•Alcohol in sachets 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 next month, December 2025. NAFDAC Director General, Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the directive during a press briefi...
•Peter Obi and Tinubu Politician and former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over Nigeria’s rapidly escalating debt profile. In a statement on his X handle, Obi warned that the country’s fiscal trajectory could compromise future generations and worsen living conditions for millions of citizens. His war...
•Minister of Works, Dave Umahi The federal government has assured Nigerians that Section 3 of the East-West Road, which stretches 15 kilometers from Eleme Junction to Onne Junction in Rivers State, will be completed and opened to the public by December 2025. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, gave the assurance during an inspection tour [&hell...
•Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah Junta-ruled Guinea is doing “everything” to ensure presidential and parliamentary elections are held in December, Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah said today. The west African country’s junta leader General Mamady Doumbouya has promised that 2025 would be “a crucial electoral year” and has announced a constitution...
December is a festive month marked by Christmas cheer and the birthdays of many Nigerian celebrities and notable personalities. From singers and rappers to politicians and sports icons, several individuals born this month embody traits influenced by the zodiac signs Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21) and Capricorn (December 22 – January 1...
•Foodstuff market Nigerians are facing increasing hardship, and foodstuff transporters, under the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AUFCDN), have warned that food prices will skyrocket in December. In an interview with our correspondent, the National President of AUFCDN, Mohammed Tahir, explained that the rising cos...
Nigeria’s public debt stock is projected to hit N130tn this year, raising concerns about the country’s debt-to-gross domestic product ratio. This was revealed in a report by Afrinvest, an investment management company, titled, ‘Bank Recapitalisation, Catalyst for a $1tn Economy, ‘ unveiled in Abuja recently. Nigeria’s public debt stock, which ...
Consumers in December 2023 experienced a spike in the average retail price of kerosine reaching N1,362.27 per litre nationwide. This marked a 5.84 per cent increase compared to the N1,287.10 recorded in November 2023, reports The PUNCH. The latest report of the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics obtained today indicates on a year-on-year basis, the...
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N1.1 trillion December 2023 allocation to the Federal Government, States and Local Government councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting for January 2024, a statement by the Director of Pres...
The World Health Organisation, yesterday, warned that the coronavirus disease is still a major threat despite partially passing under the radar. The United Nations agency noted that almost 10,000 COVID-19 deaths were reported in December, saying data from various sources pointed to increased transmission last month, fuelled by gatherings over ...

