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NAFDAC says the exercise is carried out routinely all over Nigeria.

NAFDAC destruction exercise of fake, seized and expired goods in Abuja on Wednesday
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday destroyed fake and expired goods worth over N500 million in Abuja.
Speaking during the exercise, the Director-General (DG) of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, stated that some of the goods were also voluntarily submitted to the agency.

Represented by Francis Ononiwu, NAFDAC director of Investigation and Enforcement, the DG stated that the exercise is carried out routinely all over the country.
The NAFDAC boss said that the destruction of the products was done to prevent their re-introduction to the supply chain.

Mrs Adeyeye listed some of the products destroyed as drugs made up of psychoactive and controlled substances like antibiotics, antihypertensive, antimalarials, herbal snuff and herbal remedies, and drugs confiscated from drug hawkers.
She also listed the food products such as Spaghetti, vegetable oil, and non-alcoholic beverages, including a 1 by 40ft container of unregistered Faurecia instant-powered milk that was handed over to the agency by the Nigeria Customs Services (NCS).
Others were cosmetics such as creams, lotion, and pomade, including skin-lightening creams seized from SPAS and beauty centres, chemicals such as fake insecticides and medical devices.
Also destroyed were expired and unwholesome products voluntarily handed over for destruction by compliant companies, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the Association of Community Pharmacy of Nigeria (ACPN).
According to the NAFDAC boss, the estimated street value of the products being destroyed is N535 million.
“I have said it on several platforms that drug counterfeiting is an act of economic sabotage, and it also represents a serious threat to public health, and NAFDAC under my watch has been repositioned to fight this menace.
”The agency has adapted proactive approach by engaging political, traditional, faith leaders, journalists and other Nigerians to sensitise their wards on the dangers of dealing with substandard and falsified medicine.
“I wish to use this medium to urge all and sundry to be on the lookout for spurious and counterfeit medicines, unwholesome foods and other regulated products and report same to NAFDAC,” she said.
NAFDAC and security officials during the destruction Isiaku Gamajira, FCT Coordinator, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), stated that NAFDAC is a sister agency when it comes to the regulation of products, hence the reason why SON was at the event.
He noted that many people lack education on how to get certification for their products, stressing that it is the reason why most goods from Nigeria are rejected abroad.
“We are aware of government policy on zero rejection of Nigeria products, we have a policy called product certification in which a certificate is issued on products made in Nigeria that are to be exported.
“In doing all these, we ensure that we key into the principle set up in line with the government of the exporting country, and issue a certificate of performance to avoid Nigeria’s product rejection when they get to the point of entry.
“We have offices all over the country where information about product certification can be gotten, our addresses are also available online for you to reach out to us.
“We provide people with proper guidance when they approach us, SON has been carrying out its compliance activities among which is the seizure of substandard products. We have just destroyed tyres
“Tyre is a product which lives depend on and SON has a serious interest when it comes to compliance action, seizure in that regard, on September 29, SON destroyed a lot of tyres and these are some of the things we do

“Most of these tyres are imported, it is our own commonwealth, If you see the quantum of what we have destroyed in the last few months, you will be surprised,” Gamajira said.
Enejoh Amade, chairman of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), FCT Chapter, said his association would continue to support NAFDAC to rid the country of substandard drugs.
He said that his association had partnered with NAFDAC on the exercise by bringing some expired drugs collected from members of ACPN.

Pandemonium broke out yesterday  at the ongoing security and safety football tourney in Ogun State when players of the Amotekun Corps attacked their Nigerian Police

Pandemonium broke out yesterday  at the ongoing security and safety football tourney in Ogun State when players of the Amotekun Corps attacked their Nigerian Police Force counterparts with objects said to be charms and knives.

The tournament organised by the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in the state in collaboration with Value Jet is featuring 11 football teams from different security agencies in the state.

Our correspondent reports that the match which ended in fracas was a quarter-final fixture at the training pitch of the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta.

The Amotekun players were said to have lost their self control in the 52nd minute when they conceded the second goal.

Things got out of hand when the referee issued a red card to an Amotekun defender, Ismail Babatunde for a dangerous foul on Police officer, Odukoya Olarewaju, who was also sent off for retaliation.

Upset by his sending off, the Amotekun player returned to the pitch and hit Constable Adesina James on the chest which led to pitch invasion by spectators who rushed in to rescue the Policeman.

However, one of the Amotekun defenders, Tejuoso Segun, rushed out of the pitch and returned with an object suspected to be a charm and a broken bottle to attack Inspector Ogunremi Oluwafemi, leaving him with a deep cut on his lower jaw.

The injured Police Inspector was unconscious for some minutes before he was revived and rushed to a hospital for treatment

Recently, the members of the vigilante gained popularity for carrying out assaults on bandits in collaboration with conventional security operatives.

Bauchi State is bordered by seven states, Kano and Jigawa to the north, Taraba and Plateau to the south, Gombe and Yobe to the east and Kaduna to the west.

Gunmen believed to be bandits have killed nine members of the local vigilante group in Burra Forest, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

The vigilantes were reportedly in the trail of the bandits in their hideouts when they got killed.

When contacted, Yahaya Shuaibu, the Public Relations Officer of one of the local security groups called ‘Yan Ba Beli’ whose member was also killed in the incident, confirmed the news to news man

“Out of the nine people who were killed, only one of them is our member. The rest belong to another local security team known as ‘Yan Vigilante’.

“We normally carry out combined activities to flush out bandits from the forest and the operation has been ongoing for weeks,” he said.

Shuaibu also confirmed that the incident happened on Sunday evening and according to the information they received, their men succeeded in capturing some of the bandits in their hideouts, in a mountainous area of Gamji village but, before they could leave, other bandits came after them and opened fire.

Similarly, a Civil Defence officer has been reportedly killed at a checkpoint in the Ningi Local Government Area. He was said to be carrying out a routine checkpoint duty last night and excused himself to a nearby bush to urinate when the gunmen struck and killed him and then left with his gun.

Recently, the members of the vigilante gained popularity for carrying out assaults on bandits in collaboration with conventional security operatives.

The Police Public Relations Officer did not respond to calls and he is yet to issue a statement.

A 24-year-old student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Irewole Oluwatuyi, has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate Court, for allegedly posting the nude video of his former girlfriend on the internet.

The police charged Oluwatuyi with unlawful capturing, circulation of nude pictures and assault.

The prosecutor, Simon Wada, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offence on September 29, 2023 at about 1:30pm at Aule area, Akure within the Akure Magisterial District.

Wada alleged that the defendant conspired to defame his former girlfriend, one Joy Adedeji, by posting her nude video on the social media, thus humiliating her and exposing her to ridicule.

He also said the defendant had earlier on the 27th of same month, assaulted the victim, by beating her with a fist blow which caused her injury.

The offences, he said, contravened Sections 516, 351 and 451 of the Criminal Law of Ondo State, 2016.

The prosecutor prayed for an adjournment to enable him study the case file.

Magistrate Damilola Sekoni, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Sekoni adjourned the case till December 15, 2023.

Worried by the shocking inhuman treatment meted out on an 11-year-old boy (Friday Oshodi) by his parents, the Kogi State Government has vowed to prosecute all the suspects involved in burying the boy alive.

The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Fatima Kabir Buba, disclosed this in a chat with journalists yesterday.

Buba said the ministry is also making all the necessary arrangements to put the victim in an orphanage home.

According to the commissioner, information that got to the ministry indicated that the boy is being maltreated by his stepmother and brother, adding that the government will ensure that justice is served on all the perpetrators of the evil act.

She reiterated that the government under Governor Yahaya Bello remains committed in protecting the boy and girl-child, warning that any guardian carrying out ill-human treatment on their wards will face the full wrath of the law.

The commissioner said: “The victim, Friday Oshodi, is currently in our custody while the prime suspect, Goodness Oshodi, is in the police net. This is wickedness in the highest order. How will somebody bury his fellow human alive?

“The woman who ordered for the punishment of this young boy is currently at large. I am assuring the public that she will be arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law.”

It was reported that Goodness Oshodi allegedly buried his younger brother, Friday Oshodi, alive as punishment for stealing money.

The incident, it was gathered, occurred at Silo community in Apamisede, Zango Daji, Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State

Two female students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Joy Adama and Vandora Oreoluwa, have confessed to how they killed a prominent Kwara socialite, Adeniyi Ojo, when they were being paraded by the Police.

The suspects, while being paraded by the police confessed to murdering the deceased, who was the Managing Director of Waterview Hotels, Tanke, Ilorin, following failed plots to dispossess him of his funds.

The suspects said the deceased agreed to a BDSM form of sex, meaning bondage and discipline, dominance and Submission, sadism and masochism.

BDSM is a way of having sex in which one partner plays a dominant role, while the other is more submissive.

The suspect said, “The idea was that if he agrees to do BDSM with us, BDSM is the kind of sex where you tie the person’s hands and legs.

“So, while his hands and legs are tied, we can take cash or whatever valuables we can find and leave with it,” the suspects said.

“It now turned out that it started raining. So, instead of us going to the car, he now told us to go across to a building that was across the garden when we went to meet him.

“When we got to the room, we were on the bed with him. My friend tied his hands and legs.

“Based on the fact that we were in a room and not in a car because normally, we thought that if you want to have car sex with somebody, it cannot be in a public place that people can easily see or hear.

“But because it was in a room, we were already thinking about what we were going to do in case he starts shouting.”

The suspects said they had Rohypnol in their bags, which they attempted to put in the club owner’s mouth to put him to sleep, but he objected, stating he could perform without an external boost.

“The man did not have cash or any valuables with him that day, and we did not go to his car. So, there was nothing else we could do except if we were able to get money from his account,” they said.

“So, when my friend put the phone in front of his face, that was when he now freaked out and started shouting. I don’t know how he managed to loosen the rope that was used to tie his hands

“He then started to hit my friend and he started shouting. She took a pillow and placed it over his face to muffle his scream.

“Suddenly, he just went calm. I got down from the bed, and I told my friend that I think this man is pretending to be asleep so that when we let our guard down, he will stand up and try to hurt us.

“So, my friend went to the door, and she turned the key of the door pretending as if we were leaving, and she said she saw him open one of his eyes.

“We then went to him and were begging him to wake up, that we want to go. We will not do anything to him because we felt he was pretending, but he didn’t answer.

“We did not discover he was dead until when the police apprehended us.

“We already went home. It was while I was at home that the police came to apprehend us. I even thought that it was because we left with the man’s phone that was why they came to apprehend us.

“And we gave them the phone and the sim card only to find out later that at the time we thought he was pretending, he was already dead.”

Parading the suspects in Abuja, the spokesperson of the police force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the suspects were apprehended through meticulous investigative work.

“Our officers were able to track and apprehend these suspects in Mowe Ibafo, Ogun State, he added.

Adejobi stated that a total of 54 suspects were arrested by the operatives of DFI-IRT and DFI-STS, some of whom were already facing prosecution in court for the various cases for which they were indicted.

He listed recovered weapons to include “92 firearms, 760 live ammunition, 14 exhibit vehicles, one forged document, 120 magazines, two IEDs, one suicide belt as well as cash sums of fake currencies totaling $970, marked as exhibits for the prosecution of the various cases.”

The police also aressred suspected kidnappers involved in a Swiss national’s abduction.

The suspects include Nneka Okpara, from Ikeduru LGA in Imo State; Emu Larry Chidiebere 34, a resident of Ika North East LGA in Delta State; Babatunde Femi 30, originally from Owode Obafemi LGA in Ogun State; Williams Banjo Omotayo 28, with roots in Epe LGA, Lagos State and Samuel Balogun 22, from Isale-Oja LGA in Oyo State.

lagos—Three months after the gruesome murder of 21-year-old Augusta Osedion, the Lagos State Police Command has declared her lover, Benjamin Nnayerogo, wanted.
According to the spokesperson of the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin: “The Lagos State Police Command hereby declares wanted, Benjamin Best Nnanyereugo.

“Nnanyereugo is suspected to have murdered his girlfriend, 21-year-old Augusta Onuwabhagbe Osedion, on July 13, 2023, in his Oral Estate, Ajah home and, following the exhaustion of all available options to bring him in, he is declared wanted.

“The suspect is 26 years old, approximately 5’9 ft tall and hails from Abia State. He is dark in complexion and speaks English, Igbo and Pidgin English fluently. If seen, please contact the nearest police station or call 0803 688 5727.”

It will be recalled that on July 11, 2023, Augusta called her mother that she had a quarrel with her boyfriend. Unfortunately, all efforts by her mother to reconcile her and her boyfriend failed. Worried by the development, her mother reached out to the daughter’s roommate, who led her to the boyfriend’s house, at Oral Estate, Ikota, Ajah.

According to her mother who reported the case to the police on July 15, when we got to my daughter’s boyfriend’s house, her Mercedes Benz C30 was parked in front of the building but the apartment was locked. “I then invited the police who forced the door open only to see the decomposing body of my daughter.”

Following the discovery, Augusta’s remains were later recovered by detectives led by DPO Ajah who visited the scene.

The police said that the corpse was recovered, despite its fast decomposing state. Marks of violence and signs of struggle were detected on the body, which was deposited at General Hospital mortuary, Yaba, for autopsy and preservation.

However, three months after the police recovered a note at the crime scene, cordoned off the scene to enable crime operatives gather evidence and launched investigations into the incident, the prime suspect has been declared wanted.

Magaji was arraigned before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court on one-count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation to the tune of N11, 500, 000.00.

He was arraigned alongside Mohammed Idris over his involvement in the same fraud and charged on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining under false pretence to the tune of N1,000,000.00.

During his trial, Magaji had changed his initial “not guilty” plea to “guilty” before he was sentenced.

The charge against Magaji reads: “That you, Ibrahim Suleiman Magaji, on or about August 2021 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court dishonestly misappropriated and converted for your own use the aggregate sum of N11,500,000.00, belonging to Umara Bukar under the guise that you will use the said money to purchase and supply 24 tons of Hibiscus flower (Zobo) to him and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Sections 308 and 309 of the Penal Code Law of Borno State (Cap. 102 Vol. 3 of 1994) respectively.”

On the other hand, Idris had pleaded not guilty to the charge against him. The charge reads: “That you, Mohammad Idris sometime in July, 2019 at Maiduguri Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained the aggregate sum of N1, 000,000.00 (One Million Naira) from Nura Bello as purchase price for Mercury chemicals which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee fraud and Other Fraud related Offences Act, 2006.”