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NAFDAC bars firms from using COVID-19 to promote brands
Nike Popoola The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has warned infant foods producing companies from using the coronavirus pandemic as a means to promote their brands. It gave this directive in a statement on, “COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and guidance note to companies that donate or market breastmilk substitutes for infants.” NAFDAC …
US VP’s spokeswoman tests positive for COVID-19
The US vice president’s spokeswoman became the second White House staffer this week to test positive for the coronavirus, officials said Friday, even as President Donald Trump continued to go mask-free at a World War II commemoration with veterans in their 90s. News that staffer Katie Miller had fallen ill boosted fears that the White …
Godfathers pressurise FG to free Chinese arrested for illegal mining
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja The Federal Government has refused to bow to pressure to free the Chinese and others arrested for illegal mining in Zamfara and Osun states last month, vowing to prosecute the suspects. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, said the government would meet with the Chinese government over the illegal …
My sister was coming to see me when she was killed –Ilami, sibling of murdered UNIPORT student
Ilami Adoki is a sister of the late Joy Adoki, one of the three students of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State gruesomely murdered by suspected kidnappers. She tells CHUKWUDI AKASIKE how the tragedy has been affecting the family How did you receive the news of the death of your sister, Joy Adoki? What …
FG seeks COVID-19 patients for herbal drug trials
Kayode Oyero The Federal Government says there are pharmaceutical processes and standards that must be observed before endorsing any proposed herbal or homegrown drug for use by coronavirus patients in the country. The Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, made this known on Friday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 …
UCH worker tests positive for COVID-19
Sodiq Oyeleke A health worker at the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan has tested positive for coronavirus. The UCH COVID-19 media team made this known in a press statement on Saturday. It said the infected staff works in the hospital’s surgical unit. The statement read in part, “The hospital wishes to announce that one case of …
UK to introduce two-week quarantine for arrivals
Britain plans to introduce a 14-day mandatory quarantine for most international arrivals, reports said Saturday, despite growing pressure on the government to relax virus lockdown measures. It comes as the UK, which has the world’s second-highest coronavirus death toll after the US, cautiously charts a way forward after imposing strict stay-at-home orders in late March. …
I helped E-money kidnap rich people but he left me poor –Suspect arrested by IRT
Jesusegun Alagbe A suspect, Ifeanyi Asiegbuelam, has narrated how he helped the late billionaire kidnapper, Collins Ezenwa, popularly known as E-money, to kidnap many rich people from the South-East, especially in Imo and Abia states. However, Asiegbuelam, 32, lamented that despite aiding Ezenwa to perpetrate the crimes, he did not make him rich. Ezenwa, a …
Again, Ogun extends lockdown by one week
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Friday, for the second time, ordered the extension of the lockdown by one week. He said the relaxation on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, would remain. Abiodun announced the extension while addressing journalists at the Governor’s Office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State. He said, “You, the entire …
Refusal to pay bribe cost me 2014 World Cup – Obasi
…I will investigate claim, says sports minister Ebenezer Bajela Former Super Eagles forward, Chinedu Obasi, has lifted the lid on why he wasn’t part of the national team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, despite being offered the chance to make the team. Obasi said officials asked him to pay a bribe to be …
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