The Kebbi State High Court has ordered Uche Secondus to return to his position as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is coming days after the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt removed from the post and less than 12 hours after the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party announced the deputy national chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi as acting national chairman. The presiding judge, Justice Nusirat Umar said she was satisfied after reading the affidavit of the respondents (Yahaya Usman, Abubakar Mohammed and Bashar Suleman), in a suit No. KB/AC/M. 170/2021 brought before her, that…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), on Thursday, received assorted unregistered pharmaceutical products worth N100 million seized by the Nigeria Customs Service. The drugs were handed over to NAFDAC in Kaduna by the Comptroller, Zone B of Customs Federal Operation Unit, Mr Al-Bashir Hamisu. Hamisu said that the pharmaceutical products were seized by the Customs’ boarder patrol teams in August. “The products are now in safe hands, and I am happy because we are doing a great job and the drugs are given out to the rightful authority for further regulatory control. “If the drugs goes to…
The Director Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, says the Armed Forces under the leadership of Gen. Lucky Irabor, will not allow Nigeria to disintegrate. Sawyerr stated this when he paid a courtesy call on the Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Buki Ponle, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the Armed Forces is committed to ensuring national security, peaceful coexistence of all Nigerians, economic development, political and social cohabitation. He said that the media is key in tackling the security challenges. He also said that information management in times of crisis is vital. “Timely dissemination of information…
Dr Rose Gidado, the country coordinator, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa says the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) technology has been stigmatized greatly in Nigeria. Gidado spoke in Abuja on Thursday when she led a team on a courtesy call to the Managing Director of NAN, Mr Buki Ponle. She noted with sadness that anti – GMO organizations had even taken her members and partners to court by painting negative pictures on consumption of GM foods. According to her, GMO technology will enable Nigeria to attain the much desired food security as crops will be resistant to pest…
The Special Investigation Panel (SIP), investigating the alleged indictment of Mr Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) has submitted its report to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Baba. The Force spokesperson, Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, in Abuja. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had indicted Kyari in a bribery allegation. The FBI had alleged that the DCP was paid a bribe by a serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, to arrest one of his (Hushpuppi’s) friends in a $1.1 million deal. Kyari was on July 31, suspended by the Police Service Commission (PSC), following…
Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General, National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says she inherited N3.2 billion as debt on assumption of office in 2017. Adeyeye disclosed this before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, during an interactive session on the 2022 to 2024 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) on Thursday in Abuja. She, however, said that she had been able to offset N3.1 billion from the debt, adding that the agency was in near comatose when she assumed office. She said when she joined the agency, 80 per cent of the equipment was not working,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to president Muhammadu Buhari’s response to Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom that the governor is inciting Rwandan-style ethnic and religious hatred. Buhari had reacted to Ortom’s description of him as the worst President Nigeria has ever had. The PDP in a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan made available to newsmen on Thursday, replied Buhari that he was rather spreading division and hatred among Nigerians and not Benue state governor. “PDP’s position is against the backdrop of an inciting hate statement issued by the Buhari Presidency in a bitter personal attack on Governor…
…As Kyari assures gas supply will revamp industries Nigeria’s domestic gas penetration aspirations have received a major boost as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Kaduna state government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for utilisation and expansion of gas supply in the state. Speaking at the MoU Execution Ceremony which held Thursday at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House in Kaduna, the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, described the moment as yet another watershed in the Federal Government’s Decade of Gas initiative which is aimed at utilising the nation’s abundant gas resources to power…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has appointed its Deputy National Chairman (South), Yemi Akinwonmi as acting national chairman of the party. PDP spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan made the announcement after a closed-door meeting of the national working committee (NWC) in Abuja on Thursday. The appointment is not unconnected with the crisis that led to Uche Secondus’ sack by Port Harcourt Federal High Court as the national chairman. Details later…
…As Nigeria moves to strengthen foods systems at the post-Covid-19 era Silvex International is galvanizing private sector players in the food industry, to support the realization of the proposed first Agro-Industrial Park in Kano, northwestern Nigeria. The sector agreed to this at the just concluded 2021 Feed Nigeria Summit held in Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Hotel Abuja. Critical stakeholders that participated at the Summit, focused on the need to capitalize on the positive energy of the Nigerian agricultural sector to strengthen the nation’s overall Post Covid-19 economy, a statement by the Chief Operating Officer of Silvex, Abubakar Ibrahim and made…