archiveAugust 2019

The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) Babatunde Fowler has replied a query by the Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari. He insisted that the Service’s tax collection exercise actually surpassed past efforts. Fowler, in his reply to the Presidency’s query, said the Service exceed...

Communal clash which reportedly broke out Sunday, between Hausa and Yoruba traders at Oke-Odo market in Ile-Epo area of Abule Egba, Lagos state, have left no fewer than four persons injured and six others currently in police custody. The crisis which started at about 2pm on Sunday saw hoodlums looting...

  Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have signed Barcelona midfielder Philippe Coutinho on loan for the season, the two clubs confirmed on Monday. Bayern will pay a loan fee of 8.5 million euros and pay his wages. They have the option of making the deal permanent for a fee of 120...

Zenith Bank Plc, the sole sponsor of the Nigerian Female Basketball League has hailed the Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigress, for emerging champions of the FIBA Women’s Afrobasket 2019 in Dakar, Senegal, defeating the host nation 60-55 points in the final match to retain the coveted trophy. Speaking on the...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the assault on former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Saturday in Nuremberg, Germany. Senator Ekweremadu was to give a keynote address at the Second Igbo Annual Cultural Festival and Convention organised by Ndi-Igbo Germany in that city...

Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) Monday commenced a five-day industrial action. “You are hereby directed to embark on a five (5) day strike effective from Monday, 19th to Friday, 23rd August 2019,” SSANU and NASU leaders, Peters Adeyemi and...

  Says no going back on Buhari's directive on food import   The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday said more items will soon be denied foreign exchange from government institutions and Nigeria banking industry. He also said that the bank will not go...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed why Atiku Abubakar, the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was not declared winner of the February 23 election. INEC told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that it was satisfied that Atiku did not secure majority...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja presided over 2-day Presidential Retreat with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, some State Governors and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha in attendance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was being attended by all the Ministers-designate as...

Oyo State Gov. Seyi Makinde has appointed Mr Fatai Owoseni, former Commissioner of Police in Lagos and Benue States, as Special Adviser on Security Matters. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in Ibadan, on Sunday. The governor, who indicated...