archiveJune 2020

• ₦66bn stamp duties remitted to federation between Jan and May The Federal Government has charged the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to ensure it recovers all stamp duties collected on behalf of the Federal Government but yet to be remitted by government agencies, banks and other companies. Secretary to...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announce the review of the eligibility criteria for the NSE Pension Index in line with changes in the regulatory and market requirements. The amended methodology and rebalancing will be effective on Wednesday July 1, 2020. According to Mr. Abimbola Abdulazeez Babalola, Chairman, Index Governance...

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has directed all members of his cabinet, close aides and others who have had reasons for constant contacts with him to undergo compulsory CONVID-19 tests. Akeredolu has since gone into self isolation after he was tested positive for COVID-19 earlier today. A statement by Commissioner...

Justices Mohammed Abubakar and Ibrahim Watilat, of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, convicted and sentenced four internet fraudsters, on a different one count charges, bordering on impersonation, aiding and abetting of frauds. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Office, separately...

The executive and the leadership of the National Assembly have agreed to prevail on electricity distribution companies in the country to suspend their planned electricity tariff hike which is supposed take off from Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Ihe President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Pawan and the Speaker of the...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has tested positive for the COVID-19 disease “I tested positive for #COVID19,” Mr Akeredolu posted on his Twitter handle, @RotimiAkeredolu (https://t.co/P5UH0SmBiw), on Tuesday afternoon. “All is well. I’m asymptomatic and have been self isolating. Work continues. Your continued prayers over my well being are...

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has warned that the partial lifting of interstate travel by the Federal Government should not be used as an excuse to engage in reckless driving and overloading by motorists. The warning was contained in a statement by the Corps...

The Speaker, Ogun House of Assembly, Mr Olakunle Oluomo, has advised electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to improve power supply and provide prepaid meters to all consumers before increasing tariff. Addressing members of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), who protested to the Assembly complex in Abeokuta on...

Prof. Ernest Orji of the Department of Gynaecology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, says women in the habit of bleaching their skins are prone to the cancer of the kidney and infertility. Orji said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has tested positive for the COVID-19 disease “I tested positive for #COVID19,” Mr Akeredolu posted on his Twitter handle, @RotimiAkeredolu (https://t.co/P5UH0SmBiw), on Tuesday afternoon. “All is well. I’m asymptomatic and have been self isolating. Work continues. Your continued prayers over my well being are...