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• Promises tax incentives, others to investors As Niger Delta governors continue to push for resource control, their counterparts in the northern region believe current structure, which confers ownership of all natural resources on the Federal Government’s and prescribes the allocation of 13 per cent derivation is most suitable for Nigeria. Speaking with select editors […]
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 10, Mr Muhammad Mustapha, says the attack on Gidan Madi Police Division in Tangaza Local Government area of Sokoto State by bandits will not be left unaddressed. Mustapha, who is in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, stated this when he led a delegation […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday , urged indigenes of Kaduna State to learn to live as brothers and sisters. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity , Femi Adesina , the President made the call at the virtual opening of the fifth Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit, with the theme […]
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Iseyin, Oyo State on Monday ordered that a 44-year-old man, Stephen Mark, who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old sister-in-law, be remanded in a correctional centre. Delivering his ruling, Chief Magistrate Maaruff Mudashiru , ordered the defendant to engage the services of a lawyer. Mudashiru adjourned the matter until Oct 19, for […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night met behind closed doors with President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bashir Ahmad, the President’s Personal Assistant on New Media, confirmed this on his Twitter handle. The presidential aide, who could not elaborate on the agenda of the meeting between the two leaders, however, posted […]
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Monday suggested he was surprised at the loss of the All Progressive Congress in the recently concluded Edo State Governorship Election. The Governor said three weeks to the election, polls indicated that the APC was set to win. However, on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared incumbent […]
Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, has rejected the result of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. Uzodinma disclosed this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku. He said the entire process in Edo State was marred by irregularities from officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, who sabotaged the system, making it […]
Students of Public and Private Secondary Schools resumed back to their various Schools on Monday after the covid 19 pandemic lockdown. Pic shows Students observing various protocols as stipulated by the NCDC for their resumption at Monatan High School Junior, Iyalode, Ibadan on Monday. Students of AUD comprehensive High School, Lafenwa Itele, Otta, Ogun State, […]
Several leaked documents have revealed how the world ’ s biggest banks enable criminals to launder money around the world . The documents showing about $2tn of transactions are popularly called FinCEN files. The BBC reports that the FinCEN files are more than 2, 500 documents , most of which were files that banks sent […]
Says FG wastes over N10 trillion on Subsidy Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kolo Kyari, has said that over N10 trillion was spent on fuel subsidy between 2006 and 2020 without a significant impact on the masses. Also, the subsidy regime was affected by marketers who were smuggling the subsidized […]
