President of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Fred Amata, has urged the Federal Government to make Nollywood a national project following its improvement in content production capable of earning foreign exchange for the country through taxes. Amata also appealed ...
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NNPC selects 15 firms to supply 14 billion litres of petrol in Nigeria
No fewer than 15 local and international oil companies have been selected by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to supply 14 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly known as petrol) under the 2019/2020 Direct Sale of Crude Oil ...
Read More »President Buhari summons FIRS boss Fowler over tax differences, queries returns
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, to the Presidential Villa today to explain tax collection variations between 2015 and 2018. Specifically, President Buhari in a letter alleged variations in budgeted collections ...
Read More »Okorocha urges Ihedioha to be business-like as Makinde, group urges Imo gov to pardon condemned criminal
Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has urged his predecessor, Emeka Ihedioha, to emulate his Oyo counterpart, Seyi Makinde, by concentrating fully on governance in the state. Okorocha, now the senator representing Imo West in the National Assembly, was yesterday ...
Read More »Reps flay NCS over failure to revive Warri, P/Harcourt, Onitsha ports
The House of Representatives has decried the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over its failure to support efforts at reviving the Warri, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Onne and Onitsha inland ports. The NCS drew the fury of the lawmakers for failing to ...
Read More »Buhari promises to boost healthcare, commissions NAF reference hospital in Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his administration’s commitment to improving health facilities, equipment and services in the country, saying rural dwellers will be given special attention for better healthcare. Buhari said a turn around of the country’s health sector would ...
Read More »Ganduje spends N16m on Sallah gifts for Kano pilgrims in S’Arabia
The Kano State government has approved the disbursement of SR158, 000 (Saudi Riyal), an equivalent of N16 million on Sallah gifts to the state pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. According to the state government, the donation was part of the state’s ...
Read More »We will secure Borno State despite Boko Haram’s threats, says Umara, cautions residents against fleeing Gubio
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has said that the state government under his watch will not be deterred or intimidated by Boko Haram’s recent attacks on four communities in the state. The terrorists attacked Gajiram, Gajigana, Dalori and Gubio ...
Read More »Shiites leader, El-Zakzaky’s treatment deadlocked, cleric returns to Nigeria
Following lack of a breakthrough in the impasse that greeted his treatment in New Delhi, India, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, has announced his return to Nigeria. In a video message sent through his ...
Read More »Ohanaeze Ndigbo rejects N5 billion vehicles for National Assembly members
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has opposed the move by the leadership of the National Assembly to procure operational vehicles worth N5.5 billion for members of the Senate and House of Representatives. It wondered why official cars purchased in ...
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