By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has enjoined tax authorities across West African to step up their efforts towards generating higher tax revenues for their respective countries to accelerate development in the Sub-Saharan Africa. Nami gave the charge on Thursday in Abuja...
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The Ekiti Government has restated its commitment to the welfare of medical doctors to boost healthcare delivery in the state. This is contained in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, jointly signed by Dr Oyebanji Filani, Commissioner for Health and Human Services and Mr Akin Omole, Commissioner for Information and Value...
…Declares support for State Police From LOUIS AMOKE, Enugu – The National leadership of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for the state’s secure and peaceful atmosphere, as well as the giant feats his administration has recorded in infrastructural...
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has assured Nigerians of petroleum products availability during the Sallah holidays. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, gave the assurance in a statement issued on Friday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government has declared July...
The lawmaker representing Badagry Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rep. Babatunde Hunpe, has urged members of his constituents to embrace the development of infrastructure in the ancient town. Hunpe gave the piece of advice during the flag-off campaign for the re-election of Mr Samson Olatunde, Chairman, Olorunda...
Female-bonding is about women coming together to offer love, strength, hope, faith, support and encouragement to one another. It is about understanding what their issues are, navigating through those issues in the best way possible, and being there for one another. This can be a very important tool to...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins on Thursday killed the former Provost Marshal of The Nigeria Army, Maj.-Gen. Hassan Ahmed, along Abuja-Lokoja Highway, NATIONAL ACCORD has learnt. Confirming the incident in a statement on Friday in Abuja, The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed shock over the senate’s rejection of electronic transmission of election results, noting that it amounts to undermining Nigeria’s electoral process. In a statement, The National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said the party and Nigerians indeed were...
Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the decision of the Senate to subject INECs constitutional power to conduct elections to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and National Assembly is patently unconstitutional. Tambuwal, who is also the governor of Sokoto State, in a statement he...
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report has confirmed that HIV infection is a significant independent risk factor for both severe and critical COVID-19 presentation at hospital admission and in-hospital mortality. WHO, in a statement on its website, stated that nearly a quarter of people living with HIV and...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, July 15, 2021, ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $3,719,855.94 found in the account of a company, Enerbett International Ltd., to the Federal Government. The presiding judge, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke gave the order, following an ex-parte application...
Heavy rains and floods lashing western Europe have killed at least 59 people in Germany and eight in Belgium, and many more people are missing as rising waters caused several houses to collapse on Thursday. Unusually heavy rains also inundated neighbouring Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium, where at least...
Colombian mercenaries detained for allegedly taking part in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise say they were hired to capture him and hand him over to the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Colombia’s police said on Thursday. Colombian intelligence agents are cooperating with Haitian authorities in investigating the July...
The death toll from violent protests in South Africa has risen to 117 with more than 2,000 arrests. Days of unrest have left a trail of devastation in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, with officials saying 800 retailers have been targeted. Several clinics and schools have also been vandalised. During...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja –The Federal Government has declared Tuesday July 20 and Wednesday July 21, as Public Holidays to mark 2021 Eid-el-Kabir celebration. A statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, stated that the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf...
Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), has embarked on community sensitisation activity in Gombe metropolis, to discourage indiscriminate dumping of waste on drains to control flooding. Dr Salisu Dahiru, National Coordinator of the Project, told newsmen on Thursday INEC Gombe, that the exercise is being conducted in collaboration...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army (NA) has debunked an online report alleging that the NA has handed over 1009 Ex-Boko Haram fighters to Borno State government. The report also alleged that the event was shrouded in secrecy. This report, according to the army is obviously one...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has revealed how some state governors have hijacked the process of appointment of vice-chancellors for federal universities because of his lack of interest in the selection processes of new VCs for the Institutions. Açcording to him, this...