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The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) has insisted that Africa should act fast to check corporate tax evasion by British American Tobacco (BAT). Its Executive Secretary, Deowan Mohee, stated this during the launch of Ashes to Ashes: How British American Tobacco Avoids Taxes in ...

THE Asian Banker Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards for West Africa has named Ecobank’s RapidTransfer App as the Best Remittance Product and Service of the Year. The Rapid Transfer App was selected following a rigorous and transparent process that ...

Unknown gunmen kidnapped the Deputy Registrar (Administration) of the Taraba State University, Jalingo, Sanusi Sa’ad. Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the institution, Dr. Samuel Shikaa confirmed the incident, saying the captive, who doubles as the ...

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, charged military chiefs to “think out-of-the-box” and be “innovative” in proffering solutions to the security challenges. He gave the charge in a paper to the participants of Course 27 of the National ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government spent over N3.5 trillion of the national budgets on infrastructure in the last three years. He noted that investors’ interest in the country rose by the investment announcements that indicated a ...

The Federal Government has concluded arrangements with the United Kingdom (UK) to understudy the cleanup and remediation programme of Ogoniland, which has been a victim of environmental degradation for decades. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is facilitating the visit ...

The Federal Government has developed a comprehensive list of all health facilities in the country to have one database and avoid situations where there is lack of authentic list for carrying out studies. The Master Facility List (MFL) will also ...

A coalition of 63 women groups have threatened to sue the Federal Government over the constitutionality of the raids targeted against women in Abuja, if government fails to stop the harassment. The groups, which comprise women organisations, scholars, civil society ...

Persons Living With Disabilities (PWDs) in Edo State have benefited from Niger Delta Development Commission’s (NDDC) training and empowerment programme aimed at reducing poverty among physically challenged persons in the country. State Chairman of Joint National Assembly of Persons With ...

Oyo State House of Assembly has nullified the purported suspension of Chairman of Irepo Local Government Area, Asifu Adediran-Sulaiman and his vice, Mrs. Ojedele Victoria over alleged misconduct. Describing the suspension process as inconclusive, the House also noted that pending ...