archive2020

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has revealed that a court process will be filed this week seeking the removal of the service chiefs based on the expiration of their tenure. Falana said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday. He had argued that it was illegal...

The  All-Share Index and Market Capitalization on The Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE) both depreciated 1.11 per cent  for the  week  to close the week at 27,755.87 and N14.456 trillion respectively. All other indices finished lower with the exception of NSE AFR Div Yield and NSE Industrial Goods indices which appreciated by...

An appeal has gone tax practitioners and tax payers to be patient with the present tax administrative system as efforts were underway by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to fully automate the taxation system for efficient and easy tax administration practice in the country. The Tax Controller, Agidingbi Large...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to adopt the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) suggested by the union. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the ASUU President, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. NAN...

  says state is rebranding management of parks Insists ban on NURTW activities still in place The Oyo State Government, on Sunday, warned some leaders of the suspended National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state to desist from carrying out the threats of violence issued in a...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding for a fresh governorship election in Bayelsa. Mr Yekini Nabena, the party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, said this at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has so far registered over 1.9 million prospective candidates for its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with a few hours to the end of the exercise. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head of Media and Information, disclosed this in...

The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has inaugurated a committee responsible for addressing contentious areas of the Police Academy (Establishment Etc) Bill 2018. This, Dingyadi said, was for a more invigorated and professional policing in Nigeria The committee is expected to prepare and recommend a harmonised document out...

  The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its decision to ban commercial motorcycles (okada) and tricycles (keke) on major roads in Lagos metropolis. In a statement issued by his office on Friday, the state Deputy Gov. Obafemi Hamzat said that the government was determined to reduce accidents and vices associated...

Lagos State Government says it will close down the Adejobi Street in Agege area on Sunday to facilitate the completion of the ongoing construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail line. The Public Affairs Unit of the state Ministry of Transportation said in a statement that Adejobi Sreet would be...