The kidnapped District Head and Dodo of Wawa in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, Dr Mahmud Aliyu, kidnapped last week has regained his freedom. Aliyu, according to a palace source, was freed by his abductors Friday night. The source said Aliyu was dropped at a village close to Wawa at about 8pm and […]
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Executive Chairman, FIRS, Muhammad Nami; National Assembly Fiscal federalism gained a toehold in Nigeria’s twisted federation on Tuesday when a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, rejected an application by the Federal Inland Revenue Service seeking a stay of execution of the court’s earlier judgement affirming the right of the Rivers State Government to collect […]
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Investors net worth on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd dropped further by N146 billion on Friday due to losses posted by some major blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N146 billion or 0.71 per cent to close at N20.278 trillion, from N20.424 trillion reported on Thursday. Also, the NGX All-Share Index dipped 279.55 points or […]
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Guaranty Trust Bank, now Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, has posted a profit before tax of N93.1 billion for the six months ended June 30, according to the Group Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding, Mr Segun Agbaje. Disclosing the company’s audited financial results for the period ended June 30, on Friday, in Lagos, […]
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Former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, says his younger brother, Olajide, will not die in vain. He stated this in a Facebook post on Thursday night hours after the burial of Olajide in the Kiribo area of Ondo State. “My brother Olajide Sowore will never die in vain, thank you Nigeria! Though I am shackled, I […]
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By Femi Adesina The news came like a thundering typhoon last week. For the first time in its 44 years history, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had made a profit. Net profit after tax stood at N287 billion in Year 2020, sequel to the completion of the statutory Annual Audit exercise. What year? 2020. […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured striking doctors the payment of all genuine outstanding debts as he urged them to return to their duty posts. In a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, he promised that “Debts genuinely owed Health workers will be settled.” The president gave the assurance on Friday during a meeting with […]
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By Paulinus Nsirim The agitation for true Federalism was taken a definitive step further on Thursday, August 19, 2021, when Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, signed the Rivers State Value Added Tax Bill, 2021 into law at the Government House, Port Harcourt. The Law vests the Rivers State Government with power and authority to impose, charge, […]
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Togo’s government has ordered all places of worship to shut down for one month starting on Friday, following a “worrying upsurge” in coronavirus cases in recent weeks. The West African nation of about eight million people has recorded just over 23,000 cases and 203 deaths but the true tally could be higher given low testing […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday called on striking health workers to return to their duty posts. He also urged others contemplating strikes to opt for settlement of issues by negotiation, no matter how long it takes. The president made the appeal when he hosted members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) at the State House, […]
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