The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has arrested one Obinna Igbo, for allegedly importing a fake malaria drug, Amanta Forte.

The management of Kabba General Hospital says it has received no fewer than 11 persons, including the owner of a bar, who was injured on Sunday during an explosion in Kabba.

“Shortly after the blast, 11 persons, including the owner of a beer parlor, were taken to this hospital for medical attention”, Dr. Ibrahim Sule, Head of the X-Ray Unit, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the hospital on Monday.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Kogi, SP William Ovye-Aya, said that the explosion occurred at 9.15 p.m. on Sunday.

Ovye-Aya did not disclose the nature of the explosion and whether or not there were injured.

The hospital management, however, said that the owner of the bar where the explosion occurred, Mrs. Omofemi Oyehunwa, was taken to X-Ray Unit to do a test on her buttocks.

“As you can see, she is out of the X-Ray Unit, walking by herself, which shows that she’s fast recovering from the injury she sustained on her buttocks,” Dr. Sule said.

Oyehunwa expressed concern about the attack on her business premise, describing it as “wicked and deadly."

“Only God saved my life from the blast."

“I give thanks to God that I am not just alive but I can still walk in spite of the injury I sustained."

“I am grateful that nobody died in the blast”, she said.

She called on the government and the police, in particular, to ensure that the culprits are found, arrested, and prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to other criminal elements in the state.

The President of Kabba Development Union, Mr. Emmanuel Ajibero, who visited the scene of the blast and the bar owner in her hospital bed, decried the explosion.

“This explosion that occurred the second time in this Kabba town in a space of 18 days is callous and unacceptable to us the citizens of Kabbah-Bunu Local Government Area."

“We want the government and the security agencies to rise to the occasion and do something drastic about these attacks and secure our lives and property from criminal elements,” Ajibero pleaded.

Police in Abia says the Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Uche, who was kidnapped on Sunday alongside three others, has been released.

The Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said that at least 500 fleeing Cameroonian refugees have crossed the border into Bashu Community in Cross River.

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom congratulated the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on his nomination as the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the just concluded party primary held in Abuja.

Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that he will never be ashamed to talk about President Muhammadu Buhari who is described as a “good man“.

The Police Command in Anambra confirmed an attack on the state-owned Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) early Monday morning.

Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) Osita Okechukwu, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to quickly come to the rescue of Nigeria’s currency, the naira before politicians depreciate it out of recognition.

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has called for an investigation into the alleged monetization of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential primary election held on Saturday.

Mr. Osita Okechukwu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue the Naira before it depreciates beyond redemption.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya said the Nigerian Army would continue to have a direct bearing on the lives and well-being of its veterans.

The Police Command in Kogi on Sunday confirmed another yet to be ascertained explosion in the Kabba Town of Kabbah-Bunu Local Government Area of the state.

Prof. Mohammed Isah, Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), says public officers who do not comply with the bureau’s guidelines will be prosecuted.

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) say it has been implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, (ISPS), a major component of maritime security architecture.