archiveNovember 27, 2017

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), on Monday in Abuja, said it generated N3.233 trillion in 10 months, an amount that represented 79.35 per cent of its collection target for 2017. The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Tunde Fowler, disclosed this at interactive session for review of 2018–2020 Medium Term...

Trading activities resumed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on negative trend on Monday as the market All-Share Index drops by 0.31% The index lost 115.13 points or 0.31 per cent to close at 37,250.78 against 37,365.91 achieved on Friday even as the market capitalisation which opened at N13.009 trillion shed...

  Three persons claiming to be the genuine whistleblowers that gave information that led to recovery of about N13billion that was stashed at Flat 7 Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos state, have dragged the Federal Government to court. The plaintiffs- Abdulmumin Musa, Mr Stephen Sunday and Mr Bala Usman- are praying...

We the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and it's leadership worldwide condemn the recent application submitted to the Community Court of West Africa (ECOWAS COURT) by the Federal Government of Nigeria and her agents, seeking to frustrate the ongoing human rights enforcement process. IPOB in a press statement released on...

  World Bank’s Senior Director praises FG for Ease of Business ranking feat The Buhari administration has now devised a clear pathway to achieving its power sector reform objectives, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President stated this on Monday at the State House in Abuja when...

We are making the point to our neighbours that smuggling is an existential threat, we can’t permit the level of smuggling going on.   Remarks by the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at the 6TH Presidential Quartely Business Forum for Private Sector Stakeholders,...

Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC)  in a press release today, raises concern over the emerging trend of the widespread pandemic of gender-based violence in Nigeria, with more deaths recorded in recent times. According to the group,the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a time to direct...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to the media to fully support the administration’s fight against corruption, saying the fourth estate of the realm cannot afford to sit on the fence as far as the battle to rid the nation of corruption is concerned. The...

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Monday, sentenced Yewande Oyediran to seven-year imprisonment for killing her husband after a fight between them at their Ibadan home. Justice Munta Abimbola delivering judgement said the manslaughter submission was admitted because it was a marital squabble and not premeditated. The...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the National Minimum Wage Committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari at the inauguration, urged members of the Committee to amicably consider the issue of a National Minimum Wage and all matters ancillary to it with thoroughness and concern not only for...