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Seven United Nations (UN) agencies were indicted by the Borno State Internal Revenue Service (BO-IRS) on Wednesday 26th January, 2022 for evasion of tax. The agencies which were indicted are the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organisation (WHO), World Food Programme (WFP), United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA),…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday 26th of January, 2022 in a statement, addressed the media on the adjustments that have been made to accommodate the N3 trillion bill presented by NNPC. The bill was presented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), and is directed towards maintaining the…
Several leaders of labour unions in Nigeria met on Tuesday 18th January, 2022 in Abuja, and have generated a list of conditions that would allow the unions support the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). Some officials of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of…
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been awarded 1 billion naira in damages by a High Court in Umuahia, against the Federal Government of Nigeria, for violation of his fundamental human rights. On Wednesday 19th January, 2022, in a judgment delivered by Justice Benson Anya, the court pronounced as…
The Nigerian LNG Limited Board of Directors has approved that 100 per cent of its Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG (butane and propane), be supplied exclusively to the Nigerian Market. In a statement issued on Thursday 13th January, 2022, the NLNG announced that 100 per cent of the butane (cooking gas) produced by the company would…
President Muhammadu Buhari paid a visit to Ogun State today, Thursday 13th January, 2022 to commission landmark development projects which were undertaken by the Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun.The President was greeted on arrival at the Lagos Airport by the Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun; the former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel; the…
Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, a former governor of Oyo State, died this Wednesday 12th January, 2022 in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.He was 71 years old. He was a former police officer and between 2003 and 2006 he was the deputy governor under Gov. Rashidi Ladoja. who was impeached. There after, Alao-Akala became the acting governor for…
The World Bank in a report released on the 11th of January, 2022 estimated a 2.5 percent economic growth in Nigeria for the year 2022, 0.1 percent higher than the projection for 2021. The report was titled ‘Global Economic Prospects’; in the report, the World Bank stated that the elevated commodity prices are anticipated to…
Chief Ernest Shonekan, Head of State during the Interim Government that replaced General Ibrahim Babangida’s military regime, has passed away. Ernest Shonekan became the head of the transitional council, set up to organize the passing of power from military rule to a civilian government. He became both the head of the council as well as…
Dangote Cement factory is on course to commission a one billion dollar cement factory projected to produce about 6 million metric tons of cement every year. In line with the promise to improve its cement production capacity, Dangote Cement Company started the construction of the cement factory in Okpella in Etsako-East Local Government, Edo State….
