The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to immediately direct the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN), and other relevant agencies to intensify surveillance, inspections, and crackdowns on fake drug manufacturers and distributors nationwide. It also condemned in the strongest terms the criminal act of producing and distributing fake drugs, and commended the law enforcement agencies involved in uncovering the illegal operation in Osisioma Ngwa LGA. The House, therefore, mandated the House Committee on Health and the Committee on Drugs and Narcotics to investigate the proliferation of…
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The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has taken ordered the deployment of additional tactical squads to Osun State to bolster security and restore law and order. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi in a statement issued Monday said The directive was in response to the ongoing violence which disrupted peace and safety in the state. He vowed that the police would bring the perpetrators to justice. Adejobi said: “These violent actions had disrupted the peace, leading to the destruction of property, and the unfortunate loss of innocent lives. “The Police recognises that violence undermines the democratic process and threatens…
The African Union (AU) has endorsed Nigeria as the Digital Trade Champion for the continent under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) Digital Trade protocol, following the impressive record of the Federal Government in promoting digital enterprise and innovation. The Special Information to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. The 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which concluded on Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, recognised Nigeria’s proactive role in advancing the implementation of the digital trade protocol adopted in February 2024. The protocol…
The Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has revealed that five people lost their lives, while several others were injured during the forceful takeover of local government secretariat across the state by the All Progressives Congress (APC). He revealed that the five PDP that died were members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Adeleke stressed that while two people were killed in Iragbiji, Boripe local government, another two were killed at Ola Oluwa Local government and one was lost at Ikire. The spokesperson to the State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, in a statement issued on Monday said the governor…
Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government was thrown into panic mood on Monday following the purported killing of the reinstated Chairman of the council, Mr. Remi Abass by thugs believed to be working for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after taking over the council secretariat. TheHintsNews reports that there was tension across the state following the plans by the sacked Chairmen and councillors to take over the Secretariat following the last week Appeal Court judgement. Checks revealed that while APC claimed that the judgement delivered last week had reinstated the sacked elected council chairmen and councillors, the State…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the sacked Osun State Local Government Chairmen and Councilors to perish the thought of forcing themselves back into office, saying such would amount to a futile venture with dire consequences. The National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, in a statement issued on Monday also urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to accept the reality and end its resort to self-help, misrepresentations, vituperations, violence and killing with the aim to trigger crisis and destabilise the State. He noted that the fate of the ousted local government Chairmen and Councilors were sealed by the Judgment…
The Osun State Caucus of the National Assembly has condemned the criminal take-over of the local government secretariat across the State by the sacked officials who were members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). There had been tension in the state over plans by the APC to implement the judgement of the Court of Appeal reinstating the sacked local government chairmen elected in 2022 at the twilight of former governor, Gboyega Oyetola’s administration TheHintsNews reports that that there were two different Federal High Court judgements on the said Local Government Election of 2022. One of the judgements was on the…
The President candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has described the closing of Bridge Market as excessive and unjustified. Obi in a statement issued Monday, the fire, demanded immediate reopening of the market. He said: “The entire Head Bridge Market in Onitsha has been closed by regulatory and security agencies due to suspected trading in illegal drugs within one section of the market known as Ogbo Ogwu. “While one unequivocally condemns such illicit drug trading activities and urges the government to take all necessary measures to eradicate the sale of fake items—especially drugs—and legally prosecute…
When the same spotlight that the Western media have been putting on African nations is turned back on them by the Trump media machine, what we are seeing is that they are every bit as corrupt or even more so than the African countries that they have been unfairly projecting as the fave of corruption. Look at the revelations that have come out from the Ukraine probe. Much of the aid sent to that country allegedly ended up in private pockets. What about the exposé from the USAID payments? Monies paid to cronies. Cash and slush are going to terror…
With the recent revelations about the Obama and Biden administrations funding Boko Haram through USAID, if Nigeria really wants to defend her territorial integrity and ensure her internal security, the National Assembly must without delay pass a law that all Non-Governmental Organisations in Nigeria that receive funding from foreign governments, agencies and individuals must declare such monies. If they do not declare such funds, their registrations should be reversed and their licenses revoked. Any such funds traced to them will be forfeited to the Federal Government. If we do not do this, Nigeria will continue to be vulnerable to external…