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THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 21 stolen vehicles to Canadian authorities in a significant move to combat international car theft. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who disclosed this, yesterday, during the handover in Lagos, decried the alarming trend of West Africa emerging as a hub in the global stolen vehicle trade.…

LAGOS State Government, yesterday, said that it had shut no fewer than 100 health facilities in the last 10 months for quackery. Executive Secretary of the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA), Dr Abiola Idowu, disclosed during the agency’s sensitisation and enforcement exercise in Badagry. She also said that the rate of quackery in…

NATIONAL Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) have directed Kano drug marketers to relocate their businesses to the Coordinated Wholesale Centre (CWC) in Dangwauro, to check substandard and falsified medicines (SFs). The agencies made the pronouncement at a press briefing yesterday in Lagos. NAFDAC’s Director-General,…

GOVERNOR Babagana Zulum has established the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development (MILFD) to meet the food requirements of Borno State. According to him, the distribution of food items to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camps and host communities cannot be sustained by the state government. Zulum unveiled the new ministry, yesterday, in Maiduguri, while…

CHAIRMAN of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, yesterday, urged public administrators to brace up for challenges of future civil service. He spoke in Katsina at the 43th Annual Conference of the Council of the Civil Service Commissions of the Federation, holding from yesterday to Thursday . According to Olaopa, it is…

GOVERNOR Uba Sani has identified the burgeoning population of out-of school-children as a threat to the survival and development of Kaduna State and the North in general. He said already, his government was taking steps to address the situation. According to him, the large number of out-of-school children, including those with disabilities, is a significant…

THE Benue State Income and Expenditure Commission of Inquiry for 2024 has issued a fresh summons to Chief Titus Tartenger Zam, who was Special Adviser to the former Governor of Benue State on Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, alongside three other key officials from the bureau. Zam, now a senator, who served the…

THE National Union of Gaming and Lottery Workers (NUGLOW) has warned that Nigeria might be losing billions of Naira if the Federal Government fails to urgently reform the industry, which presently contributes an estimated $250 million (approximately N500 billion) yearly to the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The union said the sector's contribution highlights its…

STAKEHOLDERS have underscored the need for a collective commitment to integrating security education into national frameworks to build a more secure and prosperous Nigeria. They called for revision of the country’s educational curriculum to incorporate security education as a comprehensive strategy to address key challenges such as insurgency, corruption, ethno-religious violence and inter-communal crises. The…

An Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has called for a deliberate alignment between theoretical frameworks and practical realities in security management to tackle Nigeria’s complex security challenges effectively. Speaking at the maiden International Conference of the Institute of Criminology and Strategic Studies held at the Afe Babalola Hall, University of Lagos, Fayoade…