A latest study by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has shown that unmarried men and women contributed the largest number of new HIV infections in the country. The study also showed that never married women contributed more to be HIV infections than men. While never married individuals, according to the study, […]
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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has always chorused the frustration of custodial congestion. The Service, at every opportunity tells whoever cares to listen that its facilities are over-crowded with pre-trial detainees. But recently, the minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola raised a fresh angle to the debate. According to him, death row inmates add to the […]
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To monitor Okagbare’s temporary suspension, appeal Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, has set up a panel to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disqualification of 10 Nigerian athletes at the just concluded Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.Team Nigeria finished in the 74th position on the overall table and sixth best in Africa with a silver and a bronze […]
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Nigeria’s economy could grow by $229 billion by 2025 if it reduced gender inequality in the labour market, in economic participation, and in political representation, according to a report. The report was by Nigeria2Equal is an International Finance Corporation(IFC)-led, multi-stakeholder programme in partnership with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), formerly The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The […]
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Lead counsel to Government of Rivers State, Donald Chika Denwigwe, SAN, (middle); member of the counsel, Ken C.O. Njemanze, SAN (left) and another member briefing journalists after the Federal High Court declared FIRS collection of Value Added Tax in Rivers State unconstitutional in Port Harcourt…yesterday The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared […]
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The naira yesterday lost N5 to close at N510 to one dollar at the parallel market over rising volatility in the foreign exchange market. The currency, which exchanges at N505/$1 at the weekend, failed to sustain last week’s rally. The pressure against the naira at the parallel market followed Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to […]
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state governors, Godwin Obaseki (Edo) (left); Umar Fintiri (Adamawa); Bala Mohammed (Bauchi); Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto); Seyi Makinde (Oyo) (Behind) Tambuwal; Samuel Ortom (Benue); Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom); Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) briefing journalists after an emergency meeting in Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Philip […]
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Deserted Coal Camp, Enugu, during the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)…yesterday Gunmen kill four, set buses ablaze to ensure compliance Anambra police command attacked amid security reinforcement Protest was 100% successful, says IPOB spokesman HURIWA faults Southeast governors’ silence The sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has declared that it is the Rivers State Government and not the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), that should collect the Valued Added Tax (VAT) and Personal Income Tax (PIT) in the state. The court, presided over by Justice Stephen Dalyop Pam, also issued an order of […]
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Policemen have taken over the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abuja to stave off presumed violent protests against the caretaker leadership of the party. As of 11:20am, the policemen in about five hilux vans were strategically positioned along the Blantyre Street of the secretariat which was recently rechristened “Buhari House” […]
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