Health
Hawkers arrested in Abuja as NAFDAC seals shops selling illegal drugs
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Friday, sealed three shops at Kpaduma community 2, Asokoro District and Nyanya motor park…
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The latest news from Leading Reporters: breaking stories from Abuja and across Nigeria, updated throughout the day.
Ondo community goes spiritual over invasion of strange insects
Residents of the Afin community, Akoko Northwest local government, have resorted to inter-denominational prayers to curtail the spread of insects currently ravaging the community. The monarch…
FG approves N35bn financing to revive Ajaokuta
The Federal Government says it has reached an advanced stage of raising more than N35 billion required to restart the Light Mill Section (LMS) of the…
BREAKING: Labour Rejects FG’s Fresh ₦57,000 Wage Proposal Demand ₦497,000
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum…
JUST IN: FG bans processing of Nigeria’s mineral resources abroad
The Federal Government has effected a new policy, which makes it imperative for mining companies interested in using its solid minerals to set up their plants…
I won’t vacate office on June 16, Rivers LG Chairman dares Fubara
The Chairman, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr Samuel Nwanosike, has vowed not to vacate his office at the end of his tenure on…
Politics
Protest rocks Abuja over Sanusi’s reinstatement as Kano emir
A group of protesters besieged the Presidential Villa and the National Assembly in Abuja with placards to express their dissatisfaction over the dissolution of five Kano…
Court seizes $4.7m, N830m, multibillion assets linked to Emefiele
AFederal High Court sitting at Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4,719,054 million USD, N830,875,611 million, and several properties linked to…
Court stops Sanusi’s reinstatement as Emir of Kano
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has granted an ex-parte order stopping Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II pending…
FG suspends Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road Project Realignment
The federal government has shelved and diverted realignment of Lagos-calabar coastal road projects while also saving the telecommunications infrastructure and submarine cables, among others at the…