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IGP shuns Senate 3rd time, says I owe no one apology

May 10, 2018 topnews

The Senate, yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in the Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris for his refusal to appear before the Senate at plenary yesterday, the third time in two weeks, to speak on the spate of killings across the country and the inhuman treatment meted on Senator Dino Melaye ( APC, Kogi West). He was declared not fit to hold any office, both home and abroad. But the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, yesterday also told the Senate that he had no apology for…

I Didn’t Storm Out Of South West Leaders Meeting – Fayemi

May 9, 2018 topnews

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development and Governorship Aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi, has denied media reports that he stormed out of a meeting of the party’s South West leaders with Ekiti State governorship aspirants in Abuja on Tuesday. The Minister said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday that contrary to misleading media reports and social media posts purporting that he walked out of the meeting, he only left the venue, like other attendees, at the end of the meeting. The Minister in…

Two container loads of tramadol seized by Customs

May 9, 2018 topnews

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has impounded two containers loaded with Tramadol Hydrochloride (225 milligrams). The drugs that were loaded in a 1×20 and 1×40 feet containers, were imported from India with a total Duty Paid Value, DPV of N124 million. This is just as the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, described the closure of three pharmaceutical companies involved in the illegal codeine sales as short term measure, saying, “only implementation of proper prescription record and rights for doctors will stop the abuse among the populace.” Disclosing the seizure in…

9-year-old girl raped by father and son

May 9, 2018 topnews

A 9-year-old girl was reportedly raped by a 65-year-old man, Lawal Angala, and his son, Isah, 19 in Katsina. Hajiya Fadile Dikko, who presided at a Katsina senior magistrates’ court where the accused persons were arraigned for the offence on Monday, directed that they be remanded in the prison custody till June 14, 2018 when their case would come up for mention. The police had told the court that the accused persons, who resided at Safana town in Kastina State, committed the offence on May 2. The victim’s mother, Shamsiya…

Buhari unfit for governance – PDP

May 9, 2018 topnews

In it’s address yesterday, National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan has said that the President’s trip yesterday, to the United Kingdom to see his doctors was an indication that he was not fit to effectively preside over the affairs of the Nigerian state. Ologbodiyan also drew the attention of the world to what it termed the unabating violations of human rights across the country by the current administration. He also condemned the President’s latest ‘technical stop-over’ in the United Kingdom after a state visit to…

Nigerian authorities shut three cough syrup manufacturers

May 8, 2018 topnews

Nigeria’s authorities have shut down three leading drugs companies after a BBC investigation into addiction to cough syrup containing codeine. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) said it shut the firms for failing to fully co-operate with its inspectors. The companies have not yet commented. The BBC investigation showed that the syrup was being sold on the black market, and was being used by young Nigerians to get high. It recorded figures in the pharmaceutical industry selling the drug illegally. Nafdac director Mojisola Adeyeye said…

President Buhari To Leave For London Tomorrow For Medical Checkup

May 8, 2018 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja tomorrow for a medical checkup in London, He will be away for four days, back in Abuja on Saturday, May 12. As shared on his official Facebook page; “I will be traveling to the United Kingdom tomorrow, to see my doctor, at his request. Will be away for four days; back in Abuja on Saturday, May 12. The Presidency has issued a statement to this effect. I look forward to my 2-day State Visit to Jigawa State on Monday and Tuesday next week, upon…

2019: Only God Can Say Who Wins Election ―buhari

May 8, 2018 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for patience, maturity and orderliness as the nation heads into the 2019 elections, saying that from his own experience, he could tell that it is only God who determines winners of elections. Speaking at the All Progressives Party’s (APC) Ward Congress held at Bayagida Model Primary School, Daura, Katsina state on Saturday, he, therefore, urged political parties, candidates and the electorate to put the country first and always remember that victory ultimately belongs to God. He said: “After going to the court so many times…

TEAM NEON WINS AT THE CONRAD FINAL

May 8, 2018 topnews

Afolabi Williams, team leader, Olubusiyi Famobiwo, Menashi Mordi and Osagumwenro Naaman Ugbo, members of Team Neon from Whitesands School, Lagos, have emerged as the 2018 Power Pitch Winner of the Smoke-Free World category of the Conrad Foundation Spirit of Innovation challenge summit held at the Kennedy Space Centre, Visitor Complex, Florida, USA. The four junior school students made it to the fourth round and final stage of the competition, the only representatives from Nigeria and Africa that participated in the finals. They pitched their idea on a Virtual Farm project,…

$36.3bn spent on fuel importation in 5 years — CBN

May 8, 2018 topnews

Nigeria apex bank, CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, disclosed that the sum of $119.409billion was spent on the importation of commodities into the country in five years. Of the amount, $36.371billion was expended on the importation of petroleum products from 2013 to 2017. The Director in charge of Research in the apex bank, Mr Ganiyu Amao made the disclosure while testifying before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Refineries Turn Around Maintenance, TAM. Amao also lamented that the huge expenditure had affected the nation’s external reserve and induced the depreciation…