National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Special Area Command, has intercepted 1.6 kilogramme of controlled drugs suspected to be Tramadol and Flunitrazepam. The Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr Jonah Achema, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

File photo of fuel tankers at Mile 2 end of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos. PHOTO: Joe Akintola, Photo Editor. By Victor Ahiuma-Young Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, Wednesday, ordered members to halt distribution of petroleum products from Lagos to the northern part of the country from tomorrow (Thursday) till further notice. PTD, in a statement by its National …

…cancels third term except for JSS3 and SSS3 By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue State Government has approved Monday, September 21, 2020, as reopening date for all Primary, Secondary and Tertiary institutions in the state. The decision to reopen the schools came a few days after stakeholder in the sector resolved in a meeting that …

By Dirisu Yakubu The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has issued a two week ultimatum to the federal government to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff and the pump price of petrol or face civil unrest nationwide. This is the outcome of the Central Working Committee meeting which held for several hours at the nation’s capital, Abuja. In a communiqué …

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Government has said it was committed to maintaining peace along its boundaries with neighbouring Osun State. The Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, said this during a Joint Meeting of Ekiti and Osun officials on the Interstate Boundary organised by the National Boundary Commission held in Osogbo. Egbeyemi and …

Dr Rose Gidado, Country Coordinator, Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology(OFAB), says Nigeria must adopt modern technologies in agriculture to overcome challenges of food security occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Gidado, also Deputy Director, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Abuja. Also …

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has warned marketers operating in Zamfara not to use petrol subsidy removal as an excuse to exploit customers at the filling stations. The Operations Controller in charge of Gusau DPR Field Office, Alhaji Yusuf Shehu, who gave the advice on Wednesday at a news conference in Gusau, said that …

Bill Gates Microsoft co-founder and foremost philanthropist Bill Gates has spoken on possible steps to lift Nigerians out of poverty. It is estimated that about 82.9 million Nigerians live below the poverty line, earning Nigeria the unenviable tag of “poverty capital of the world”. In an interview with The Cable, the billionaire businessman was asked …

Amotekun is a child of necessity, Oyetola tells Yoruba unity forum Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has directed the police to investigate the alleged killing of a youth by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Osogbo. Oyetola who said this in a statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode on …

By Shina Abubakar Following the increase in pump price of petrol and electricity tariff, civil society in Osogbo, Osun State have embarked on another peaceful protest in the state capital. The organisation under the aegis of Joint Action Front, (JAF)Osun State Chapter, rejected the over 100% increment in electricity tariff and the N160/per litre petroleum pump …

A businessman, Mr Iga Bale, on Wednesday pleaded with a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja, to dissolve his union with his wife, Liza on grounds that she swore to make his life miserable and also turn him to a pauper. Bale made the prayer in a divorce petition filed against his wife before the court. …

Normal activities resumed at the Lagos State University (LASU),Ojo, on Wednesday following the suspension of a two-day protest by the academic staff and non-academic staff unions of the institution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two main gates leading into the institution were barricaded by the unions on Monday and Tuesday to …

Senate President Lawan President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said for Nigeria to experience exponential growth in the economy, efforts must be made to strengthen the country’s local capacities particularly against the backdrop of realities that are fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawan made this known on Wednesday at the virtual opening of the Nigerian …

William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist who was the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94. Gates died Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced Tuesday, CBS News reports. In an obituary, the family credited the patriarch with a “deep commitment to social …

Kim Kardashian Kim Kardashian West is joining other celebrities to freeze her Facebook and Instagram accounts on Wednesday, in a campaign urging the world’s biggest social media company to curb the spread of hate and propaganda. “Misinformation shared on social media has a serious impact on our elections and undermines our democracy,” Kardashian West wrote in …

Professor Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerian traders in Ghana that the Federal Government will ensure that they get justice despite the delay in resolving their concerns regarding some stiff business regulations imposed by Ghanaian authorities. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the vice president gave the …

The Defence Headquarters says the Air Component of Operation Hadarin Daji has eliminated several armed bandits and destroyed their logistics facilities in massive air strikes conducted in the Kwiambana Forest in Zamfara. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Enenche said the hit was a …

Lai Mohammed The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said while previous administrations talked about modular refineries, only President Muhammadu Buhari’s government ensured their establishment. The minister stated this at the pre-commissioning inspection of the Waltersmith’s 5000 barrels per day (bpd) modular refinery located in Ohaji-Egbema in Imo. Also read: Edo …

GYC President Ebikeme Our livelihood, Water, lands others threatened, GYC President Ebikeme Oporoza  community in  Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta state has rised alarm over carbon residue in form of black soot littered all over the ground in the community after a downpour yesterday. The black substance which is suspected to …

…Destroy their Camps & Logistics Storage Facilities at Kwiambana Forest By Kingsley Omonobi In furtherance of offensive operations to rid the North West of armed banditry, fighter aircraft of Nigerian Airforce on Tuesday bombed several Camps and Logistics storage facilities where two notorious bandit’s leaders were hibernating, killing them with several of their fighters and destroying …