The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 255 hectares of hemp farms in five councils of Ondo State, spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement yesterday. He said 13 suspects were arrested while large quantities of the weed were recovered during the operation that lasted seven days in …

 President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the long-awaited Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 tomorrow Our correspondent learnt that he will perform the act at noon. It will end speculations that the President may withhold assent again. The National Assembly transmitted the bill to him for the second time on January 31 …

Another attempt to review the 1999 Constitution will be revved up at the National Assembly when lawmakers vote on 67 bills from Tuesday. The joint constitution review committee has proposed 67 bills – each on all the items being proposed for amendment. The “Report of the Senate Committee on the Review …

Godwin Emefiele Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has denied reports that he has purchased aircraft to support a campaign for him to contest the presidency in 2023. Online reports had surfaced earlier on Wednesday indicating that the CBN governor had bought “three airplanes” for his …

Union Bank of Nigeria, one of the oldest banks in the country with an international banking authorisation, has said it will be seeking shareholders’ approval to spin off its United Kingdom (UK) subsidiary to shareholders. The bank will meet shareholders in March, 2022, at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) in …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) has released details of how it distributed a total of 387.59 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit to Nigerians in its response to handling the supply gap caused by the importation of methanol-blended petrol into the country by four oil marketers, The product …

The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has justified the adjustment in air fare. There has been outcry from members of the flying public over the increment in air fare with a one-way economy ticket costing over N50,000. However, justifying the increment at a media briefing in Lagos, on Wednesday, Vice-President …

Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development of Nigeria The Federal Government says it has increased the cost of feeding a primary school pupil from N70 to N100 and will be spending about N1 billion daily to feed an estimated 10 million children benefiting from …

Tragedy struck on Sunday after a woman identified as Emilia Phillips, her kids and niece were reportedly burnt to death in Kaduna while they were fast asleep. According to reports, the ugly incident occurred in the night of 21st February. It was also revealed that the woman and children recently …

If union intimidates us, their requests won’t fly – Minister The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said that it would not call off its strike if all its demands were not met. Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the national president of ASUU, disclosed this in an interview with journalists on …