THE National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it is probing a widely shared social media post in which a woman allegedly used polythene-laced oil to fry plantain chips. In a statement by NAFDAC’s resident media consultant, Sayo Akintola, on Saturday, January 20, the agency said it was taking a science-based…
Unilever Nigeria has announced that it has stopped production and sale of home care and skin cleansing products. This is coming 10 months after the company announced plans to exit both markets. The company made this known in its unaudited interim financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, published on the Nigerian Exchange…
Tanzania coach Adel Amrouche has been banned for eight matches after making insulting remarks about Morocco, a Confederation of African Football (CAF) official told AFP on Friday. “I can confirm that the coach of Tanzania (Adel Amrouche) has been suspended for eight matches after comments he made about Moroccan officials in a TV interview,” said…
The youngest child of legendary rapper Snoop Dogg has shared that she suffered a “severe stroke.” Cori Broadus, 24, posted on the Instastory portion of her verified Instagram account Thursday about her health crisis. Advertisement “I had a severe stroke this am,” she wrote in the post that included two teary-eyed emojis. “I started breaking down crying…
Tems and Muyiwa Awoniyi, her manager, have dismissed a claim that she initially refused to allow the sampling of her song ‘Higher’ for the Grammy-winning track ‘Wait For U’. ‘Wait For U’ is a track from US rapper Future’s 9th studio album, featuring Tems and Drake. The song fetched Tems her first-ever Grammy award win in 2023. But…
Billionaire tycoon Femi Otedola has racked up shares worth N6 billion of Dangote Cement Plc, a source with knowledge of the transactions said Mr Otedola, the source said, acquired the shares in his name. Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest cement maker Dangote Cement recently leapfrogged telecommunications powerhouse Airtel Africa to become Nigeria’s biggest company by market capitalisation,…
Asset management Corporation of Nigeria AMCON has renewed its legal battle against Mobil workers (EKET) Multipurpose co-operative,in order to recover a debt of N14,733,502,334.06. The plaintiff, AMCON is a body established by an Act of the National Assembly of Nigeria to assist eligible financial institutions to efficiently acquire or dispose of eligible bank assets in accordance…
Rotarian Gervais AKA, President of the Rotary Abidjan Ebène, sheds light on the major hurdle facing the host nation of AFCON 2023, Ivory Coast lack of a formidable striker. AKA attributes the team’s struggles to the absence of a prolific goal-scorer and points out that this deficiency was a contributing factor in their recent defeat to…
Famous Nigerian actor, Kunle Remi has tied the knot with his wife, Boluwatiwi in a traditional ceremony. The traditional ceremony took place in Lagos State on Friday. Before the ceremony, Remi posted a pre-wedding picture on his Instagram page, kneeling before Boluwatiwi with a goat around his neck. Captioning the picture, he wrote, “Tiwi, I…
CBN has announced the date to hold its first MPC Meeting under Yemi Cardoso. CityNews reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will hold its first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on February 26th and 27th. This is according to a tentative MPC meeting calendar for 2024 signed by the apex bank’s Director of…
