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Government Urged to Prioritize Local Drug Production on World Health Day

Government Urged to Prioritize Local Drug Production on World Health Day

In a statement marking World Health Day, Prof. Martins Emeje, the Director-General of Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA), emphasized the importance of the federal government prioritizing local drug production. He urged President Bola Tinubu to address the...

Politics

Senator Ngele, Ogbaga, and Others Defect from PDP to APC in Ebonyi State

Senator Ngele, Ogbaga, and Others Defect from PDP to APC in Ebonyi State

In Ebonyi State, prominent members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have made the switch to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Those who have joined the APC include Hon. Sylvester Ogbaga, a f...

Entertainment

Nollywood actors chosen based on social media following – Uzor Arukwe

Nollywood actors chosen based on social media following – Uzor Arukwe

According to Nollywood actor Uzor Arukwe, there was a period during which having a strong presence on social media was a key factor in securing acting roles from certain producers in the Nigerian film industry. He revealed that rather than talen...

Press

Sad Demise of Ex-Education Minister, Gbagi

Sad Demise of Ex-Education Minister, Gbagi

Former Education Minister, Olorogun Barr Kenneth Omemavwa Gbagi, has passed away at the age of 62. Gbagi also contested as the governorship candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the recent Delta State e...

Metro

Arrest of a Middle-aged Man for Extortion and Assassination Plot

An individual in his middle age was apprehended over the weekend by the Ondo State Police Command for falsely claiming to have carried out 500 assassinations. The man in question, known as Adesina Adetokunbo, was t...