The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, (FIRS) has received encomiums from the Global Economic Policy Initiative (GEPIn) for what the group describes as “fiscal prudence over the affairs of the FIRS, and ensuring maximum efficiency with minimal resources.” In a statement shared to the media by the President of the group, Mr…
Ukraine’s President Zelensky has given a news conference – where he appealed to the West to send him warplanes. “If you do not have the power to close the skies [enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine], then give me planes,” he said. “If we are no more then, God forbid, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia will be…
Aircraft maintenance company, Santos Aviation says its services have changed the face of air transportation in Nigeria by creating value in commercial aviation.Besides , the company says it will continue to consolidate its services by creating a welcoming ambience for aircraft flown within the country whose interior speaks volumes.Its General Manager, Santos Aviation, Segun Adesanya…
WAW detergent, produced by Expand Global Industries Limited (EGIL), has been adjudged as the West Africa Best Premium Multi-Use Detergent brand of the year. The detergent won the award based on its impact on the lives of its customers with its innovations, inventions, and ideas.At the 11th West Africa Brands Excellence Awards Gala, 2022, with…
The Statewide Waste and Environmental Education Foundation (SWEEP) has called on the government, corporate organizations, and citizens to recalibrate their lifestyles to promote environmental sustainability for a litter free world.SWEEP made the call during the first anniversary of the “waste in the city” initiative, a community based recycling program funded by the Coca-Cola Foundation, in…
Members of the House of Representatives were divided on Tuesday as the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila; and Majority Leader, Ado Doguwa, announced that Dolapo Osinbajo, wife of the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, would be in the chamber to observe as the lawmakers voted on Constitution amendment bills. The announcement was made at about 12:10pm after the…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, turned down the bail application filed by the detained former Commander of the Intelligence Response Team, Force Intelligence Bureau of the Nigeria Police Force, Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari. Kyari is in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency over…
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives, an agency of the Federal Government, on Monday, blamed the over three-week scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, on the continued subsidy on PMS. It explained that the solution to the country’s prolonged fuel crisis was to halt the subsidy regime as canvassed by stakeholders including the…
Russia has now committed around three-quarters of the troops it had massed on Ukraine’s border. Its air and artillery strikes have until now been limited. Western officials say that Russia has still to destroy Ukraine’s air defences and gain supremacy in the air. They also believe that Russia’s invasion is not going according to plan…
