The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it is leveraging on technology to drive increased revenue generation. Mr Kabir Abba, Coordinating Director, General Tax Operations Group, FIRS, said this at the broadcast of the Service’s stewardship on Tuesday in Abuja. The event with the theme “FIRS, Impacting the Nigerian...
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In a bid to reposition the Nigerian league, the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) has signed a 5 million-dollar sponsorship deal with GTI and Propel Sports Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stakeholders announced the agreement at a press briefing on Tuesday in Lagos as...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has assured Lagos residents that his administratio will double efforts to deliver more on electoral promises. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance on Tuesday at Onikan, during the Public Lecture, with the topic: ”The Making of a Beacon: Lagos and the Consolidation of a Democracy...
The Naira on Tuesday depreciated at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at N464.42 to the dollar, a 0.20 per cent decrease against N463.50 traded on Monday. The open indicative rate closed at N464.10 to the dollar on Tuesday. An exchange rate of N632 to the dollar was the...
Dr Shukura Okesina, a Consultant Obstetrician and Surgeon at the Aishah Buhari Mother and Child Hospital, Eiyekonrin, Kwara, has submitted that Nigeria records 12,000 new cases of Obstetrics Fistula yearly. Okesina stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the commemoration of...
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa, on Tuesday, justified the relatively high cost of executing infrastructural projects in Bayelsa. Diri stated this at the official inauguration and hand-over of the Federal Secretariat, named after former President Goodluck Jonathan, in Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the construction of...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says the newly-inaugurated 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company will save Nigeria over $3 billion annually from importation of petroleum products. He said the refinery was a game changer for Nigeria which will open a...
Rep. Tajudeen Abbas, the endorsed All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for the speakership of the 10th National Assembly, has tasked the party to redouble its efforts in ensuring his emergence as the speaker. Abbas, who represented Zaria federal constituency at the National Assembly, said this when he led a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan has debunked media reports that he has joined the race for the Presidency of the 10th National Assembly. Senator Lawan debunked the report in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. “I have read some media reports that I have...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the National Assembly’s approval for the issuance of N16.7 billion promissory note to Borno Government as refund for reconstructed federal roads in the state. The request is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary on Tuesday....
Chief Ifeatu Obiokoye, former Special Adviser on Political Affairs to immediate past Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra, has emerged the state chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Obiokoye also former state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before joining APGA, was elected during the state congress...
Dr Ayodele Oni, Partner, Bloomfield Law Practice, says the newly inaugurated Dangote Refinery will reduce the importation of refined petroleum products. Oni made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. He said that the 650,000pbd refinery would substantially increase the nation’s local...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the military and other security agencies to remain resolute in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the country. Buhari said this at the Regimental Dinner organised in his honour on Tuesday night in Abuja as part of the activities lined up for the May 29...
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, has reassured Nigerians of the military’s commitment to the growth of democracy in the country. Irabor gave the assurance at the Regimental Dinner organised in honour of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday night in Abuja as part of the activities lined...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for commissioning the multi-billion naira Dangote Refinery in Lagos, stressing that the coming onboard of the refinery signifies an end to the energy crisis in the country. Gov Sule, made this known during...
The UK government on Tuesday announced a package of measures aimed at international students, including a ban on some family members, as ministers come under growing pressure to cut immigration. After a drop during the pandemic, net migration has been steadily on the rise and is reportedly expected to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated a N3.61 billion Federal Secretariat in Awka, the Anambra capital. The secretariat is named after the country’s first female Head of Service, Engr. Ebele Ofunneamaka Okeke. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project has 498 offices with a-300-capacity parking lot,...
WaterAid Nigeria on Tuesday formally launched its new five-year Country Programme Strategy, to improve access to basic water and sanitation services for 17 million Nigerians. At the event in Abuja, the organisation’s Country Director, Ms Evelyn Mere, said the strategy was crucial to ensure that everyone had access to...
The Police on Tuesday arraigned an alleged 35-year old fake medical doctor, Afeez Adegoke, at Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, over hynia surgery that endangered the life of a patient. Adegoke of No. 6 Eri Antena Bus-Stop, Onibukun Ota in Ogun, is facing a two-count charge of false...
No woman should lose her life to cervical cancer when there are tools to prevent, make early diagnoses and treat it, Global Health Leaders and advocates have said. This is as a new research on the efficacy of a one-dose HPV vaccine regimen and progress toward elimination in several...