NAFDAC warns against chemical ripening of fruits

The World Health Organization said Thursday its experts were investigating a new, unidentified cluster of illness in the DR Congo after two previous mystery outbreaks earlier this year. The WHO said the Bolamba zone in the western province of Equateur reported 12 people who fell ill, including eight deaths, in January. Earlier this month, 158…

The Igbo-Etiti Local Government in Enugu State has vowed to arrest and prosecute any masquerade caught flogging or molesting women and girls in the area. The council chairman, Dr. Eric Odo disclosed this on Thursday during a one-day campaign on the eradication of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the council headquarters. The chairman reiterated…

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has lauded Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over his strides, initiatives, and support in the sector as the state government organised training programmes for 22,370 farmers on weather predictions, soil management and other factors that affect agricultural practice. The Oyo State chapter chairman of AFAN, Mr. Adewumi…

The Police in Ondo State say they have arrested two suspected armed robbers who have been terrorising residents of Akure in recent months. CSP Funmilayo Odunlami, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Akure. Odunlami identified the suspects as Amubieya Emmanuel ‘m’…

Apart from the arrest of four kidnapping suspects on Wednesday, the police in Plateau State said it has arrested more suspects. The arrest of four suspected kidnappers in the foiled kidnapping incident took place along Little Rayfield Road in Jos. The police, in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Alfred Alabo,…

The Police Command in Enugu State says it has repelled an armed robbery attack, neutralized one armed robber and detained another suspect in multiple operations within the state. The command Spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said on Thursday in Enugu that the police recovered one cut-to-size double-barreled gun with three live cartridges and two stolen Toyota…

The Ijaw Progressive Union of Aborigines (IPUA) has on Thursday regretted that Chief Edwin Clark passed on at a time when the Ijaw nation

A High Court in Yola, Adamawa State, has ordered the imprisonment of M.K. Tijjani, counsel to sacked Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu Ari Yunusa, for contempt of court. Justice Benjamin Lawan Manji on Thursday sent Tijjani to Yola Correctional Centre for what the judge described as "insolence and dishonorable conduct" during…

Residents of Jabi-Dakibiyu in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Thursday, expressed outrage over an alleged demand by a supposed Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) community agent to pay ₦17 million for a transformer, despite enduring a two-month power outage. A source, who spoke to The Guardian, said that residents have continued to receive…

An Osun State High Court, sitting in Ede, presided over by Justice Kudirat Akano, on Thursday, sentenced two friends, namely Oluwashina