Osita Aboloma, the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), has vowed to rid the country of sub-standard products. Aboloma, said this at a one-day National Stakeholders’ Sensitisation Forum in Kaduna yesterday, he also cautioned Nigerians against patronising ...
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President Buhari orders agencies to work with new JTB, FIRS targets 45m Nigerians in tax net by September
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all business data generating agencies in the country to furnish the Joint Tax Board (JTB) with all vital information necessary for its activities. This is as the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) plans to get ...
Read More »Insecurity, result of failure in governance, say clerics
Vice Provincial Superior, Redemptorist of Nigeria, Fr. Joterio Aghoja, has said that the fragile security situation in Nigeria is as a result of failure in governance. He stated this yesterday during the Mary of Perpetual Help and Parish Feast Day Celebration ...
Read More »How climate change, conflicts threaten food security in Northeast, by FAO
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has identified climate change and conflicts as threats to livestock production and food security in the Northeast. Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states have been the worst hit by the ...
Read More »Taraba State to benefit from N23b USAID fund
Taraba State has been listed among six other states selected to benefit from the N23 billion United States Agency for International Development (USAID) intervention on Effective Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services (E-WASH) pilot programme in Nigeria. Taraba was selected along IMO, Sokoto, ...
Read More »NAFDAC suspends implementation of new tariff regime
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has suspended implementation of the new tariffs, which came into effect on June 1, 2019. Chairman, Governing Council of NAFDAC, Inuwa Abdul-Kadir, who disclosed this yesterday said the status ...
Read More »Cleric charges Buhari to show more commitment in tackling unemployment
Archbishop of Bendel Province, Anglican Communion, Reverend Friday Imaekhai, has charged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to double its efforts at tackling the country’s worsening unemployment. He argued that creating jobs, especially for young Nigerians would be the panacea to ...
Read More »Yobe State governor Buni relaxes curfew by one hour
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has relaxed curfew in the state by one hour, following its Security Council meeting in Damaturu, the state capital. A statement issued by Director General Press Affairs to the Governor, Abdullahi Bego in Damaturu, ...
Read More »FG, states, local councils share N680 billion for May as AGF keeps mum on mode of release to LGs
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has released N679.699 billion as May, 2019 entitlements to the three tiers of government. The figure includes earnings from gross statutory revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT) and sundry income exchange gains. Addressing reporters after ...
Read More »Report blames military’s involvement in nation’s elections on government’s failure
A Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) report on the 2019 general elections has blamed involvement of security services in the electoral process on government’s failure. It also blamed the development on failure of the nation’s security apparatuses to ...
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