By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A human rights activist, polio survivor and Executive Director of the Beautiful Gate Handicapped People’s Center in Jos, Chief Ayuba Burki Gufwan, has urged Nigerian lawmakers to revise the country’s tax laws in order to facilitate charitable donations. Speaking on the Nigerian Television...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) have opposed the growing trend of converting public colleges of education to universities. They described the development as disturbing, considering the important role colleges of education play in...
Diamond Stripes Limited which used its Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)- Pragmatic Palm Limited to sign a deal with the Enugu State Government to revive the moribund United Palm Produce Limited (UPPL) has denied any Fraud in the consummation of partnership. Managing Director of the Company, Professor George Nwangwu,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday dismissed a bail application filed by the detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, held that based on the affidavit evidence before him, Gambaryan would jump bail if the application is granted. “I have carefully considered the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the 27 lawmakers at the Rivers State House of Assembly who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost their seats forever. The party said this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja....
The Russian military on Friday intercepted over 100 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said that the air defence system and the Black Sea fleet intercepted 51 drones over Crimea and 44 over the Krasnodar Territory. It also intercepted six over...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has filed an amended four-count charge against Binance Holdings Limited and its executive, Tigran Gambaryan, on alleged tax evasion. FIRS lawyer, Moses Ideho, made this known on Friday before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja. Ideho informed the court...
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 21, 2024 election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has congratulated the Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare ll on the return of 39 stolen artefacts from Sweden. Okpebholo, in a statement on Friday morning, recalled that the artefacts...
Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the reforms introduced by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration will take Nigeria to the next level of development. Ganduje said this on Friday in Abuja when the party’s Forum of Local Government Area Chairmen visited the National Working...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of seven persons in a road accident that occurred on Ibadan-Iseyin road on Thursday. The Public Relations Officer, FRSC, Oyo Sector Command, Mr Mayowa Odewo, said in a statement that the deceased were five male adults, one female adult...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Correspondents’ Chapel recently organized a memorial and prayer session to honor eight journalists who tragically lost their lives in a motor accident on May 16, 2007. The event, which marked the 17th anniversary...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it plans to support Nigeria’s power sector with one billion dollars to boost electricity. AfDB Vice President, Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth Complex, Dr Kevin Kariuki, said this on Thursday at the Eight Africa Energy MarketPlace (AEMP) Forum in...
The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s plan to utilise the N19.66 trillion pension funds for infrastructure development. This is contained in a joint letter signed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), which was addressed to the Minister of Finance...
The Federal Government says it will soon begin the payment of N130 billion as part of gas supply debts in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, said this on Thursday at the 2024 Eight Africa Energy Marketplace in Abuja. The forum...
Dstv, Gotv subscriptions: FCCPC keeps mum on MultiChoice’s price hike Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), on Thursday, did not oppose the recent price hike on tariffs and cost of products and services by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, the owners of Dstv and Gotv. FCCPC made this known through...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday in Elele vowed to ensure prudent management of the state’s revenue during his administration. Fubara made the vow while declaring the commencement of construction of N80.3 billion 33.5-kilometre Elele-Egbeda-Omoku Road dual carriageway and bridge project in Emohua Local Government Area of...
The Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Otuaro, on Thursday in a tribute to the late Ijaw hero, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro, urged Niger Delta youths to shun violence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribute came on the occasion of the...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Joseph Johnson, has no fewer than 1,000 health workers have been employed by the Gov. Siminalayi Fubara-led administration. Johnson disclosed this on Thursday in Port Harcourt while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the governor’s performance...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has decried the consistent rise in the number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. Its representative in Benue, Mr Adewole Oke, disclosed this on Thursday in Makurdi, while delivering a goodwill message during the presentation of...