Thursday 03 October 2024 NNPC portal shutdown delays petrol supply – Marketers FG stops VAT on diesel, cooking gas National honours: House not inferior to Senate, Reps tell FG Naira notes Emefiele released not what Buhari approved – Witness Lagos estate agent arraigned for allegedly defrauding client N13m Israel bars UN Secretary General from country […]
The Federal Government has announced the provision of new tax reliefs for deep offshore oil and gas production to boost investments in the sector. It also announced that the importation of key energy products and infrastructure, including diesel, feed gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Compressed Natural Gas, electric vehicles, Liquefied Natural Gas infrastructure, and clean cooking […]
A former acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Folashodun Shonubi, on Wednesday, told Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, that intrigues and politics were involved in the naira redesign exercise carried out in 2022. Shonubi, who served as the Deputy Governor of Operations before his appointment […]
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, on Wednesday said the return of Emirates Airlines to Nigeria after two years will lead to healthy competitive pricing for the good of Nigerians. He stated this in Lagos upon arrival aboard an Emirates aircraft from the United Arab Emirates, saying the airline had returned to […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has announced that over ₦13 billion in diverted public funds was recovered in September 2024 alone. The Chairman of the ICPC, Musa Aliyu, disclosed this during the launch of the commission’s 2024-2028 strategic action plan in Abuja on Wednesday. Aliyu, who emphasised that the anti-corruption […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Nigerian auditor Olayinka Oyebola and his accounting firm, Olayinka Oyebola & Co., for their alleged involvement in a major securities fraud scheme orchestrated by businessman Dozy Mmobuosi, and three U.S.-based companies collectively referred to as the Tingo entities. This comes on the heels of a $250 […]
A female student of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, has lost her life after being crushed during a celebration by students marking the completion of their final year exams. The accident, which took place on Monday evening, also left several students injured. Our correspondent gathered that the deceased student, who attended the […]
A Bayelsa State high court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced one Daniel Amaso to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old pre-degree student of the state-owned Niger Delta University in Amassoma. The convict was arraigned for forcefully entering the 17-year-old apartment in Amassoma community, Southern Ijaw LGA, with a knife. He was said to have raped […]
At least 60 bodies have been recovered following a boat accident in Niger State. According to a release by the Press Secretary to the Council Chairman of Mokwa local government, Abubakar Dakani, the boat was carrying over 300 passengers when it capsised at the notorious Gbajibo River in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State […]
Suspected herdsmen on Tuesday killed two soldiers and seven villagers, including the village head of Eguma village in the Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. A former lawmaker, who represented the local government at the Benue State House of Assembly between 2011 to 2019, Audu Sule, in a telephone call with our correspondent in […]
