archiveAugust 16, 2021

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kano Zonal Command on August 16, 2021 arraigned Rashida Ibrahim Usman before Justice Maryam Ahmed Sabo of the Kano State High Court sitting in Milla Road, Bompai, Kano State. The defendant was arrested by operatives of the Commission following a complaint by one...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to give an overview of 2021 fiscal outcome. She also gave an update on the 2021 budget implementation. The minister gave the update during the 2022 the 2024 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework/Fiscal Strategy Paper(MTEF/FSP)...

The Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA), has promised a further reduction in the turnaround time of processing Physical Planning Permits to 10 working days from its present 12 to 13 days. Mr Kehinde Osinaike, LASPPPA General Manager, made this known during a courtesy visit of the National Chairman,...

Despite the Monday of the suspension of the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in solidarity with its arrested leader, Nnamdi Kanu, commercial banks, shops and other businesses were still shut down and residents of Awka and Onitsha stayed indoors. IPOB, through its Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful,...

  Financial experts have advised Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to innovate and embrace the use of social media to survive the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.They gave the advice in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. The experts said the SMEs...

 The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has urged government to provide adequate infrastructure nationwide for speedy growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).NACCIMA National President, Mr Ide Udeagbala, gave the advice in his remarks at the first edition of the Abuja SME Conference and...

 The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a police inspector, two other persons in the State’s College of Agriculture Bakura in Bakura Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Monday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Muhammad...

It’s a bad day for Niger Delta people, says Edwin Clark-led Group The Pan Niger Delta Forum has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 into law. The group led by elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, said it is a very “sad and bad day”...

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it has appealed a Federal High Court ruling that awarded the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT), to the Rivers State Government. Recall that a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt recently ruled that Rivers State should be responsible for receiving Value Added Tax...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law, the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which was recently passed by the National Assembly. The presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina disclosed the development in a statement on Monday. According to Adesina, President Buhari signed the bill while in Isolation, after his return from his UK...