Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised alarm over presence of unregistered children bleaching soap. As contained in a public notice issued on its official website on Monday, NAFDAC alerted Nigerians against the use of the brand identified as ‘Fair Child Soap’ following complaint regarding the unethical marketing and use of skin-lightening products among minors. The unregistered product which turned to be imported with proposed plan to commence local production was discovered by the Lagos PMS Directorate during routine post-market surveillance activity. According to the agency, the soap targeted at children and…

Best-selling author Frederick Forsyth, known for thriller novels including The Day Of The Jackal, has died at the age of 86, his agent has said. “We mourn the passing of one of the world’s greatest thriller writers,” Jonathan Lloyd said in a statement. Forsyth published more than 25 books, also including The Odessa File and The Dogs of War, and sold 75 million books around the world, he said. His publisher Bill Scott-Kerr said: “Still read by millions across the world, Freddie’s thrillers define the genre and are still the benchmark to which contemporary writers aspire. He leaves behind a…

Safiu Kehinde Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force have neutralized seven suspected kidnappers while arresting five suspected armed robbers in different operations at Delta and Kaduna states. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. According to the statement, operatives attached to the Delta State Police Command had on the 4th of June, neutralised four suspected kidnappers. Acting on credible intelligence, the operatives, alongside local vigilantes and anti-cult volunteers, engaged the kidnappers in a gun duel along the Abraka Railway axis which led to the neutralisation of the four suspected kidnappers…

Agency Report Vice-President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated a new 7.5MVA distribution injection substation in Maiduguri to boost power supply. The project was executed by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC). Mr Emmanuel Ojor, Head, Corporate Communications and External Relations, NDPHC, said in a statement on Monday. According to him, the inauguration is part of the Eid celebrations, adding that the substation is expected to significantly improve the quality and reliability of electricity supply to customers at Borno State University and the surrounding communities. He said that the project which was implemented under NDPHC’s Distribution Intervention Projects, comprises a 1×7.5MVA 33/11kV injection…

Safiu Kehinde The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has allayed concern over the rail transport on Warri-Itakpe (WITS) corridor, stressing that it is safe and operational. Reacting to safety concerns following a viral video showing removed rail clips, the NRC’s Acting Deputy Director of Public Relations, Callistus Unyimadu, labelled the claims as false in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos. “The attention of the NRC has been drawn to a widely circulated social media massage warning the public to avoid train travel, particularly along Warri – Itakpe rail corridor. “The message, accompanied by a short video showing removed rail clips,…

Safiu Kehinde Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) Women Forum has accused the President Bola Tinubu-led administration of its non-inclusion of the forum’s members in political appointments. The Chairperson of the forum, Dame Julie Donli, made the accusation in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Donli, a former director-general of NAPTIP, said that the forum had enough technocrats and professionals who could add much value in the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu-led government, if given the opportunity. She appealed to the party’s leadership to consider its members for political appointments at all levels, stressing that the demand for inclusion…

‌Safiu Kehinde Brig. Gen. Sani Usman (Rtd), spokesman to former Chief of Army Staff and former Nigerian Ambassador to Benin Republic, Retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has dismissed the report that the ex-COAS was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno. Usman, in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, described the purported report of attack on the general as “mischievous and utterly false.” According to reports, Borno South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Ndume, had during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Sunday evening claimed that the retired army general and his accompanying soldiers were ambushed near a frontline…

Agency Report Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi has declared that after God, his loyalty lies with President Bola Tinubu saying that he takes instructions only from the duo. Umahi made the declaration in Abakaliki while speaking with newsmen on the president’s recent commendation on him over some infrastructural feats. The minister said the commendation was worth more than one trillion dollars to him as it shows he was on the right track and that God answers prayers. “I have told the president even publicly that my loyalty is to God first and then, him. “When a man gives you…

Safiu Kehinde The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, has on Sunday bagged the Champions Newspaper’s 2024 Media Manager of the Year Award. This was disclosed in a post shared on the company’s official X handle on Monday. According to the post, Soneye was presented the award by former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Ernest Ebi, during a well-attended ceremony at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos. Celebrating the recognition of its spokesperson, the NNPC maintained that the award served as proof of Soneye’s leadership excellence in driving strategic communication and…

Safiu Kehinde The 2023 Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has revealed his shortfall during his tenure as Anambra state governor. Obi made the disclosure while speaking in an exclusive interview with Arise TV’s presenter, Oseni Rufai, on Monday. Reacting to claims of plunging Anambra into poverty during his tenure which spanned from 2007 to 2014, the former governor, attributed the allegation to his failure to engage in promotion of his accomplishment on the media. Obi recounted his achievements during his tenure which, according him, saw the state emerged as the number one state on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…