Ossom Raphael The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, SMEDAN, has announced the death of one of it’s board member Chief Egwu Nnachi Chima. Chief Chima died in a medical facility in Abuja on Friday after a brief illness. A statement from the Corporate Affairs Unit of the Agency stated that the late Chief Chima... Read More
Ossom Raaphael The Director General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda has said the agency will support Nigeria MSMEs in a practical way through its SMEDAN SELECT initiative designed towards creating brands from standard products amongst the best of Made in Nigeria products... Read More
—————- . Arrests Indian, 89 Nigerians in Lagos raids The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted a container load of Tramadal at the Apapa seaport in Lagos, just as its operatives have arrested 90 persons including an Indian during raids of some drug cartels in parts of Lagos where a total of 614.396... Read More
The Peoples Democratic Party has slammed lawmakers of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the Senate for clearing the former service chiefs for ambassadorial portfolios. The PDP in a statement on Friday said the APC leadership in the Senate cleared the former service chiefs “despite reports of crime against humanity committed under their command.”... Read More
A bill seeking to establish A Federal University of Health and Medical Science has scaled through first reading on the floor of the Nigerian Senate. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele representing Ekiti Central titled” Federal University of Health and Medical Science, Iyin , Ekiti State. The institution will... Read More
Chairman of the South West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu has advocated that all states in the country should be allowed to secure its space. Akeredolu who doubled as the Ondo state governor said this during his swearing-in ceremony for the second term in office. The ceremony was held at the international centre for culture and... Read More
In an unprecedented development, Ghana has received a historic first shipment of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX facility, ahead of Nigeria. Ghana is the first country to receive the COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility, an arrangement by the World Health Organization, Gavi, the Vaccine Initiative and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness... Read More
Lagos State Taskforce on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods on Tuesday shut 16 illegal, substandard and unregistered pharmacies, patent medicine stores and premises in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi who disclosed this while reviewing report of the monitoring, inspection and enforcement exercise... Read More
Members of the House of Representatives were, on Tuesday, divided over a bill seeking to allow states to individually determine the minimum wage suitable for them. Presently, the Federal Government maintains the exclusive powers to negotiate and determine the national minimum wage for workers across the three tiers of government in Nigeria. On... Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Mr. Goddy Akpama has applauded Governor Ben Ayade’s handling of security issues in the state. He said in a statement issued yesterday in Calabar that Cross River State is now one of the safest states in the country where people sleep with their... Read More