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Sagamu, Jan. 30, 2023 – The corpse of a woman slated for burial on Saturday is still missing from the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State. A source said the drama started on Friday when the family of the deceased came to the hospital to take the body for burial only for them to discover that the corpse was no longer in the mortuary. The source said the body, which was brought to the morgue in October 2022, could not be found among 69 other …

Lagos, Jan. 30, 2023 – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will check menace of substandard and falsified medicines in the country through effective implementation of pharmaceutical traceability strategy. Its Director General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said this at the just concluded traceability workshop in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The workshop, which was organised by NAFDAC, was aimed at finalising the draft regulations on traceability of pharmaceutical products in the country. A statement issued by NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant in Lagos on Sunday, quoted Adeyeye as …

Abuja, Jan 29, 2023 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicate operating in parts of the world. Femi Babafemi, its Spokesman, said in a statement on Sunday that this followed a special operation that lasted weeks during which different quantities of skunk, methamphetamine and ephedrine as well as air compressors used to conceal and distribute them globally were recovered. According to the statement, the special operation came on the heels of a warning …

Lagos, Jan. 29, 2023 – An articulated truck conveying a 20ft container fell on a commercial bus at Ojuelegba, Lagos, on Sunday killing nine persons. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), said the truck lost control while ascending a bridge. “Upon arrival at the scene, a truck conveying a 20ft container was found to have landed on top of a commercial bus. “Investigation revealed that the bus was picking up passengers when the truck lost control and fell over the side of the bridge. …

Abuja, Jan. 28, 2023 – Sadiya Farouk, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, said Nigeria lost about $6.68 billion to the 2022 flood in the 36 states of the federation. She said the worst affected states were Jigawa, Rivers, Taraba, Cross River, Delta and Bayelsa. The minister said this in during the presentation of the Global Rapid Post Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report of the 2022 flood. She said that the objective of the GRADE Nite developed by the World Bank’s Disaster-Resilience Analytics and Solutions (D-RAS) …

Abuja, Jan, 27, 2023 – Properties worth millions of naira were lost when the Enyo Petrol Station in Wuse Zone 1 in Abuja caught a fire at about 7.30 pm on Friday. An eye witness said that the fire started from a tanker parked in the filling station, but many residents initially thought it was a bomb explosion. Ibrahim Mohammed Tauheed,  the Spokesman for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who was at the scene, said the situation was brought under control with the efforts of the fire fighters and the …

Kaduna, Jan. 27, 2023 – The Nigerian  Railway Corporation has suspended the train service along the Abuja-Kaduna corridor due to the derailment of the train at Kubwa in Abuja on Friday. The cause of the derailment is still unknown, An official of the NRC confirmed the incident, saying: “It is true that the train derailed today (Friday), but the good news is that it didn’t happen in the bush like the one of Warri-Itakpe. (GBN)

Lagos, Jan. 27, 2023 – The Nigeria Union South Africa (NUSA) has urged the South Africa Government to investigate the “invasion’’ of Nigerian mission in South Africa by officials of Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) and City Power. It said the invasion disrupted normal consular services in the Consulate. A statement by the union’s President, Mr Collins Mgbo, on Friday in Lagos, said that the City of Johannesburg officials invaded the Nigerian Consulate on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023.  It said that following the visit, the Consulate General of Nigeria in …

Osogbo, Jan. 17, 2023 – Security men have taken over all areas in Oshogbo, the capital of Osun State, today as the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal starts delivering its judgment in the Oyetola-Adeleke governorship tussle. Former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola is challenging the victory of Ademola Adeleke during the 2022 governorship election held on July 16, 2022 over anomalies in 749 polling units and certificate forgery.   There is heavy security presence at Ola-Iya Junction, Oke-Fia, Old-Garage, Lameko as policemen, men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps and Amotekun as well …