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CAPPA’s position is based on the outcome of a survey conducted during the recent end-of-year festive season, which shows how food and beverage companies hijacked the season to promote unhealthy sugary drinks and ultra-processed foods, through undue exploitation of the hi-impact marketing window.
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The Monday sit-at-home was imposed by the Indigenous People of Biafra, and the violent enforcement by armed wing of the group has disrupted economic and social activities in the South-East.
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The NCC spokesperson said under the new framework, where a purchaser is debited but fails to receive value for airtime or data — whether the failure occurs at the bank level or with an NCC licensee — the purchaser is entitled to a refund within thirty seconds, except ...
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Beyond shifting consumer behaviour, FOP labels also push food manufacturers to reformulate their products. Companies often reduce sugar, salt, and saturated fat levels to avoid bearing a prominent “HIGH IN...” warning on their packaging, which in turn contributes to a healthier national food supply.
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Withdrawals above these limits will attract excess withdrawal fees of three percent for individuals and five percent for corporates, which is shared in the ratio of forty percent for the CBN and sixty percent for the financial institution.
The funds were recovered from Kiara Rice Mills Limited, located in Kpatsuwa Village, Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, representing the company’s unremitted tax liabilities that accrued between 2021 and 2024.
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The Tobacco Industry Interference (TII) Index assesses countries that are protecting their public health policies from tobacco industry influence. Out of 100 countries assessed globally, Nigeria also ranks 54th on the Global TII Index.
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These newly confirmed members join the Executive Vice Chairman, Dr. Aminu Maida (North West), and two other Executive Commissioner whose appointments were previously confirmed by the Senate to serve on the NCC Board.
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The agency disclosed that the counterfeit Cialis 20mg tablets are being sold openly in the market at an average price of Eight Thousand Naira per pack, as against the genuine product, which is retailed at about Fifty-Five Thousand per pack.
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The Court also held that the constitutional duty of a bank to enforce court orders supersedes, overrides and displaces the duty the bank owes to its customer.
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The Commissioner of Information and Strategy said owners of the demolished buildings shunned invitation of the state government to discuss the situation, adding that their defence was that the Management Board of the Trade Fair had granted them permits to build the structures.
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This comes less than three months after President BOLA AHMED TINUBU signed into the tax reforms laws on June 26, 2025.
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The Police spokesman said that the incident at the Balogun Market, which occurred at about 11am, had nothing to do with tribe or ethnicity.
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Part of the revelations in the affidavit indicate that the sum of over Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Million Naira found in the bank accounts are suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
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“We urge the government to act fast and raise the taxes on tobacco and related products to 100 percent. This is a proven way to not only discourage tobacco and e-cigarette use, but also save billions in healthcare costs.”
He said the NAFDAC’s enforcement operations are ongoing simultaneously nationwide, with the aim of safeguarding public health by removing hazardous items from the market.
Meta noted that most of the six-point-eight million blocked Whatsapp accounts were operated from Southeast Asia.
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AJAH JOHNSON UCHENNA and his wife, ROSEMARY, were first arrested in Ojo area of the state on June 13, by operatives of the Department of State Security with two hundred and seventy-seven-point-five kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
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“Two cargo agents linked to the shipment were earlier arrested before the eventual arrest of Nneka, who runs the criminal trade as a family business with her husband Remigus Nwafor."
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People are consuming foods that are heavily processed, high in salt and sugar, and poorly labelled. In other words, illness is no longer just a consequence of poverty or other factors. Akinbode Oluwafemi, Executive Director, CAPPA.
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The Governor said that through the programme, food will be grown, jobs created, wastage reduced, and people will receive help to earn a living from agriculture.
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Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 struck out the case after the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, withdrew the suit following an out-of-court settlement among the parties.
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President TINUBU handed out the directive through his Chief of Staff, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, during the fifth meeting of the NSW Steering Committee at the State House in Abuja.
He said that the Customs needed to be properly funded, especially that Nigeria is now in the eye of global customs administration, with the Comptroller General of Customs, BASHIR ADEWALE ADENIYI as Chairman of World Customs Organisation.
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“I am proud that NNPC Ltd is playing a pivotal role in driving the Federal Government’s gas agenda towards energy transition,” the GCEO stated.
Jude Chigozie Okoye is the elder brother of the due of Paul and Peter Okoye, formerly known as P-Square on stage.
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The philanthropist arrived in Nigeria to discuss health and development initiatives.
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They were initially standing trial before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. However, Justice Onigbanjo withdrew from the case, thereby prompting the re-assignment of the case to Justice Dada.
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party said the level of insensitivity being displayed by NAFDAC is both disturbing and uncaring.
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U.S. Ambassador Richard M. Mills, Jr noted that for the media to remain truly independent, it must also be economically viable.
