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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has commenced a nationwide enforcement operation to confiscate alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and polyethylene terephthalate bottles below 200 millilitres, in line with the Federal Government’s ban on the products. The agency said the exercise, which is ongoing across the six geopolitical zones, follows the closure of manufacturing facilities found to be producing the prohibited alcoholic drinks. NAFDAC disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, saying enforcement teams had been deployed to markets, motor parks, retail outlets, bars and other distribution channels to identify, seize and remove the banned…

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has relieved six commissioners of their appointments in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at injecting fresh ideas into his administration as it enters its final phase. The affected commissioners headed the Ministries of Works, Women Affairs, Information, Lands, Science and Technology, as well as Security and Sundry Matters. The Secretary to the State Government, Labaran Magaji, announced the development while briefing journalists after the State Executive Council meeting held in Lafia on Tuesday. Magaji said the decision was part of efforts to reposition the administration for improved service delivery and was not prompted by dissatisfaction…

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday publicly declared his support for the Rainbow Coalition, a political alliance led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, while endorsing President Bola Tinubu for a second term in the 2027 presidential election. The governor also threw his weight behind the coalition’s preferred governorship candidate, Kingsley China, calling on his supporters to back all candidates presented by the political movement during the 2027 general elections. Fubara announced his decision at the groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction and equipping of the Riven Medical Facility, a public-private partnership pharmaceutical manufacturing project in…

A 23-year-old man, Victor Oreba Nwite, has been arraigned before an Enugu Magistrate Court over the alleged abduction, unlawful detention and torture of three young men who were reportedly held captive for more than three months and forced into internet fraud. Nwite was arraigned before Chief Magistrate U.M. Ozoeze-Ozobu on a six-count charge filed by the Enugu State Police Command, bordering on unlawful confinement and assault. According to the charge sheet, the defendant allegedly detained the three victims—identified as Izuchukwu Nnome, Joseph Alaka and Miracle Tochukwu—between March and June 2026 at an apartment in Heliu Estate, Independence Layout, Enugu, contrary…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has uncovered hundreds of suspected ghost workers across no fewer than 50 federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, with the Nigeria Police Force recording the highest number of questionable names on the government payroll. Chairman of the ICPC, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, disclosed that the ongoing investigation revealed 570 suspected ghost workers in the Nigeria Police Force, making it the most affected institution so far. Aliyu also revealed a striking case in which a suspect allegedly inserted the names of his wife, son and mother-in-law into the federal payroll while unlawfully collecting…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Chief Muraino Banjoko, has pledged ₦40 million to support the electioneering campaign of the party’s House of Representatives candidate for Ifo/Ewekoro Federal Constituency, Hon. Motunrayo Adijat Adeleye, ahead of the 2027 general elections. Banjoko announced the donation on Tuesday during an APC stakeholders’ meeting held in Agbado, Ifo Local Government Area, as part of Adeleye’s consultation and consolidation tour across the constituency. The former APC Ogun Central Senatorial aspirant described Adeleye as a committed grassroots politician with a proven record of service, expressing confidence in her ability to provide effective…

Leaders and residents of the Ijemo community in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State have endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party’s deputy governorship candidate, Alhaja Lateefah Sowunmi-Kolapo, while also throwing their weight behind the party’s governorship candidate, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, ahead of the 2027 governorship election. The endorsement came during a reception organised in honour of Sowunmi-Kolapo, where community leaders, party chieftains and supporters described her emergence as a source of pride for the Egba people and a significant milestone for the community. Speaking at the event, the Ogun State Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Abayomi Tella, said Sowunmi-Kolapo…

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