By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated its firm opposition to the proposed Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, warning that its implementation will have devastating consequences for public universities across the country. Speaking during a press conference in Jos on Thursday, the Bauchi...
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By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Troops of the 3 Division, Nigerian Army, and Operation Safe Haven (OpSH) maintaining peace in Plateau State have successfully rescued 18 kidnapped victims and reunited them with their families across Plateau, Zamfara, and Taraba States. The operation also led to the neutralization of suspected...
The Rivers government has announced the death of nine individuals following a suspected cholera outbreak in Andoni and Akuku-Toru Local Government Areas. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Ada Oreh, confirmed the development on Thursday in Port Harcourt. She said that three deaths occurred in Andoni, while six others...
The remains of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, in Anambra, murdered on Dec. 26 has been laid to rest amid tears. He was buried on Thursday at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral in Nnewi after a requiem mass at the cathedral. Okonkwo,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for 1.5 billion dollars for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA) to support life-saving health interventions worldwide. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the call on Thursday in a statement outlining the critical priorities and resources needed to address 42 ongoing health...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said his administration’s mission was to have a united Nigeria where every citizen can dream, work and thrive. The President gave the assurance at the 55th Convocation Ceremonies of the University of Lagos. He was represented by the Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa....
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said the 2025 budget is predicated on 2.062 million barrels crude oil production at 75 dollars per barrel. The NUPRC said Nigeria’s current production was averaging 1.7 million barrels, leaving a deficit of about 350,000 barrels to be bridged. The Commission...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has called for the establishment of a Special Operations Account to fund emergency internal security operations. The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, made the call on Thursday during the 2025 budget defence before the joint Committee on Police Affairs and Police Institutions. Egbetokun explained...
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment towards ensuring quality control and availability of petroleum products in a deregulated sector. Lokpobiri made this known while briefing newsmen shortly after the inaugural Petroleum Industry Stakeholders’ Forum held by the ministry on...
Nigerian governors have thrown their weight behind the Federal Government’s tax reform bills. But they are proposing a new sharing formula for value-added tax (VAT). The decision followed a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Presidential Tax Reform Committee which was held on Thursday. In a...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said the National Assembly will collaborate with the executive arm of government to deliver a realistic and implementable 2025 budget. Akpabio stated this at a retreat on the 2025 Appropriation Bill organised by the Senate Committee on Appropriations on Thursday in Abuja. He said...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State says it has withdrawn from the Local Government (LG) elections slated for Saturday in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) fixed Saturday, Jan.18 for the LG elections in the 18...
Benue State Police Command on Monday said a truck ran into a residential compound in Okete Village, Otukpo Local Government Area, and killed nine members of a family. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Sewuese Anene confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Badagry Branch, has arrested a suspected fake lawyer, Godwin Eguabor, 47, in Badagry Magistrates’ Court 2, while appearing for a matter on Wednesday. Vice-Chairman, NBA Badagry Branch, Mr Atule Elchors, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the fake lawyer had...
The British national, Mr James Nolan, who jumped bail in the ongoing trial linked to alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd scandal, on Thursday, said he does not intend to call any witness. Nolan told Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court in Abuja...
In his farewell address to the nation, U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday sounded an alarm over the growing dominance of an “oligarchy’’ led by the ultra-wealthy. Speaking from the Oval Office, Biden described the rise of “extreme wealth, power and influence in the U.S. “that threatens our entire...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday granted a warrant of arrest against Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, the manager of gospel singer Mercy Chinwo. Justice Alexander Owoeye granted the order following a motion exparte brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) seeking arrest of the manager. When the...
The Rotary International Foundation has committed over 300 million dollars to polio eradication in Nigeria. Its Chairman, Board of Trustees, Mark Maloney, disclosed this on Thursday while conducting polio immunisation at a Primary Healthcare Centre in Jahi, Abuja. According to him, polio eradication is Rotary’s number one priority worldwide...
Over 50 migrants attempting to reach Spain by boat from West Africa have drowned, migrant rights group Walking Borders said on Thursday. Moroccan authorities on Wednesday rescued 36 people from a boat that had departed from Mauritania on Jan. 2, the group based in Madrid and Navarra said. The...