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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has charged the National Association of Patent and Proprietary Medicine Dealers (NAPPMED) to abide by the agency’s rules and guidelines. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the charge in Enugu on Wednesday during a sensitization workshop on “NAFDAC’s regulatory expectation of NAPPMED in Nigeria’’. Adeyeye, represented by the South-East Zonal Director of the agency, Mrs Olajumoke Ojetokun, said: “all unregistered medicines remain fake drug since it did not pass through the agency’s vital registration process, numbering and check.’’ “The dangers of the use of counterfeit and unwholesome…

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom said it had reunited Master Samuel Asuquo (4), who got missing on Sunday, with his family. Mr Zaki Ahmed, the Commissioner of Police in the state, announced this in a statement issued by SP Odiko Macdon, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command in the state on Wednesday. The commissioner, who lauded Mr Ekemini Stanley who found Asuquo,warned those behind child stealing and traffickers to stay away from Akwa Ibom or face the wrath of the law. He explained that Asuquo, alongside his cousin, Michael Godswill worshiped at Deeper Life Bible Church…

36-year-old Wale Adam on Wednesday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State over alleged theft, assault and malicious damage against three persons in Badagry. Adam, whose address was not provided in the charge sheet, is facing a one-count charge of stealing, assault and malicious damage, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP Akpan Nkem, told the court that the defendant allegedly stole an infinix Smart 3-plus phone valued at N45,000, property of one Mr Momodu Jamiu. “Adam also stole one Techno Spark 3 phone valued at N34,000, belonging to one Morufu Olaogun. Nkem also alleged…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered its global growth forecast for 2019 to 3 per cent in the newly-released World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, down 0.2 percentage point from its estimation in July, reported Xinhua news agency. Noting that this is the slowest pace since the global financial crisis, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath wrote in a blog post that “growth continues to be weakened by rising trade barriers and increasing geopolitical tensions.” “Growth is also being weighed down by country-specific factors in several emerging market economies, and structural forces such as low productivity growth and ageing demographics in…

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Enugu Field Office, has sealed six Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) plants and three petrol stations in Ebonyi in the last seven days. Mr Okechukwu Okoro, the Controller of the field office, which comprises Enugu and Ebonyi states, disclosed this on Wednesday in Enugu in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Okoro said the facilities were sealed due to infringement, ranging from operating without licence and under dispensing. The controller said that during routine monitoring, it was discovered that six out of eight LPG plants in Uburu, Okposi and Afikpo were operating…

Dr Adesola Adeduntan, Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, on Wednesday urged banks to make strategic partnerships with the financial technology sector to make banking easier for customers. Adeduntan said this in Lagos during the bank’s Fintech Summit 3.0 with the theme, “Integrate: Banking +Tech = Solving Real Problems.” He noted that the bank would continue to leverage on technology to enhance financial inclusion in the country. “As a bank, we need to start thinking on how we can use Fintech to satisfy and deliver good standard of customer experience. “We also need to brainstorm on how to…

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has filed a notice of appeal on the tribunal judgment affirming the election of Gov. Aminu Tambuwal in the 2019 governorship poll in Sokoto state. A member of the APC legal team in the state, Mr Bashir Jodi, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, in the state had on Oct. 2, affirmed the election of Tambuwal. The three-man tribunal dismissed the petition of the APC and its governorship candidate Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, for lacking in merit. Delivering…

The meeting between the organized labour and representatives of the Federal Government has been moved till Wednesday, Oct. 16, to allow for sorting out of all grey areas of contention. A top Labour Official, who pleaded anonymity, hinted that the organized labour had shifted its earlier position from 29 per cent to 25 per cent for grade levels seven to 14, while for levels 15 to 17 now 20 per cent, which was earlier 24 per cent. The Federal Government has made its earlier position to shift from levels seven to nine to 17 per cent and levels 10 to…

The Police have uncovered another fake Islamic Centre housing 300 inmates in Nassarawa Quarters, Sabon Gari, Daura, the home town of President Muhammad Buhari. The discovery is barely two weeks after a similar discovery in Kaduna with chained inmates. Commissioner of Police Sanusi Buba said Malam Bello Islamic Centre subjected inmates to the most dehumanising and sordid condition on earth. He conducted newsmen around and inside the building housing the centre on Monday afternoon in Daura. According to him: ’’Our preliminary investigation revealed that Malam Bello, a former qur’anic teacher for close to 40 years, had been collecting children from…

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, granted two employees, Tunde Zubair and Emmanuel Zegeor, a bail of N20,000 each for allegedly stealing diesel valued N9,000. Zubair, 43, driver, and Zegeor, 32, security guard, were being tried for conspiracy and stealing. The magistrate, Mrs O.A. Aderibigbe, granted the defendants bail after they pleaded not guilty to the charge. Aderibigbe asked the defendants to produce one surety each, as part of the bail conditions. She said that the sureties must be gainfully employed, and they should show evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp…