archiveOctober 17, 2019

  The Federal Government has restated that there was no going back in the increment of Value Added Tax (VAT). Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, made the declaration on Thursday. She spoke at the IMF Governor Talks session at the 2019 Annual Meetings in...

Says Gov’s integrity, welfarist approach working for Oyo Oyo State Coordinator of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mr. Kunle Yusuff (MON), said on Thursday that the development initiatives and welfarist approach of Governor Seyi Makinde to governance was already attracting the attention of development partners. Yusuff, who is also the Senior...

  Do you still worry about the tediousness of folding your clothes after weekend laundry? A 12-year-old Nigerian girl, Fathia Abdullahi, has invented a fascinating robot to solve your problem. According to Face to Face Africa, Abdullahi began taking coding lessons when she was 11 and after 12 months, she...

  President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja approved N10 billion for the take-off of the expansion and rehabilitation work in Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. The airport was shut down seven weeks ago to pave way for its upgrade. Buhari after the approval, remarked that he had an assurance from...

  By Ifeatu Medidem The Federal Inland Revenue Service has intensified its drive to recover outstanding tax liabilities from taxpayers in default of tax obligations. To this end, FIRS has been writing to taxpayers’ bankers, appointing the banks’ agent of the banks’ customer, to collect outstanding tax liabilities from the...

Set to launch OYODASER, Vigilante services Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has revealed details of the state’s security architecture, saying that the state was ready to launch the Oyo State Development Association for Socio-Economic Renaissance (OYODASER) and the state’s Vigilante Services. The Governor, who was speaking during a courtesy...

  The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday, said the Federal Government will be willing to partner with 21st-century innovative companies like Karmod Nigeria in the implementation of the planned national cooperative housing scheme aimed at providing affordable houses for Nigerians. According to Fashola, the scheme will...

No fewer than 70 officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) have been arrested for alleged extortion during patrol and in the corps facilities, the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has said. Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday during a strategic session with unit commanders at the FRSC Academy, Udi...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has refunded lenders part of the N500 billion ($1.4 billion) taken as additional cash reserves after banks failed to meet a target to provide more credit. Citigroup Inc. and Zenith Bank Plc were among a dozen lenders fined last month for not reaching...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a directive for ministers, directors-general and other top government officials to submit travel plans for clearance. Mr Willie Bassey, the Director of Information to Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, announced this in a statement yesterday. Bassey stressed that henceforth, “travel...