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Revenue: Future of crude oil bleak, taxation only sustainable source – FIRS boss
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, says the future of crude oil as a major...
FG approves 14-day paternity leave for fathers
The Federal Government has approved a 14-day paternity leave for fathers to enable them to bond with their newborn baby or adopted...
Kidnappers invade Lagos, abduct retired Air Vice Marshal
Lagos which prides itself as a secure state, recorded its first high-profile kidnapping on Tuesday following the abduction of retired Air...
Nigeria’s Supreme Court loses another jurist, Samuel Oseji, within seven months
A Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Samuel Chukwudumebi Oseji, has passed on. The jurist, who breathed his last on Tuesday...
World Tourism Day: Information and Culture Minister rues COVID “vaccine nationalism” hindering restart of tourism
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says ‘COVID-19 vaccine nationalism’ is hindering efforts to restart the tourism sector after...
Nigeria’s N35.5trn debt, humongous rise in FG’s expenditure profile worry NECA
Nigeria’s rising debt profile and financing infrastructure deficit with foreign loans has been criticized by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), calling...
I will fight Anthony Joshua again, Oleksandr Usyk vows
The Newly crowned IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk says he’s ready and willing to give dethroned champ Anthony Joshua a rematch any...
Myriad of CBN’s policy and programme intervention: Stakeholders, industry watchers excited, laud apex bank’s leadership
List achievements as getting Nigeria to exit recession faster than developed economies of the world, banning banks, others from facilitating trading and...
61st Independence Anniversary: FG Issues Security Alert
The Federal Government has alerted the public about what it called heightened security activities in preparation for the events marking the country’s...
COVID-19 variants are getting more airborne, making them more contagious – New Study
A new University of Maryland study suggests that successive strains to the novel coronavirus are becoming more transmittable through the air. Back in...
Few days after announcing new political movement, ex-Kwara Governor’s property sealed by AMCON over N5bn debt
“Other assets of the former Governor, which the Honourable Court granted AMCON possession over include: No 13, Alhaji Masha Road, Surulere; No....
Boko Haram sponsors: Naming sponsors now can affect investigations — Justice Minister
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh “Investigations about the suspects had reached an advanced stage and promised that the government would make a statement...
National Sugar Master Plan could fetch Nigeria over $700million annually — Dangote
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP)...
Despite UAE’s naming of Nigerians financing terrorism globally and in Nigeria, Presidency says no naming or shaming of the financiers
“Rest assured that these people (terror financiers) would be tried before justice and justice would have its way” Several days after the...
Calls for Emefiele’s resignation: An outburst of grief, balderdash from beneficiaries of rent-seeking practices in Nigeria’s parallel forex market – CBN
“The CBN will not be distracted in its mandate by yielding to the selfish tendencies of a few to the detriment of...
Attempted coup fails in Sudan
Sudanese authorities have foiled an attempted coup, the army said on Tuesday, warding off a challenge to a civilian-military council that has run...
