By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged Local Government Chairmen in the state to work in harmony with their Legislative Councils for the effective implementation of policies and programmes in their respective local government areas. Governor Ortom gave the charge on Wednesday, while declaring...
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Officially launches, Micro and Small Tax Office, Epe, Lagos … By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has announced the opening of 25 new Tax Offices across the country. These new Tax Offices, approved by the Muhammad Nami led management, are part of the Service’s goal to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 159 Nigerians who had been stranded in Libya as they returned home. NEMA in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos, said the returnees arrived at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Cargo Wing,...
The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee Investigating the Structure and Accountability of Joint Venture (JV) Business and Production Sharing Contracts (PSCS) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd has summoned the Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The Chairman of the service, Mr Muhammad Nami, was summoned...
Two of the 15 suspected invaders of the residence of Justice Mary Odili (rtd.) were among inmates who absconded from the Kuje Correctional Centre during the July jailbreak. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that gunmen had, on July 5, attacked the Kuje Prison facility and freed hundreds...
The Lagos PDP Deputy Governorship Candidate, Ms Funke Akindele on Wednesday appealed to the electorate in the state to protect their votes at the 2023 general elections. Akindele, a Nollywood star, made this charge while inaugurating a borehole donated to residents of Abule Oja community in Yaba area of...
The remains of Abdul-Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, a Lagos State lawmaker who passed on in Jos, Plateau during an APC Presidential rally on Tuesday, has been laid to rest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the remains of the lawmaker arrived the Murtala Muhammed Airport in the afternoon...
The Police Command in Lagos State has rescued a teenage boy simply identified as Emmanuel Adeleke from his abductor. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the announcement on Wednesday on his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the boy, who...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in Nigeria to tackle issues that lead to pervasive corruption and its effects on its economy. The advice was given when the IMF team, led by Mr Alin Shane, paid a consultation visit to the Independent Corrupt...
Manchester United defender Raphael Varane says his teammates were obviously affected by Cristiano Ronaldo’s comments in a television interview. The Portugal forward had said during the interview that he did not respect manager Erik ten Hag and felt betrayed by the English Premier League (EPL) side. In the interview...
Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed confidence that the party will win Lagos and other 25 states in 2023 general election. Ayu stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, when he received the second stanza of the report of the PDP Special Reconciliation...
Gov.Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Wednesday said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) G-5 governors will only be disposed to reconciliation based on equity, fairness and justice. Wike said this at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover bridge inaugurated by Adams Oshiomhole, a former Governor of Edo, in Port...
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will on Thursday meet with private sector drivers in Imo, ahead of his forth coming campaign in the state. Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo made the disclosure while addressing newsmen on Wednesday, at the Sam Mbakwe Int’l Cargo...
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) says it has arrested some serving and retired civil servants in the state for alleged fraud perpetrated in respect of contract awarded in 2018. Its Chairman, Retired Justice Eni Esan, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan. The News Agency...
APC chieftains and supporters in Abia trooped out in their numbers in Umuahia on Wednesday to welcome Chief Uche Ogah, who was declared the rightful Gubernatorial Candidate of the party for 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Federal High, Abuja on Friday invalidated Chief Ikechi...
The UN has warned that without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed conflict and displacement, exacerbated by rising temperatures, scarcity of resources and food insecurity. UN gave the warning in a report, “Moving from Reaction to Action: Anticipating Vulnerability Hotspots...
A Fulani socio-cultural group, known as Fulbe North East group, has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 general elections. Musa Ardo, the spokesperson of the group, who made the declaration in Yola on Wednesday, said their decision was due...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu met with the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. The meeting is the second leg of the CAN presidential interaction session. The APC candidate was accompanied by his wife, Oluremi; the Speaker...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to provide adequate security to lives and property of the citizenry and restore permanent peace in the state. He also commended the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba for his intuitive and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Network of Civil Society Organizations (NECSOB), Borno State Chapter has called on all critical stakeholders to desist from acts that could jeopardize the credibility of the forth coming 2023 elections The Executive Director NECSOB, Comrade Bulama Aviso made the call on Wednesday in...