15 pharmaceutical and patent medicine stores in Calabar, Cross River State have been closed down for allegedly selling fake, unregistered, expired or banned drugs to unsuspecting members of the public. The closure was facilitated by a team from the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) which carried out routine search on some designated Pharmacies and Patent…

The Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Olayinka Balogun, has given a two-day ultimatum to two rival transport unions in the state to resolve their differences on the control of motor parks and routes plied by their members or be sanctioned Mr. Balogun gave the ultimatum on Tuesday in Ado Ekiti while mediating in the dispute between the National Union…

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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Agriculture Abeokuta (UNNAB), Olufemi Balogun, yesterday disclosed that the school has acquired four farm settlements in Ogun State to boost food production and solve most of the challenges associated with farming. Mr Balogun made the revelation at a press conference held at the Senate Chambers of the University at Alabata, Abeokuta in preparation…

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The Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, on Tuesday called for adequate funding of the nation’s universities to attain scientific and technological breakthrough, adding that the productivity of any university should not be based on its size but on its impact on the economic, scientific, and industrial breakthrough of the nation. The governor, who made the submission while playing host to…

As the 2011 elections draws nearer, 1 Goal, a global advocacy group canvassing support for increased access to education, has called on Nigerian politicians to pay closer attention to the education sector. Speaking at an interactive session with journalists on Tuesday in Abuja, Wale Samuel, the Policy Advisor for Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CASEFA), the group…

I recently had lunch with one of my very good friends and her sprightly white-haired father who is in his seventies. We had arranged to catch up over lunch on a weekday and I was surprised to learn that her father, who still worked in the office with her, would come along as he did several times a week. In…

Four political parties under the auspices of the Coalition Of Political Parties in Kaduna State, said they have uncovered plans by the Peoples Democratic Party in the state to intimidate and blackmail gubernatorial candidates of opposition parties and their key campaign officers. The parties comprise the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP),…

Chairman of Edo State Anti-Pipeline Vandalisation Committee, Osakpamwan Eriyo, has been suspended by the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, following a protest by some Benin youth over an alleged assault on the person of Uyiekpen Erediauwa, a Benin prince. Mr. Eriyo, who was in charge of anti-pipeline vandalism, and also a revenue collection contractor to Oredo local government council, was alleged…

Kwara’s leading politician, Olusola Saraki, has urged the electorate in the state to vote for his daughter, Gbemisola Saraki, in the April governorship election, just as he lamented the opposition to his daughter’s ambition to govern the state. He made the plea in Ilorin on Sunday at the inauguration of the governorship campaign of Ms. Saraki, the gubernatorial candidate of…

Violent clashes between thugs of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Akwa Ibom State has left three people dead and several others injured. The clashes took place in Okoita, and Abat Etim Ekpo Ward 1 in Ibiono Ibom and Etim Ekpo Local Government Areas of the state. The Commissioner for Housing and Urban Renewal,…

The People’s Democratic Party in Osun State has accused leaders of the Action Congress Of Nigeria (ACN) of planning to contribute money to influence the outcome of a probe set up by the National Judicial Council to investigate the chief justice of the federation, Alphosus Katsina-Alu and the president of the Court of Appeal, Ayo Isa-Salami. The party, in a…