Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Legal provisions will be utilised to collect taxes on profits made locally by global technology and digital firms not based in Nigeria, but with significant economic presence in the country. VP Osinbajo stated this during an interaction with a delegation from the...
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Eighteen al-Shabab militants were executed on Sunday in Galkayo town of Mudug, the Puntland State of Somalia, after being sentenced to death earlier by the court. The Chairperson of Puntland state court, Mohamud Abdi Mohamed, said that the court proceedings followed through different stages before the execution. “Puntland State...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Nigerian Army, Major General Faruk Yahaya has charged troops in the Theatre of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) to be decisive and alert in the fight against ISWAP and Boko Haram Terrorists in North Eastern Nigeria. The COAS gave...
By EMEKA ARI, Delta – Men of The Delta State Police Command have reportedly killed a suspected armed robber during a gun battle in Sapele on Saturday. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edafe Bright, who disclosed this on Sunday in Warri, said that the suspect, known as Diamond...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Former National Secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Dr Sani Abdulahi Shinkafi, is set to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), along with Hon Bello Mattawalle, the Governor of Zamfara State, who is the Mattawalle Maradun and Shatiman Sokoto. Shinkafi a...
A makeshift bomb exploded inside a Catholic church in the city of Beni in DR Congo’s conflict-plagued east on Sunday, injuring two just an hour before a children’s Confirmation ceremony was due to be held. The head of police in Beni’s town hall Narcisse Muteba Kashale told AFP that...
A former Senator who represented Anambra South Senatorial District, Andy Ubah, has been declared winner of the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Ubah emerged the winner in the primary election contested by 13 other aspirants. Declaring the results of the exercise on...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Prof. Melaku Desta, a professor of International Economic Law, in the United Kingdom, are expected at a two-day physical and virtual capacity building programme for Nigerian negotiators, beginning on Monday, June 28. Osinbajo would deliver the opening address at the event, while Desta would...
By AISHA, NANA, Bauchi – A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), African Children’s Talent Discovery Foundation (ACTDF), has berthed its talent hunt and mentorship in football programme in Bauchi, with the aim of discovering and grooming future stars for the country. The Chairman of ACTDF, Noah Dallaji, disclosed this in a...
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says it has the power to prosecute for noise pollution, churches and mosques that use loud speakers without control while worshipping. Prof. Aliyu Jauro, Director-General of NESREA made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The family of late Michael Usifo Ataga has issued a statement calling for an in-depth investigation of the murder of Usifo Ataga and urged the police to go beyond the arrest of the suspect to get to the bottom of the case. In a...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA , Ilorin – Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has offered rare insights into the protracted crisis rocking the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), tracing it to his refusal to fund a campaign structure that was formed without his prior knowledge or input as...
Here are the matches in the second-leg, semi-final matches of the 2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup, which would be played on Sunday. First-named teams host the matches, with first-leg results in brackets. Raja Casablanca, Morocco vs Pyramids, Egypt (0-0) JS Kabylie, Algeria vs Coton Sport, Cameroon (2-1) The final match...
Italy made it through to the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Austria after extra-time at Wembley. Federico Chiesa and Matteo Pessina struck in the opening period of extra-time to down the Austrians, who pulled a goal back in the 114th minute through Sasa...
I stand here deeply honored by your presence, former students, friends, intellectual and political colleagues. What just took place here today is the culmination of a conspiracy that was initiated by my former student, Professors Tor Iorapuu, and Professor Irene Agunloye my colleagues, in Atlanta five years ago, when...
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented that the effects of drug abuse in the country was worse than acts of insecurity and banditry. The President disclosed this at the launch of War Against Drug Abuse at the State House in Abuja. The launch event was held in commemoration of the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja- The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced that it has registered 35 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 167,465 confirmed cases. As at Saturday, 26 June, 2021, the public health agency recorded no...
A 35-year-old man was in serious condition after being bitten by a great white shark off the San Francisco Bay Area coast, authorities said on Saturday. The man was bitten in the right leg by a shark about 2-metre long while he was swimming off Grey Whale Cove State...