By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has alleged that the management of the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NCSL) in Abuja, sometime in 2019, failed to remit an approximated sum of N95,641,112 accrued from tax payments. SERAP, which disclosed this via it official Twitter page...
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There was pandemonium at the entrance of the Court of Appeal, Abuja as staff are barred from accessing the court premises with their vehicles. Security personnel at the entrance said they were directed by the court’s President, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, to lock the entrance gate to prevent staff, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja, said the concluded forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was being reviewed, with a view to recovering every kobo that is recoverable, while those found culpable will face the law. Speaking at the virtual...
The Jigawa State Government has enacted the child protection law that prescribes the death penalty for rapists without the option of life imprisonment. Dr. Musa Adamu, the Commissioner for Justice and the Attorney General, disclosed this on Wednesday during an end-of-the-year press briefing in Dutse, the state capital of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Executive Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum has approved the redeployment of the state Commissioner for Works, Architect Yerima Saleh to the Ministry of Environment with immediate effect. A statement issued on Thursday by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Usman...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A lawmaker representing Calabar Municipality/Odukpani Federal Constituency, Hon. Eta Mbora, has launched an empowerment initiative targeted at promoting enterprise, self reliance, job creation as well as boosting agricultural yields. Flagging off the empowerment program, Hon. Mbora said the scheme is based on the peculiar needs...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Bar. Eteng William, has given reasons why the state budget size was increase from N276,279,960,667,35 as presented by the governor Ben Ayade to N54,505,535,313,25 The Speaker, who presided over the Committee of the whole House after...
The Federal Government on Wednesday sympathised with the management of the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja over a fire incident and pledged its readiness to offer possible assistance towards its resuscitation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that fire gutted the Next Cash & Carry Supermarket on Sunday...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has called on residents to do whatever it takes including prayer or even having to acquire arms to defend themselves against bandits and other criminal elements in the state. Governor Masari made the call during a press conference...
The Federal Government’s bond offer and allotment rose by N1.99tn in the first six months of this year to N13.66tn, from the N11.67tn recorded in the corresponding period of last year. The Financial Markets Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed this in its half-year activity report for...
The Federal Government has released N16.67 billion for the payment of accrued pension rights to 2021 retirees of Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). This is contained in a statement signed, by the Head of Corporate Communications Department, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mr Peter Aghahowa, and made available to...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of the District Head of Gada in Bungudu LGA of the state, Alhaji Umaru Bawan-Allah and four others. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkanah disclosed this at a press conference in Gusau on Wednesday,...
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, has expressed optimism that COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Wednesday that it was two years ago, as people gathered for New Year’s Eve celebrations, that a new global threat emerged. Since then, 1.8...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello has commiserated with the families of seven persons who lost their lives in a boat mishap in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the victims lost their lives in the mishap at...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) that the Federal Government would take appropriate measures to improve access to foreign exchange for importation of raw materials and machines that are not available locally. The President gave the assurance on Wednesday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – To further ensure probity and best practice in the mining sector, President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday directed the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) to provide a six-month progress report on the Solid Minerals Development Fund, designed to capture accruals from investments. At a...
The special task force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau and environs, has said the abductors of Sum Pyem, Mr Charles Mato, have demanded N500 million ransom. Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the Commander of OPSH, said this when officials of Correspondents Chapel of Plateau Council of Nigerian Union...
Rep Dachung Bagos (PDP-Plateau), has advised the Federal Government to develop a practical and lasting solution to ending the lingering insecurity challenges facing the country. Bagos, representing Jos South and Jos East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency...