The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has said the review of the revenue allocation formula will be ready for presentation to President Muhammadu Buhari by the end of 2021. The Chairman of the commission, Mr Elias Mbam, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja. Mbam said...
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A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 40-year-old estate agent, Adebayo Abiodun, to 10 months imprisonment for defrauding his client of N150,000. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, convicted Abiodun after he pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust and cheating and begged the court for leniency. Emmanuel gave Abiodun...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Faruk Yahaya, has urged troops to remain focused and proactive in tackling the current security challenge in the country. Yahaya made the call while addressing officers and men of the 4 Bridage Headquarters in Benin. The COAS, who was in Benin on...
The World Bank has frozen payments for its projects in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover. “We have paused disbursements in our operations in Afghanistan and we are closely monitoring and assessing the situation in line with our internal policies and procedures,’’ a World Bank spokesperson said...
The first woman to serve in the role, Hochul said her biggest priority would be to help restore New Yorkers’ confidence in state government, a barely veiled knock against disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo. “I want people to believe in government again. It’s important to me that people have...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has appointed Ibrahim Sulaiman as his new Chief of Staff. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe. “This is to inform the general public...
Sen. Hezekiah Dimka (APC, Plateau Central) has urged security agencies to go after the perpetrators of Nchiya community attacks and apprehend them to forestall future occurrence. It would be recalled that some bandits on Monday, attacked Nchiya community on Mangu-Bwai road in Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau in...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Enugu State has urged the Federal Government to withdraw the case instituted against the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to bring about amicable resolution. Chairman of NMA Enugu State Branch, Dr Jude Onyia, made the call in Enugu while speaking to newsmen....
The Legacy Awareness Campaign Group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to ensuring a safe, secure and prosperous Niger Delta. Mr Tolu Ogunlesi, one of the leaders of the group, said this in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Abuja....
Real Madrid FC have made an opening 160 million euro (187.7 million dollars) bid for Paris Saint-Germain FC forward, Kylian Mbappe, that has been rebuffed, according to reports. The 22-year-old France international has spent the past four seasons at the Parc des Princes but is due to become a...
Former Emir of Kano, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, has disapproved secessionists’ calls for the break-up of Nigeria. Mallam Sanusi expressed his disapproval at the unveiling of his book ‘For the Good of The Nation,’ on Tuesday in Lagos. The book, a collection of essays and perspectives, was unveiled to mark...
The Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Yemi Akinwonmi, says he has assumed leadership of the party as the National Chairman. This follows the order of a High Court in Rivers State restraining Mr Uche Secondus from parading himself as the National Chairman of the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday said the country’s total COVID-19 infections had Jumped to 188,243 cases. The NCDC said this via its verified website on Wednesday morning and that the additional 655 infections, reported on Tuesday, raised the country’s total...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has condemned the attack on the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State. Addressing reporters in Yola, he described the attack carried out by bandits as madness that must be stopped as soon as possible. “The incident...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Dingyadi has said that the Federal Government’s Police Trust Fund (PTF) has started yielding the desired results. Alhaji Dingyadi said this in Abuja at the the annual ministerial media briefing in Abuja. “Few days ago, I was at the Force Headquarters for...
After a year of pandemic-related delays, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games opened on Tuesday evening at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. Japanese Emperor Naruhito officially declared the Tokyo Paralympic Games open, in front of approximately 3,400 delegation members and 3,200 invited personnel. The Refugee Paralympic Team (RPT) led the parade of...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has said the anti-corruption war of the Federal Government is not targeted at the opposition, as it aimed at rooting out corruption from Nigeria. The BMO said this in a statement signed by its Chairman, Mr Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary, Mr Cassidy Madueke on...
The Nigerian Army has said that it had not and would not enlist former or repentant Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists into the service. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said an online...
Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Yusuf Zailani, has described the invasion, killing and abduction at Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) as an assault on the country’s territorial integrity Zailani, who stated this in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Danfulani, in...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), through its Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund, has provided more than 7.3 million dollars for youth empowerment. According to a statement from the bank on Tuesday, the fund provides project preparation and co-financing for bank projects and places emphasis on employability, entrepreneurship...