An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi on Friday admitted the former board chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme, to bail. The court in addition adjourned the matter until Nov.8 for hearing. The court adopted the administrative bail conditions already granted the defendant by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC)….
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, says it is proposing the introduction of Road Infrastructure Tax in Nigeria, to make the informal sector contribute to building a modern society. Executive Chairman of FIRS, Muhammad Mamman Nami, disclosed this on Thursday while receiving a delegation of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, led by its National…
The Federal Government on Thursday, reiterated its commitment to reposition the gas sector for effective service delivery. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made this known while declaring open the 2021 World Energy Day Conference in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conference organised by the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI),…
ov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to assert itself more in preventing fraud and theft of public funds rather than advertising recoveries. Bello gave the charge at the North Central Zonal Public Hearing on review of the Revenue Allocation Formula (RAF) in Lokoja on Thursday. The…
…‘I’ve directed release of those detained in Wednesday memorial protest’ – Gov …Asks youths to join ‘Rebuild Lagos’ effort By Ayomide Otitoju As the final report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution is being awaited, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the Government would be making full disclosure of the report to…
A former Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has described embattled secessionist leaders, Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho as more popular than all politicians put together in their respective regions. Kanu is the leader of pro-Biafra group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Both Igboho and Kanu had agitated for Nigeria’s…
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Thursday in Abuja informed the court that he has formally filed a motion on notice through his counsel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor challenging the Federal Government’s amended charges against him. Shortly after the charges were read to him, Kanu told the court that…
A Northern group, Arewa Youth Alliance for 2023, has thrown its weight behind the presidential aspiration of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The youths noted that Tinubu was the best presidential material in 2023. The group’s coordinator, Hon Lawan Bello, said the managerial skill, technical know-how, and national appeal of…
… appeals to philanthropic residents to patronise beggars at the facility By Ayomide Otitoju Oyo State government, on Wednesday, has announced its renewed plans to bring back some of the mendicants who have left the provided Akinyele Resettlement Centre back into the facility. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Omolabake Kafilat Olayiwola,…
