Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has given more details about the ban on Indomie Instant Noodles. Adeyeye told reporters that a particular flavour of the brand, ‘Special Chicken Flavour’, is not registered by the agency for sale in Nigeria. The NAFDAC DG also said that the agency has commenced random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles, including the seasoning, for the presence of cancer-causing agent ethylene oxide, which …
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Akin Osuntokun, Director-General of the Labour Party (LP) presidential campaign council has blamed the crisis rocking the party on the judiciary. Osuntokun who appeared on a Channels Television programme on Thursday, April 20, alleged that Nigerian judges now rely more on “technicalities, evasive tactics, and scapegoatism,” to take very crucial positions. He said; “There is nothing going on there other than the crisis of the judiciary. It is a judge that made a judgement that is now …
Chikwe Ihekwazu, the Director-General of The Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, has advised against the use of only Face shields as a protection against getting infected by the novel Coronavirus. In recent weeks, many Nigerians have opted to use Face shields instead of the popular face masks. However, while speaking at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 today June 25, Ihekweazu said from available knowledge, Face shields are not sufficient enough to protect …
Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Yinka Omorogbe, has revealed that slain 100-level Microbiology student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Uwa Omozuwa, was a virgin before she was raped and murdered. The AG was reacting to rumors on social media that the 22-year-old was pregnant for a pastor before she was raped and murdered inside a church last month. Prof.Omorogbe denied the terrible claims during a protest organized by members of the Edo Women Development Initiatives …
The appointment of a former director of the central bank of Nigeria, Lamido Yuguda as the director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been confirmed by the Nigerian senate. Appointments of Reginald Karausa, Ibrahim Boyi, and Obi Joseph as full-time commissioners of the agency were also confirmed by the lawmakers following a report presented by the chairman of Senate capital market committee, Ibikunle Amosun (APC, Ogun). Before Yuguda’s confirmation, senators from Akwa Ibom state had filed a petition requestiing that Mary Uduk who had …
The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli has announced that anyone who justifies rape will henceforth be arrested and treated as a suspect. The agency’s DG made the announcement during a press conference to address the increased cases of rape across the country today, June 10. Julie Okah-Donli who insisted that there is no reason for rape, sarcastically asked those who blame the inhumane act on indescent dressing why they describe …