•Bandits Over 22 persons are currently being held captive by bandits in different communities in Kwara South, with their captors demanding an aggregate of over N400 million, foods and drinks as ransom. The affected communities, which include Adanla, Isapa, Isanlu-Isin and Owa-Onire, are those not captured by the military emplacements by the st...
A former flight attendant, Alex Quigley, has raised concerns about what passengers consume midair as Nigerians increasingly take to the skies, whether on early morning Lagos, Abuja shuttles or long-haul flights to London and Dubai. Beyond choosing a window or aisle seat, what passengers eat and drink on board could impact their health far more...
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 elections, says the poverty in the land has assumed a worse dimension such that those offering him things in the past now beg him for assistance. Speaking at the National Executives Committee (NEC) meeting and expanded stakeholders’ summit of his party at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, today, Obi [&...
•Bandits Bandits have snatched foodstuffs and drinks from a man on a motorcycle at Gidan Abe community in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State. A community leader from the area confirmed the incident to our reporter yesterday, reports Daily Trust. He said the incident happened on Saturday, around 5:23pm when the man, who went to purchase […]
The National Action on Sugar Reduction (NASR) coalition has called on the federal government to promptly increase the tax on heavily sugared drinks, commonly referred to as sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) to a prohibitive level. According to a report, 60 million people (30 percent) out of Nigeria’s 200 million population are classified as ove...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has commenced the enforcement of the ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and use of alcoholic beverages in sachets, PET, and glass bottles of 200ml and below. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this today at a press conference in Ab...
•The suspects Police operatives attached to Ojo Division area of Lagos State yesterday Wednesday, December 20, arrested one Imo Lawrence and his ally, Magnus Nwonka, allegedly involved in manufacturing fake drinks in the state. It was learnt that Lawrence aged 35 and Nwonka aged 42 were in possession of fake drinks. The spokesman for the [&hel...
Men of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control have arrested 10 suspects over adulterated beverages as the agency shut down the Cemetery Market in Aba, Abia State. The Director, South-East Zone of NAFDAC, Martins Iluyomade, disclosed this to journalists today during a raid of the market which began on Monday. He [&hell...
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