Indicators for Early Action Support Project to Implement the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). The Minister while lamenting that Africa is more vulnerable to climate change, species loss, and biodiversity destruction than other continent, said the African environment and resources,…
Lagos State has been ranked top among the 36 states of the country on Climate Governance Performance. Gombe States was ranked second with Ebonyi State taking the Number three position, both Borno State and Ekiti State jointly ranked fourth. Oyo, Kano and Zamfara States were ranked 34, 35 and 36 respectively, in the result announced on Thursday, 25 July, 2024, in Abuja at an event organised by the Department of Climate Change in the Federal Ministry of Environment in conjunction with Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP). Speaking at the event, the President, SPP, Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke decried that Nigeria…
The crisis rocking Ogbeozoma community in Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State has taken a dramatic twist with the reported attack by criminals which led to the injuring of security operatives. The incident took place in the early hours of Monday, 22 July, 2024 while the hoodlums were said to be led by one Chinedu Okeke, a.k.a Ekwe-Ogidi. Chinedu Okeke, the Managing Director of Ekwe Ogidi Integrated Resources Limited is also said to be the Chief Executive of Golden Tulip Hotel, Asaba. Several calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages sent to the Spokesperson of Delta State Police Command,…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for increased collaboration of all stakeholders in the fight against corruption. He made the call in Abuja on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 when the Old Students Association of Federal Government College Ikom, Abuja Chapter came on one-day familiarisation visit to the corporate headquarters of the EFCC. Olukoyede who spoke through the Head, Media and Publicity Unit and Spokesperson of the Commission, Dele Oyewale stated that winning the anti-corruption fight required multi-stakeholders’ collaborative involvement in all aspects of the fight including whistleblowing. “The fight needs collaborative synergy, collaborative whistleblowing, collaborative building and collaborative integrity to be defeated. Corruption is not happening…
Technical Adviser of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan, Gbenga Ogunbote, has officially extended his stay with the Oluyole Warriors. After weeks of discussion with the management of the club, the Oracle, as the widely traveled tactician’ is fondly called, agreed to renew his contract with the club, in a deal that will see him staying with the club for the next two years. Speaking after signing the contract extension papers, the former Rangers International, Lobi Stars, Sunshine Stars, defunct Sharks FC of Port Harcourt and Remo Stars’ sweat merchant, expressed joy over the development. “I am thrilled to…
Meta has delisted at least 63,000 ‘Yahoo Boys’ Facebook accounts belonging to Nigerians suspected to be engaging in financial sextortion. The US-based firm disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, 24 July, 2024, titled, ‘Combating Financial Sextortion Scams From Nigeria’. The latest development come few days after the Nigerian consumer regulator, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), imposed a $220 million fine on Meta and its instant messaging platform, WhatsApp over data privacy breaches and discriminatory practices against Nigerians. Although Meta had earlier expressed its stance to appeal the fine, it said the removal of the 63,000 is a punitive…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, 24 July, 2024 officially welcomed former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim into the All Progressives Congress( APC) family. Recalls that Anyim, a Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, recently defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Francis Nwifuru presented Senator Anyim to President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Senator Anyim in March 2023, signalled that his days in the main opposition were over when he directed his supporters in his home state, Ebonyi, to vote…