The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has commended troops of the North East Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) for the successes recorded against remnant of the Boko Haram insurgents in the region. Faruk hailed the gallantry and feat achieved by the military while inspecting...
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) has released schedule of local borrowings of about N720billion by the Federal Government for the second quarter. The schedule is contained in the DMO’s “FGN Bonds Issuance Calendar For The Second Quarter, 2022’’. The calendar shows that , on April 25, the DMO would...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Director General , Unified Northern Nigeria Youths Forum (UNNYF) , Dr. Ibrahim Bature said that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CNB) Governor, Dr. Godwin Emefiele is the most suitable and competent APC presidential candidate for the forth 2023 general elections. Dr. Bature made...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service has named Shell as a “leading tax compliant organisation in Nigeria for 2021.” At an award ceremony in Abuja last week as part of the second annual National Tax Dialogue, Shell companies in Nigeria also won the award for...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has criticised the House of Representatives, for falsely accusing the Board of imposing multiple fees on candidates preparing to take the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede expressed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N3,592,846,301.74billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of February 2022. The figure indicated a slight increase in revenue...
The Senate has extended the implementation of 2021 budget from March 31 to May 31. This followed the consideration of a bill to Amend the 2021 Appropriation Act. The Senate before considering the bill suspended Rule 78(1) of the Senate Standing Orders 2022 (as amended), to enable the upper...
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed Nigeria’s rising prominence as Africa’s fertiliser powerhouse to the implementation of the right policies by the present administration. The president made this known while receiving the Executive Committee of Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday....
Thibaut Courtois said “the adventure continues” as he spoke about his desire to win the Champions League with Real Madrid FC ahead of a reunion with former club Chelsea FC. Los Blancos travel to Stamford Bridge for the first leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday, a repeat of last...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River Government has debunked media reports alleging that it has been unable to pay salaries to workers and gratuities to pensioners in the state. The state Head of Service (HOS), Mr Timothy Akwaji, who debunked this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
At least 10 soldiers have been reportedly killed and some others injured by bandits proscribed as terrorists who attacked a military base in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident happened at about 6:30pm on Monday, security sources told Channels Television. However, the military authorities have yet...
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old pregnant woman, Omowunmi Joseph for stabbing her husband, Joseph Nwankwo, to death. The incident occured around 2 am on Monday morning while the deceased was asleep in the Odoye area, Alaadorin, Ibadan North LGA of Oyo State. It was gathered...
The UN medical scientists have claimed that a large percentage of the world population breathes polluted air. They said on Monday that fossil fuels are responsible for most of the harmful emissions that are linked to acute and chronic sickness. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has, therefore, called for...
Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, a presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pledged to devout his time and energy to make the country great. Anyim, also a former President of the Senate, said this when he received a youth group led by Mr Anthony...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed that alleged war criminals in Ukraine will be brought to justice. Ukraine is working with the European Union and the International Criminal Court to ensure that war crimes in Bucha and other Ukrainian cities are fully investigated, the Ukrainian president said in a...
Popular Nigerian singer, Davido has reacted to the release of celebrity barman, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Recalled that The EFCC had arrested Cubana Chief Priest for alleged money laundering and tax fraud. Cubana Chief Priest was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) on Tuesday says it members will comply with the Federal Government’s directive barring outgoing calls of subscribers who have yet to link their National Identification Number (NIN) with their SIM. The telecom operators made this...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Nasarawa Stae Governor, Abdullahi Sule has commissioned a mullt-million naira ultra-model skills acquisition centre at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Keffi with a call on corps members to take the training seriously as white collar jobs are no more available.. The skills acquisition centre...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja –Rivers State Governor and leading Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Monday, led three other PDP Governors on a visit to two former Military Presidents: General Ibrahim Badamasi Babanbgida (IBB) and Abdulsalam Abubarkar in Minna, Niger State. Wike was accompanied on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum on Monday, distributed food items, cloth and combined cash of five million, seven hundred thousand to 285 1, messengers and others at the lowest rank, working at the Government House in Maiduguri. Each of them received a bag of...