Economists have revealed ways to boost the non-oil revenue in the country. Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)’s Fiscal Policy Roundtable through its Citizens Perception Report, yesterday, urged government to establish an Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), among other recommendations, to ...
Read More »Gunmen abduct five oil workers in Rivers State
Unknown gunmen have abducted five oil workers in Akuku-Toru Council of Rivers State. It was learnt that the victims were working within the OML-55 operational area of an indigenous oil company, Belemaoil Producing Limited (BPL), when the bandits struck and ...
Read More »Borno safer than Abuja, other northern states, says Governor Shettima
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has said that the northeast state is safer than the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other states in the north. Shettima disclosed this before the House of Representatives Committee on Army at the Government ...
Read More »Governors promise support for state’s legislature, judiciary financial autonomy
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have thrown their weight behind the implementation of financial autonomy for states’ legislature and judiciary, to ensure Nigeria attains high level transparency in governance. Speaking at the opening of a two-day conference on the implementation of ...
Read More »Edo government set to empower more returnees from Libya
Senior Special Assistant to Edo State Governor on Anti-Human Trafficking Issues, Solomon Okoduwa, has said that the state government is committed to the welfare and reintegration of returned migrants from Libya. Okoduwa spoke at the end of an empowerment programme ...
Read More »Gowon, Oshiomhole task medical doctors on professionalism
Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has described the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) as one of the leading centres in health services and training institutions in the country. Besides, Gowon and the National Chairman of the All ...
Read More »Why I resigned as Imo deputy speaker, by Ozurigbo, Speaker’s suspension long overdue, says lawmaker
Deputy speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Ugonna Ozurigbo, has resigned. The resignation came a day after the speaker, Acho Ihim, was suspended and less than a month to the expiration of the eighth assembly. Ozurigbo said he resigned ...
Read More »EFCC convicts Gombe revenue boss, three others for N25m fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ((EFCC)) Gombe Zonal Office convicted Director, Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue, Atiku Mu’azu Bayum and three others for conspiracy and theft before Justice Beatrice Iliya of the Gombe State High Court. Bayum was ...
Read More »EFCC charges Naira Marley for card theft, forgery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has slammed Azeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley with 11-count charge bordering on card theft and forgery before a Lagos Federal High Court. In the case marked FHC/L/178c/19, the musician and ...
Read More »House of Representatives considers South East development commission bill
The House of Representatives has passed a Bill for an Act to establish the South-East Development Commission to serve as a catalyst for developing the commercial potentials of the region through its second reading. It is also meant to receive ...
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