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N118 billion has been remitted into Federal Capital Territory Administration coffers as at November with a projection of N202 billion in 2022 the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has said. Mr Haruna Abdullahi, Acting Executive Chairman of the service, who disclosed this to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday said that, the figure meant the…
A group under agies of Osinbajo Grassroot Organization, a support group for Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed displeasure over alleged defamation of their principal by someone in the House of Representatives. The group claimed that some political jobbers led by the House of Representatives members have come together with an agenda to defame…
Governor Godwin Obaseki has been asked to speak up on allegations that PDP collected money from him in the build-up to his emergence as the party’s governorship candidate in the 2020 Edo state governorship election. The call was made by the outgoing national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. At a valedictory session held…
In as much as some milestones have been reached in the fight against corruption, more work needs to be done to rid Nigeria of corruption, the Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay has said. Speaking during a media parley organized by PACAC yesterday in Lagos, Sagay stated that “Given the level…
Nigeria recorded N3 trillion negative foreign trade balance in the Third Quarter(Q3) of 2021 as total import hits N8.2 trillion against N5.1 trillion in the period under review National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) has revealed. Dr. Simon Harry, the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of National Bureau of Statistics, made this disclosure during a…
The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige has said that, Igbos in the South-East prefer political appointments to infrastructural development in their region, but President Muhammadu Buhari does not understand that. “My people love appointments. That’s where this president (Mr Buhari) didn’t get them well,” Mr Ngige said. He (Mr Buhari) felt that by giving infrastructure:…
The Ebonyi State Council of Elders has endorsed Governor David Umahi as the right man to become president of Nigeria coming 2023. The council, which is composed of senior traditional rulers, elder statesmen and politicians across party lines, made their position known to journalists on Tuesday at a press briefing in Abakaliki, the state capital….
President Muhammadu Buhari will be in Lagos on Thursday to grace the public presentation of the autobiography of former governor of Osun State and former interim chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande. The event will take place at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos state. According to a statement by Tunde Rahman,…
Economic and Medical experts have warned that Nigeria’s economy could be under intense pressure as more people become exposed to newer and deadlier variants of COVID-19. Only 3,774,203 Nigerians, that is 1.887 per cent of the country’s 200 million population and about three percent of eligible persons fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The latest SARS-CoV-2 variant,…
Senator Umar Al-Makura and the immediate past governor of Nasarawa State has said he is vying for the APC chairmanship position to promote cohesion in the party and help foster unity among Nigerians. Al-Makura made this known on Tuesday when he had a meeting with leaders of the North-Central Peoples’ Forum at the organisation’s secretariat…
