FG announces plans to collect VAT from market traders, informal sector
The Nigerian Government through the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, announced the VAT Direct Initiative, a scheme that would enable FG to collect Value Added Taxes from the informal sector and reduce multiple…
NYSC TRAINS LEGAL OFFICERS, RECOMMITS TO IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY
The National Youth Service Corps has reaffirmed it's determination to ensure that staff are well trained towards enhancing capacity building for…
Simon Ekpa wants Nnamdi Kanu detained indefinitely – Ohanaeze
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, has urged residents of South-East to ignore Mr Simon Ekpa’s declaration of a one-week sit-at-home in the zone. Ekpa had announced one…
Tinubu Holds Maiden Meeting With Service Chiefs
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is holding his first meeting meeting with new service chiefs and Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting comes two weeks after…
Barcelona still paying Messi until 2025, says Laporta
Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, says the Spanish giants are still paying former player “religiously”. the two-time Barca president revealed that the club will continue to pay “outstanding payments” to the…
Court orders PSC to pay N40m to Mbu over ‘unlawful retirement’
The national industrial court has ordered the Police Service Commission (PSC) to pay N40 million to Mbu Joseph Mbu, a retired assistant inspector-general of police (AIG). Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, the judge,…
Sweet words from Burna Boy’s mum as he turns 32
Endearing words from Mrs Bose Ogulu, the mother of Nigerian music star, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy, as he turned 32. The African giant turned a new age on Sunday, July 2nd, 2023. On her Instagram post, Bose Ogulu…
APC chieftain hails Sanwo-Olu, Ambode reconciliation
Mr Bola Babarinde, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), South Africa Chapter, has commended the reconciliatory effort of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and his immediate past predecessor,…
Naira Devaluation: Tinubu Repeating Babangida’s Error – NAE
…warns Nigeria’s policymakers against accepting every IMF’s advice The Nigeria Association of Economists (NAE) has…
Ex-Minister Of Finance Denies ‘Cornering’ World Bank ‘Director Position To Self
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed has described the news report by an online…
Sierra Leone Election: Main Opposition Rejects Results, Demands Rerun
Sierra Leone’s main opposition, All People’s Congress (APC), has rejected the results of the 24 June 2023 general elections and called on Sierra Leoneans “to play their part in resisting tyranny and fight for the…
Abbas Disowns Aide Over Comments On Buhari
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has distanced himself from unsavoury comments…
FG targets N12bn from new vehicle tax
The Federal Government is set to make about N12bn a year from the N1,000 Proof of Ownership Certificate verification fee motorists are to pay.…
Banking sector lending to critical sectors still paramount – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has insisted that sustaining banking sector lending to critical sectors of the economy remains paramount as an…
W’Bank projects 25% 2023 inflation in Nigeria
The World Bank has projected that inflation may hit 25 per cent in 2023 as a result of petrol subsidy removal. This projection…
Nigerian Oil Tycoon, Okoloko Reportedly Burdened By Multi-billion-naira In Debts To Estranged Wife’s…
Nigerian businessman, Onajite Okoloko reportedly owes his estranged wife, Salma Okoloko, and her company, Techtonic Oil $37 million and N5.3 billion respectively through his company, Eroton Exploration. The duo…
Ex-Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed lands World Bank job
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has landed a World Bank job as an Alternate Executive Director. Baring hitches, she will resume at the bank’s headquarters in Washington on July 10. However, there…
Coca-Cola To Pay N3m Compensation To Publisher Over Copyright Infringement
A Lagos Federal High Court has ordered Coca-Cola Nigeria and the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) to pay N3 million in compensation to Abdulmumineen Onilemarun, a publisher whose work was used for religious…
‘I Am Not Wike, I Will Take you To The Gutters’ – Asari Dokubo Issues Warning To Reuben Abati
A former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has issued a strong warning to Nigerian journalist, Reuben Abati, to stop propagating lies…
Wilder Confirms Joshua Fight In December
The highly anticipated December showdown between Deontay Wilder and Anthony Joshua has received a huge update. In light of the lack of high-profile bouts in the heavyweight division so far this year, fans are…
We’ll Withdraw N3Million Scholarship If Our Investigation Confirms ‘Ejikeme’ Forged Result As…
A Nigerian automobile manufacturer, Innoson Group has said the company will withdraw the N3 million scholarship it awarded to one Ejikeme Mmesoma celebrated…
Court Issues Garnishee Order On NNPC, PPMC’s N4.7bn In First Bank
A Federal High Court in Lagos has issued a Garnishee order on the sum of N4.7 billion belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), and its sister company, Pipeline, and Products Marketing Ltd…
Okomu Oil Palm Nets N10bn In Critical Q1 Season
The company’s first quarter interim financial report for the three months ended March 2023 shows a strong earnings elevation from a final quarter loss of N1.8 billion in 2022 to maintain an outstanding profit growth for…
Anti-Democratic Forces Attacking Asari-Dokubo — Yerima
President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Yerima Shettima yesterday backed the former Niger Delta militant and ex-leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujahid Asari Dokubo…