archiveJune 2023

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced an upward review of the country’s tax-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio for 2021 to 10.86 per cent from 6 per cent previously reported. In its report titled ‘Tax-to-GDP Ratio Revised Computation (2010-2021)’, the statistics agency said the revised calculation now includes relevant...

  Mr Aloy Ejimakor, special counsel to detained IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to prevail on the State Security Service (SSS) to allow him seek independent medical care. Ejimakor, who made the appeal on a post via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday, said...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rolled out modalities for the absorption of returnee students from war-torn countries into Nigerian universities. Head, Public Affairs of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday night, said the modalities were follow-ups to the high-level meeting between the Federal Ministry...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2023 World Food Safety Day on Thursday,  Dr Walter Mulombo, Country Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria says about 420,000 people die yearly around the world from food contamination. Mulombo said this in Abuja at the...

Two subpoenaed witnesses of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 Presidential election on Thursday in Abuja admitted at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) failed to transmit the results of the election after the collation. The...

The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have issued a public notice on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both agencies to establish a Joint FIRS and LIRS Audit and Investigation Team aimed at encouraging the exchange of information between both agencies. In...

From L-R: Temi Popoola, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and Mary Porter Peschka, Director, Sustainability (ESG) and Gender Solutions, International Finance Corporation (IFC) at the launch of the Child Care report titled “Investing in Childcare: A Game Changer for Business and Nigeria” published by IFC and NGX, on...

Nigeria’s leading energy drink, Fearless is set to excite consumers and fans of the brand at the debut edition of the Association of Bikers and Drifters’ event in the North West which will be the convergence of the consumers and admirers of the brand in the region. The event has...

THE Nigerian government has reaffirmed its dedication to developing an inclusive democratic state and a just society, with a strong focus on human rights, labour rights, and social justice. The commitment was expressed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment Kachollom Daju, in her address...

  The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12, a public holiday. The Ministry of Interior in a statement issued on Thursday, by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, said the holiday is in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day celebration. “Nigeria’s democratic journey has, like in many other climes,...