News at its Zenith
News at its Zenith
NAFDAC NAFDAC seizes N45m products. On Friday, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control confiscated unregistered items worth N45 million from hawkers’ and illegal drug vendors’ outlets in the Federal Capital Territory and Niger State. The seizures were made during a NAFDAC Investigation and Enforcement team enforcement exercise in the FCT’s Mararaba […]
Thread Tinubu, others join Zuckerberg’s Threads. Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president, and Yemi Osinbajo, former vice president, have joined 30 million others on Meta’s (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) new platform, Threads. This comes as Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company’s goal of one billion users will be reached soon. According to Zuckerberg, […]
Threads App Twitter and Meta Clash. Twitter has written to Meta, threatening legal action in relation to its new service, Threads. According to the PUNCH, the app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries on Wednesday at 2300 GMT and will run without adverts for the time being, although its release […]
Custom officers Custom arrest 344 smugglers. The Nigeria Customs Service recovered a total of N3.02 billion in illegal rice between May 2022 and May 2023, according to data obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday. According to data received from the service through its National Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada, 206,835 bags […]
Facebook Facebook owner to launch Twitter-like app. On Monday, Facebook owner Meta’s new Threads app, designed to compete with Twitter, became available for pre-order on iPhone and Android app stores. The new software, titled “Threads, an Instagram app,” will be launched in the coming days and is advertised in Apple’s app store as “Instagram’s text-based […]
Executive Chairman, FIRS, Muhammad Nami, surrounded by Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) enumeration vendors at the stakeholder engagement meeting between the FIRS and Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) in Lagos. 21st June 2023. The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) collaborated with the Market Traders Association of Nigeria (MATAN) to collect and remit Value […]
Former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika lied – Air Peace Former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, lied, according to Toyin Olajide, Air Peace‘s Chief Operating Officer, who addressed discrepancies in Hadi Sirika’s recent interview on Arise Television. She clarified misunderstandings and set the record straight. During a discussion on the aviation industry, Sirika praised Ethiopian […]
The embattled CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele Naira depreciates by 0.64% . The Nigerian currency, Naira, declined against the US dollar on Friday, with an exchange rate of N472.50 at the Investors and Exporters window. Market observers are concerned about the potential impact on the economy. Despite the currency’s challenges, there is optimism that government efforts […]
President Tinubu (photo credit:Twitter/@OfficialABAT) President Bola Tinubu has explained why it is important to remove fuel subsidies completely, pointing out that Nigeria can’t continue to subsidize petrol and indirectly encourage smugglers while simultaneously playing a beneficent supplier role for neighboring countries. According to a statement by the State House Director of Information, Abiodun Oladunjoye, President […]
Mr. Godwin Emefiele The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has been immediately suspended from his position by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement released on Friday night, Willie Bassey, the Director of Information at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, disclosed that the Central Bank […]
