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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the report of corruption in the nation’s military hierarchy published by International Strategic Studies Association (ISSA), was a vindication of its position that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration war against corruption was a ruse. ISSA, based in the United States of America, had alleged...

The Joint Tax Board (JTB), has said Nigeria’s data base of tax payers has expanded from 20 million to 35 million. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Mr. Oseni Elamah, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)in Abuja on Sunday. Elamah explained that the feat...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) remitted about N4.63 trillion to the Federation Account between January and November this year, revenue collection figures submitted to the Federal Ministry of Finance have shown. The figures were contained in the document presented during the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting last week...

The organised labour has mourned the demise of Nigeria’s first executive president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, saying that the country would have been industrialized if not the 1983 coup that sacked his government. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari took over government after the coup that dethroned the civilian...

    The Director-General of Buhari Campaign Organisation and Minister for Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi said that the All Progressives Party (APC) had delivered on its promises to Nigeria. Speaking at the flag-off of its presidential campaign in a rally in Uyo, Amaechi said that the party had fulfilled its...

  Former President of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Shagari who died Friday will be buried tomorrow in Sokoto, according to the family. His grandson, Nuradeen Mahe, told newsmen in Sokoto that the late former President would be flown from Abuja to Sokoto for burial on Saturday, in accordance with Islamic rites....

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced the deployment of its Consumer Complaint Management System (CCMS) to ease the process of addressing issues. The bank made the disclosure in a circular on its Website on Friday, saying the automated system would help to ease complaint management. It said...

    Former Minister of Education and presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is incompetent but does not realise it. She made the remarks in Calabar on Friday while speaking with journalists on why she is running for...

Shares in South African telecoms giant MTN jumped 8 percent on Thursday after it settled a row with Nigeria’s central bank for a fraction of the $8.1 billion it had threatened to cost. MTN announced on Monday that it would pay just $52.6 million to end the dispute in Nigeria,...

The Nigerian Army on Thursday released the list of candidates shortlisted for Short Service Combatant Commission (SSC) 45/2019 and Direct Short Service Commission (DSSC) 24/2019 Selection Board, scheduled to take place from 4th – 18th January 2019. The force disclosed that the list of the shortlisted candidates is available at...