Author: Akintayo Adams

On Tuesday, Nigerian members of the Distillers and Blenders Association will demonstrate against the prohibition on producing, distributing, and retailing alcoholic beverages in PET bottles and sachets. In a statement released by the association, they threatened to storm the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control’s Lagos office to protest the decision. This was in response to the declaration made on Monday by Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of NAFDAC, that the organization had started enforcing the prohibition on alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles with a capacity of less than 200ml. She said : “As…

Theophilus Ebonyi, the general overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on suspicion of defrauding Nigerians and church members. The pastor was detained, according to an EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale, who revealed this in an announcement on Monday in Abuja. The preacher was accused of using fraudulent funding from the Ford Foundation totaling N1,319,040,274.31. In the released statement, it was revealed that “Ebonyi was arrested for defrauding his victims, comprising non-governmental organisations and individuals by advertising an intervention project through his NGO, Theobarth Global Foundation, claiming that the Ford…

On Monday, the Oyo State Government gave orders to all 33 local government chairmen, traditional chiefs, and rulers in the state to rid their respective council areas of land grabbers, robbers, and illegal miners. On Tuesday, January 16, an explosion occurred on Adeyi Avenue in Old Bodija in Ibadan, injuring 77 people and destroying 55 residences. Five persons died in the explosion. Afterwards, Sèyí Makinde, the state governor, claimed that an alleged illegal miner who kept explosives at home was responsible for the incident. Following a meeting behind closed doors with the leaders of the council in the ministry’s conference…

Renowned Yoruba actor Ebun Oloyede, popularly known as Olaiya Igwe has publicly apologized to Nigerians for his nude beachside campaigning video for Bola Tinubu. The actor revealed that his actions were motivated by a spiritual revelation he claimed to have received on Tinubu in a now-deleted video that he posted on his Instagram account on Monday. In the video, Igwe credited Tinubu’s help—especially with health-related issues—for the reason he was supporting the politician. Speaking in Yoruba, Olaiya said, “Because of things he has done for me, health-wise, and I received a revelation to pray for him at the beach, which…

According to Uche Nwokwu, National Coordinator of the Federal Ministry of Health’s Cancer Control Program, the Federal Government has finalized preparations to incorporate cancer treatment into the National Health Insurance Scheme. He claims that this is done to guarantee that residents with cancer receive appropriate and reasonably priced healthcare services. In honor of World Cancer Day in 2024, he made this revelation at the Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association Cancer Awareness Summit. He stated, “We understand that one of the major things cancer affects is the pockets of the affected affected families and communities. Cancer is capable of impoverishing anybody.…

Two buses carrying passengers from the South-East of the nation to Abuja have been abducted in the Kogi State senatorial district’s Inele-Eteke Ogugu new road. On Monday, information surfaced that kidnappers had taken control of the buses, which belonged to GIG and ABC transport companies and were traveling to Abuja, on Saturday. An additional source revealed that the GIG bus departed from Umuahia, Abia State, on Saturday morning at 7:30 am, heading for Abuja. The source claims that the GIG firm called security agencies, who tracked the car in an effort to save the victims. The incidence has also been…

Earlier today, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) experienced its first power outage in 2024, which prevented the country’s distribution of electricity by the electricity distribution companies (DisCos). The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) management announced to its consumers that a statewide power outage resulted from a system meltdown that happened “at 11:21 hours today, February 4, 2024.” This comes after the country’s electricity supply fell in several areas due to gas supply restrictions for electricity producing enterprises. At least three national blackouts affected Nigerians in 2023 on September 14, 19, and December 11. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, had…

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has been asked by the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN) to expose a religious group that is allegedly funding terrorism in the nation. The Council said in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja under the joint signatures of its President, Sheikh Abdularasheed Hadiyatullah, and Secretary General Secretary, Malam Nafiu Ahmad, that the recent revelation by the EFCC chairman regarding religious organizations funding insurgency in Nigeria had caused shockwaves throughout the nation. It insisted that the religious body be revealed. The Council stated that the matter sparked worries about possible fund…

Well-known Nigerian artist and music industry entrepreneur Kcee has charged Harrysong, a former signee, of faking his signature in order to obtain money from customers. This comes weeks after Harrysong accused Kcee and his brother E-money of controlling the Five Star Records label of denying him royalties. In response, Kcee said that Harrysong faces criminal charges for faking himself and his brother’s signatures in order to obtain money from their customer in his most recent interview on “The Afrobeat Podcast.” “For me Harrysong has a five-year contract with 5-star records and is still running as we speak. But he has…

Following the loss of His Excellency, President Hage Geingob, President Bola Tinubu has sent his sincere condolences to the Namibian government and people. The President remarked on Sunday that he joins Nigerians in lamenting the terrible death of a seasoned fighter for democracy through his Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. According to Tinubu, Geingob supported economic, social, and political unity among Africans as well as effective governance. He pointed out that the tragedy occurred at a time when Africa needed more visionary leaders who could forge stronger cross-border ties and plant the seeds of cooperation in all…