7.2 Percent Hike: Workers, Employers Condemn VAT Hike
The federal government’s plan to hike the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 per cent to 7.2 per cent yesterday came under severe attack from […]
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Nnemdi Ozoemena emerges 2nd best in 2019 Commonwealth Essay Competition
17-year-old Nigerian student, Nnemdi Ozoemena, has emerged the runner-up in the senior category of the 2019 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. Mr Blackson Bayewumi, Country Director […]
Buratai, Fayemi Disagree Over Security Vote
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, crossed each other’s paths as they […]
Nigeria Loses $892m Annually To Substandard Antimalarial Drugs —Study
Poor quality antimalarial drugs responsible for 12,300 deaths and $892 million in costs annually in Nigeria, and if develops, the current costs could increase by […]
“Weaponizing” Budget And National Planning By Louis Achi
In conceptualizing sustainable budgeting and national development planning templates, hope is certainly not a plan. It’s then little wonder that, historically, budgeting and national development […]
We Spent N280 Million To Evacuate Nigerians From South Africa – Air Peace
Allen Onyeama, chairman of Air Peace, says he wept when Nigerians who were returning from South Africa mobbed him and sang the country’s anthem. Onyeama […]
Nigerian Border Will Continue To Remain Close – Customs CG
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hamid Ali (rtd), says Nigerian borders will continue to remain close until the countries sharing border […]
‘Impersonator’ of Zamfara CP nabbed
Zamfara State police command has arrested a man said to have posed as the state commissioner of police Usman Nagoggo. The suspect Ibrahim Muhammad Mai […]
Operation Whirl Stroke Troops Parade Bandits, Armourer, Weapons
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) operating in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States, have paraded 19 suspects arrested in different parts of the states for […]
Presidential Tribunal: Why I Cannot Congratulate Buhari – Fayose
The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has given reasons he cannot congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari over his victory at the Presidential Election […]
Gridlock As Governor Yahaya Bello Throws Wads Of Naira On Road
Bello, who was on his way to Lokoja from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja in a long convoy slowed down at Madam Mercy junction and […]
Maiden FEC Meeting: Buhari Tasks Ministers On Service Delivery
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja presided over maiden Federal Executive Council (FEC) after his inauguration for the second term in office, and challenged […]
82 Division Enugu Gets New GOC
In line with the recent routine posting and appointment released by the Nigerian Army , which also mandated change of General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 […]
Nigeria Detained Children As Young As Five Over ‘Boko Haram Links’ – Report
The Nigerian military arrested thousands of children it suspected of involvement with Boko Haram, holding them in squalid conditions for years in some cases, according […]
Nigeria Ranks Fifth In Global Humanitarian Crises- UN
Amid insecurity occasioned by Boko Haram insurgency, banditry and herdsmen attacks on communities across the nation, the International Committee on Red Cross (ICRC) has disclosed […]