Author: Olukayode Oke

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General, Buba Marwa (retd), has ordered a nationwide clampdown on the sale and use of nitrous oxide also known as ”laughing gas.” Nitrous oxide, also called “N20″ is a colourless gas used for sedation and pain relief by dentists and medical professionals to sedate patients undergoing minor medical procedures. However, Marwa said the order was in response to the gas being used for recreational purposes as a drug by some fun seekers, adding that the demand for the substance had spiked. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has vowed to prosecute drug hawkers nationwide, saying such drugs are dangerous to the health. The Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, made this known at the launch of NAFDAC Media Sensitisation Workshop On Dangers of Drug Hawking in Abuja on Tuesday. Adeyeye also reiterated the agency’s readiness to increase surveillance on those using artificial methods in ripening of fruits, and to further prosecute them if caught. She, however, solicited the cooperation of law enforcement agencies to help in the surveillance to rid the country of dangerous practices.…

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, announced some standing committees in the upper chamber and their respective chairpersons. The Senate President, who made the announcement during the plenary, named the committees as Appropriations, Ethics and Public, Petitions, Establishment and Public Accounts. According to him, the Appropriations Committee would be chaired by Senator Solomon Adeola, while Senator Ahmed Wadada is to chair the Public Accounts Committee. Below are the committees and their chairpersons Rules and Business — Titus Zam (chairman), Opeyemi Bamidele (deputy) Ethics and Public Petitions — Okechukwu Ezea (chairman), Khalid Ibrahim Mustapha (deputy) Senate Services — Sunday Karimi (chairman),…

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has offered a scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, who emerged best performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations. Soludo said the gesture followed the recent JAMB declaration of Umeh from Anambra State as the highest scorer with a cumulative mark of 360 in the examination. The governor congratulated the remarkable student for doing the state proud with her exceptional performance. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Christian Aburime, Soludo’s Press Secretary on Tuesday. The statement read, “Following the recent JAMB declaration of Miss Nkechinyere Umeh from Anambra State as…

Ogun State government, on Tuesday, announced its readiness to hold the 2024 National Sports Festival (NSF) in fulfilment of an earlier promise made by the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, as it unveiled leading professionals in Nigeria’s sports sector as Local Organizing Committee (LOC) members. It would be recalled that the state government, earlier in May, had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development. During that occasion, Governor Abiodun had told the Federal Government delegation led by the then Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, that Ogun State, being…

Senator Olurermi Tinubu, wife of President Bola Tinubu has debunked reports that she closed the Aso Rock Chapel. Reports had emerged over the weekend that Remi ordered the closure of the chapel because some members of the congregation did not support her husband. Reacting in a statement issued by her aide, Busola Kukoyi, she said the chapel is open and holds weekly fellowship. She added that President Tinubu is yet to appoint a Chaplain for the chapel. ”We wish to state categorically that this is a fabrication and totally false representation of the true situation, as the First Lady at…

Aviation workers, under the aegis of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), have called on the “owners” of Arik Air to cooperate with its receiver-manager appointed by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). This is contained in a statement issued by Ocheme Aba, general secretary, NUATE. The airline was created in 2004 by Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide, a businessman. In February 2017, Arik Air was taken over by the federal government via AMCON due to the company’s huge debt profile, which was over N300 billion. The government immediately dissolved the airline’s management team, and appointed a receiver manager. Last month, media reports had said the…

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has urged President Bola Tinubu not to send the wrong signals on his fight against corruption. According to Falana, some people that can be found in the Aso Presidential Villa are standing trial for corruption. He made this claim while speaking as a guest at the 60th anniversary of the call to bar of Aare Afe Babalola in Ekiti State on Monday. I’m urging the president to lead an anti-corruption crusade so that the country – the largest concentration of black people on earth, can take its rightful place in the committee of nations. “Highly-placed…

One thousand, six hundred and forty-two fire incidents were recorded in Lagos State between January and June 2023, with 42 persons killed. Similarly, 177 persons were rescued, while N14.62 billion property were destroyed. In its mid-year activity report, the Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, explained that out of the 1,462 emergencies attended to, fire disasters ranked highest, with 924 incidents in different parts of the state. 92 emergencies on rescue were recorded, 41 on salvage, three on explosion, and two on building collapse, while 400 false calls were received. Adeseye, in a statement by the agency’s…

The Labour Party has asserted that the President Bola Tinubu-led government is preparing for an election rerun. National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Barrister Julius Abure, submitted on Monday during a virtual meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy led by the party’s Diaspora Chairman in the United States, Prof. Eddie Oparaoji, According to Abure, Tinubu, and the All Progressives Congress (APC), are preparing for an election rerun just like the Labour Party is. He said, “Those in government are already planning for a rerun, and this is one of the support we will be canvasing from…

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday evening, returned to Abuja after a two-day official visit to Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 6:30p.m., aboard the NAF 001 Boeing 737 jet. While in Bissau, the President was unanimously named the new Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, making him one of the fastest into that office, after the election into office…

Chelsea have revealed their home kit for the 2023-24 season without a front-of-shirt sponsor. A shirt deal with telecommunications company Three was not renewed when it expired at the end of last season. The Premier League blocked a deal with streaming service Paramount+, because of concerns about upsetting its broadcast rights holders. Chelsea decided against a shirt sponsorship agreement with an online gambling company. The club’s supporters’ trust had spoken out against such a partnership, although it is understood Chelsea had already ruled a deal before that. In April, the Premier League announced that gambling sponsors would be withdrawn from the front…