Author: TheScrutinyNG

In an effort to rid the region of fake, adulterated and counterfeit products, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has destroyed seized counterfeit products worth N10 billion in the Northeast zone. The commodities were publicly burnt by the agency in Gombe State on Wednesday. Speaking during the exercise, NAFDAC’s Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, represented by the North East Zonal Director, Mr Kenneth Azikwe, noted that the exercise demonstrated the agency’s commitment to ridding Nigerian markets of substandard, falsified, and unwholesome products. “NAFDAC remains at the forefront of protecting and promoting public health through rigorous standards, innovative…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has raised its pump price of petrol in Abuja by 14.8 per cent to N1,030 per litre from N897. The latest price increase makes it the second time the petrol price has been hiked in the past month. The company had in September increased pump price from N615 per litre to N897. A visit to  NNPC Retail mega station in Abuja by the Vanguard where the price increase has been effected, motorists were and lamented the continuing hardship in the country. “It’s beyond belief. I have been in the queue for almost an hour…

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has confirmed the approval of an airstrip for Canaanland, the property known to be sitting the Living Faith Church in the Ota area of Ogun State. Founder of the Church, also known as Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo, was seen in a short video celebrating the development, telling the congregation of the latest government approval for the church. The PUNCH reports that Oyedepo announced this during the Tehillah Night Special Edition at Covenant University Chapel, Canaanland, Ota, Ogun State, on Sunday.  The Tehillah Night special edition was a…

Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works, has directed that the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway should be re-constructed with concrete pavement to address the threat of water to asphalt pavement. Umahi gave the directive during an inspection of emergency repairs of a seven-kilometre stretch of the road within Lagos State, on Tuesday. He noted that the Ogun section of the road was already handled by the state government. The minister said that concrete pavement would address the threat of water to asphalt pavement, assuring that funds would soon be released for the completion of repairs of the remaining 11-kilometre stretch. He told the…

At least two soldiers, the son of a village head, two commanders of civilians Joint Task Force members among others were killed when suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists ambushed a military convoy along Dikwa- New Marte in Marte local government area of Borno state. Vanguard reports that the attack is coming few days after suspected terrorists wreaked havoc by slaughtering farmers in Ashigashiya village of Gwoza local government area which shares border with Mandara Mountains of Cameroon Republic. This is as Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) and former Chairman Senator Committee on Army decried the renewed Boko…

The Federal Government has set a May 2025 timeline for the completion of the 47-Kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, saying the project would be ready then. The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, gave the assurance while inspecting an evacuated but now refilled section of the road that had served as a refuse dumpsite. Umahi said that the construction company was reliable and would achieve one kilometre of concrete pavement in a day, hence the stipulated duration of the project would still be attained. According to him, squatters along the corridors of the site will soon be dislodged for failure to…

Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, has assured the Edo State governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, and his deputy, Dennis Idahosa, that his palace is always open for them to visit at any time. This is as the monarch advised the duo to implement their campaign promises on assumption of office. He spoke at his palace when he received Okpebholo and Deputy Governor-elect Dennis Idahosa who presented their certificates of return to him on Tuesday. The governor-elect and deputy governor-elect will be sworn in on November 12. Oba Ewuare II said: “God works in mysterious ways. This…

Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State Petroleum (Oil), has assured that the reforms that has been carried out in the nation’s oil and gas sector has restored confidence of investors. The former federal lawmaker noted that before the ending of the year, the Federal Government is expecting a whopping $50 billion investment coming into the oil sector as a result of the reforms. The minister hinted of a total deregulation of the petroleum downstream sector, saying it is the way to attract investment. Lokpobiri, who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday on the policy direction of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…

The Federal Government has unveiled ‘Nutrition 77 Initiative’ to tackle nutritional challenges in all the 774 local government areas in the country. According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, the initiative is a comprehensive nationwide nutrition programme aimed at addressing malnutrition and food insecurity. The initiative was launched on Tuesday Vice President Kashim Shettima and it was  endorsed by the National Economic Council (NEC), wherein it seeks to improve nutritional outcomes across all 774 local government areas. It was during a roundtable with development partners…

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has said the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the Inspector General of Police, IGP Egbetokun, should be held responsible for the arson current going on in Rivers State. This is as Timi Frank Al’s said the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the political unrest in Rivers is coming too late, biased and skewed in favour of a faction loyal to Wike in the state. The president had on Monday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to maintain law and order…