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Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The President assented to the bill at past midday on Friday at a brief ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed …

Lagos| Nigeria: Adewale Opaleye, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alerzo LTD., a business-to-business e-commerce platform in Nigeria, has won the Fintech Personality Leadership Prize at the 2021 edition of the African Prize for Leadership Excellence award ceremony held in Lagos on Thursday, 24th February 2022. The award was …

Ekiti State map A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Jide Awe, on Wednesday, received scores of Peoples Democratic Party members in the Efon Alaaye Local Government Area into the ruling party. Efon Alaaye is the home town of the PDP candidate in the June 18 …

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila • Committee recommends pension for Senate president, Speaker, deputies A fresh move by the National Assembly to grant life pension for its presiding officers, including the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives …

All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said all appointed public officials nursing political ambitions in 2023 must resign from their present positions before joining the partisan politics train. Delivering a paper, titled: Uthman Danfodiyo: A Legacy of …

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 …

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 …

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 …