Chairman of United Bank of Africa (UBA) Tony Elumelu has canvassed the need for government to expand its double taxation treaties with foreign missions and embassies, among others to increase its revenue base. He said Nigeria has only 14 double ...
Read More »Youths demand permanent solution to Tiv/Jukun crisis
Leadership of the Tiv Youth Council (TYC) has called for decisive actions towards restoration of permanent peace between the warring ethnic groups in Benue and Taraba states. The group, in a statement yesterday signed by its president, Mike Msuaan, also ...
Read More »Why Nigeria’s electoral politics is not gender-sensitive, by stakeholders
Stakeholders have said that one of the growing concerns about democracy is the exclusion of women and other disadvantaged groups from structures of representation and decision-making. The stakeholders, who spoke at a roundtable on “Enhancing Women’s Active Participation in Politics” ...
Read More »South East should be allowed to produce next Reps Speaker, says Chukwukere
Representative of Ideato South/North Federal constituency in Imo State, Austin Chukwukere, has said equity and fairness demand that the South East should produce the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. He told Thenewexperience-newspaper in Owerri that the All Progressives ...
Read More »Plateau PDP suspends chairman Damishi Sango, deputy as party’s crisis deepens
Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Chairman, Damishi Sango and Deputy Chairman, Amos Gombi Goyol, over alleged diversion of Presidential campaign funds during the 2019 general elections. They were also accused of diverting N9.8 ...
Read More »Nigerian Army kills three terrorists in Lake Chad region
Troops of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have killed three Boko Haram terrorists on the Lake Chad shores of Cross Kauwa Community in Borno State. The insurgents were killed in collaboration with troops of Operation Yancin Tapki in the early ...
Read More »Buratai cautions media against glorifying bandits, Kidnappers
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Burutai has cautioned media practitioners and members of the public against glorifying bandits, armed robbers, kidnappers and ethnic militias in the country. He lamented that the situation has snowballed to the extent ...
Read More »Atiku to sue INEC for contempt over refusal to release election documents
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2019 Presidential elections Atiku Abubakar, has accused Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of frustrating his effort to present his case at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. Atiku, who spoke through a member of ...
Read More »Meningitis kills 58 persons, infects 760 in 15 states as WHO urges political will to curb malaria
As the World Meningitis Day (WMD) held yesterday with the theme: Life After Meningitis, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released fresh statistics about the contagious disease wherein 58 persons were killed and 760 others infected in 15 states. ...
Read More »Anxiety in House of Representatives over Shiites’ occupation for leaders’ release
There was palpable apprehension among a section of the House of Representatives after members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (also known as the Shiites) stormed the building. The aggrieved Shiites, who chanted “Allahu Akbar”, barricaded the main entrance between 11:30a.m. ...
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