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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will begin the enforcement of the ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and small bottles below 200ml by December 2025. NAFDAC Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the directive during a press briefing inContinue Reading

President Bola Tinubu’s delegation to the United Kingdom has opened high-level discussions on the possible transfer of Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to serve the remainder of his prison sentence in Nigeria. Ekweremadu, who was sentenced to nine years and eight months in a UK prison for organContinue Reading

Things got heated between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, his entourage, and some soldiers when he was stopped from gaining access to a land in the Gaduwa district of the area. “This is unprofessional. You cannot be threatening a minister like this,” one of the officialsContinue Reading

Participants in a Group Photograph during the Regional Train-the-Trainer workshop on Port State Control Inspecti on under the Abuja Mou held in Lagos.The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, has declared that effective Port State Control (PSC) remains one of the world’s strongest weapons in securing saferContinue Reading

Tension boiled over in Igbogbele, Badagry West LCDA, Lagos, after a stray bullet allegedly fired by an Immigration officer struck a woman identified as Hunsu Elizabeth. The incident, which occurred on Friday, ignited outrage among residents, leading to the burning of the Nigeria Immigration Service checkpoint in the area. AccordingContinue Reading

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) intensified its counterterrorism operations over the weekend, launching coordinated, intelligence-driven airstrikes that eliminated scores of ISWAP fighters and destroyed multiple terrorist hideouts. The operations came shortly after the assumption of office by the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, who has vowedContinue Reading

Several members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) during intensified counterterrorism and counter-banditry operations nationwide. The incident followed a series of precision airstrikes that neutralised the terrorists in Mallam Fatori and Shuwaram, Borno State, and destroyed bandit enclavesContinue Reading

Tension is rising across the rival camps of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as more than 3,000 delegates prepare to storm Ibadan, Oyo State, for the party’s national elective convention, Frontline Reporters has learnt. The convention, scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025, has become a major flashpoint in theContinue Reading

The Presidency on Sunday released a concise update on Nigeria’s counter-terrorism efforts, outlining arrests, convictions, and a marked decline in terror-related fatalities since 2023. The statement, posted on the official X handle @NGRPresident, comes amid renewed diplomatic tension following allegations by U.S. President Donald Trump accusing Nigeria of genocide againstContinue Reading