Author: Olukayode Oke

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday said it has arrested a syndicate who specialises in importing banned crusader soaps containing mercury into the country. Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General, NAFDAC, who disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos said that the syndicate used forged customs documents to import the product into the country. According to Adeyeye, the importation of the soap into the country was banned by NAFDAC years ago because it contains mercury. She said: “In the course of its regulatory activities, the investigation and enforcement (I&E) Directorate of NAFDAC has discovered a syndicate that specialises…

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has won the Premier League Manager of the Month award for August 2023. The 58-year-old joined Spurs from Celtic in June as the club’s permanent successor to Antonio Conte and has made a bright start to life in north London. Despite losing all-time record scorer Harry Kane to Bayern Munich one day before the start of their Premier League campaign, Postecoglou’s Tottenham went through August unbeaten. They began the season with a credible 2-2 draw at Brentford before earning their first win a week later at home to Manchester United, seeing off the Red…

England striker Callum Wilson has signed a new contract with Newcastle United that runs until summer 2025. The 31-year-old, whose previous deal would have expired in 2024, joined the Magpies from Bournemouth for about £20m in September 2020. Wilson has scored 40 goals in 79 league games for Newcastle, including 18 last season as the club finished fourth to qualify for the Champions League. “I’ve been welcomed ever since I came through the door,” said Wilson. “Now the club’s going in a fantastic direction and on a journey, so it’s nice to commit my future to being a part of that.…

The Chicago State University (CSU) has confirmed that President Bola Tinubu attended the university and graduated in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree. CSU made this known in a statement issued to CBS Broadcasting Inc. generally referred to as CBS News, one of America’s biggest and most influential news network, on Thursday. The institution, however, said that it was restrained by the United States’ federal law to provide any further information about Tinubu’s record, without consent or unless allowed to do so via court order. Recall that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar,…

Premier League Everton are set to have new owners after Farhad Moshiri agreed to sell his 94% stake in the club to American investment fund 777 Partners. The takeover would bring to an end the tumultuous tenure of British-Iranian Moshiri, who first invested in 2016. The sale is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, subject to Premier League, Football Association and Financial Conduct Authority approval. The takeover would mean half of the 20 top-flight clubs are American-owned. Moshiri said in a statement: “The nature of ownership and financing of top football clubs has changed immeasurably since I…

At least 8,000 people have died in flash floods that tore through Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Thousands more are feared missing after entire buildings were “wiped out” when a seven-meter wave hit the northern coastal city of Derna, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday However, some media reports have quoted officials giving higher tolls. The mayor of Derna estimated between 18,000 and 20,000 people have died in the floods. Abdulmenam Al-Ghaithi told al-Arabiya TV these figures were based on the number of districts completely destroyed when two dams burst at the weekend. More grave…

The Federal Government has walked back its earlier pronouncement regarding the resumption of flight operations of United Arab Emirates (UAE)-owned Emirates and Etihad Airlines in Nigeria. According to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, there is no timeframe for the two airlines to resume flight operations in Nigeria. This declaration contradicted an earlier announcement made by the presidency after a meeting between President Bola Tinubu and his UAE counterpart, Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi on Monday, September 11, 2023. Presidential Spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said both leaders reached a historic agreement, which resulted in the immediate cessation of the…

Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh expresses displeasure over non-inclusion of Nigerian referees among match officials listed for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. “I was duly informed that at the last AFCON (2021), Nigeria had only one assistant referee listed amongst the match officials. Two years prior, we didn’t have any centre referee too. Going into the next AFCON, we still won’t have any Nigerian official. “I am going to interrogate this matter. We will have engagements with the NFF, the  Referees’ Association, and the League Board because we need to get to the bottom of…

After a marathon meeting with the national leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, the management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has agreed to a reduction in the obligatory fees payable by students of the institution. In a statement by the Head, Communication Unit of UNILAG, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem, on Friday morning, the meeting was attended by the National President of NANS, Comrade Usman Umar Barambu accompanied by other NANS officers and the university team led by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola. “The meeting agreed that Utility Charges for all categories of students be reduced to N15,000:00…

The Federal Government has certified the blue rail infrastructure of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) as safe for passenger operations. This was disclosed in a statement on Thursday by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). LAMATA stated that the certification follows a painstaking audit of the rail infrastructure by the Government Inspector of Railways from the Federal Ministry of Transportation. It also noted that the certification is in accordance with sections 50 to 56 of the Nigerian Railway Act, 1955. The certificate signed by Government Inspector of Railways, Engr. Abdulrahaman B. Yusuf stated that following successful trial operations…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Aliyu Ahmed as the new Federal Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI). A statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday in Abuja said the appointment takes immediate effect. Ahmed holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Sociology and has previously served the Nasarawa State Government as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG). He was also the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and as the Commissioner of Education in the state.

Man Utd winger Jadon Sancho will train away from the first team until issues with manager Erik ten Hag are resolved. Ten Hag left Sancho out of his squad for the loss at Arsenal earlier this month, saying the winger’s training performances had been below standard. Sancho, 23, rejected the Dutchman’s reasoning and claimed he had been “a scapegoat for a long time”. United said in a statement Sancho would be on a “personal training programme away from the first team”. The statement added that the decision was made “pending resolution of a squad discipline issue.” The news comes in a…