Author: Helen Okechukwu

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has decried the violent disruption of its enforcement operation at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, where thugs reportedly vandalised operational vehicles worth more than N25 billion. According to the agency, the assault occurred during a routine raid led by the Director of Investigation and Enforcement and Chairman of the Federal Task Force. The operation was aimed at cracking down on the sale of counterfeit and unwholesome products before it was violently interrupted. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said the incident…

A joint operation between Nigerian and Nigerien troops has repelled a major Boko Haram/ISWAP attack on Forward Operating Base Kangar in Mallam Fatori, Borno State. In a post shared on Tuesday, the terrorists launched the assault around 4:30 a.m., using armed drones and mortar fire to target defensive positions. Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), reinforced by Sector 3 units, fought back fiercely with air support from Nigerien fighter aircraft, forcing the attackers to retreat into the Tumbun waterways. Read Also: Troops recover stolen cattle after killing 21 bandits in Katsina Six terrorists were confirmed neutralised, with several others killed in…

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Following incessant building collapse in Nigeria’s commercial headquarters, Lagos state, fingers are pointing at poor regulation, substandard materials, and unqualified builders as major factors.  It would be recalled that on 27 October, 2025, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the collapse of a two-storey building at 49 Coates Street, by Cemetery, off Oyingbo Road in Lagos State. The agency disclosed that 13 persons were rescued from beneath the rubble and received medical attention at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ebute Metta, with no casualty recorded. However, on 30 October, tragedy struck again as the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency…

A 20-year-old Nigerian music artist, Godspower Osahenrumwen, popularly known by his stage name Steady Boy, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). His arrest was linked to alleged involvement in the importation of a large consignment of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, from the United States. According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the suspect was taken into custody on Thursday, 30 October, after he showed up to collect a shipment containing 77.20kg of Loud concealed inside three cartons of bathtubs at a residence in Bougain Villa, Primewater Gardens 2, Freedom Way, Lekki, Lagos.…

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has embarked on a renewed three-month security operation aimed at dismantling criminal networks and maintaining the growing sense of safety across Abuja and its environs. Commissioner of Police (CP) Miller Dantawaye, in a signed document shared on Sunday, announced the commencement of the large-scale operation, which will run from November 2025 through January 2026, with all tactical, surveillance, and divisional units mobilised for coordinated field activities. The exercise brings together operatives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), the Police Mobile Force (PMF), the Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU), and the Department of Operations…

A 19-year-old teacher, Abdullahi Abbass has bagged life imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old male minor after Federal Capital Territory High Court presided by Justice M. Osho-Adebiyi in Abuja found him guilty. Following the judgement, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons celebrated his imprisonment as a successful win its fight against sexual violence. In a statement posted on X on Saturday, the agency’s National Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, announced the judgement. Detail revealed that the convict, who worked as private school teacher raped the minor through his anus on March 19, 2025 after school hours. Read Also: Ekiti…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reaffirmed its determination to stamp out the production and circulation of fake and substandard drugs in Nigeria, following the ongoing destruction of more than 80 containers of counterfeit medicines and food items across the country. Speaking during a press briefing in Lagos on Saturday, the Director of Investigation and Enforcement and Chairman of the Federal Task Force, Dr. Martins Iluyomade, said the large-scale destruction exercise was part of the agency’s intensified crackdown on illicit products that endanger public health. Iluyomade decried the moral decay and profit-driven motives fuelling…

A Facebook group, Leucovorin for Autism, created in May by Keith Joyce, guardian to four-year-old Jose, who is taking the drug, has ballooned to over 84,000 members. Joyce claims his child has shown marked improvements in speech and social awareness since starting leucovorin.

In a fresh bid to address years of accumulated gratuity arrears and ensure fairness in payment to retirees, the Kwara State Government has inaugurated two nonpartisan technical committees to sanitise the pension records at both state and local government levels. The committees, composed mainly of technocrats and Labour leaders, have been tasked with verifying existing gratuity claims and authenticating the list of eligible pensioners to guarantee that payments are made strictly on a “first-to-retire, first-to-be-paid” basis. According to the Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Hauwa Nuru, the move underscores Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s commitment to transparency, accountability, and due process in the…