The Presidency says a total of 15 projects, spread across the six geo-political zones of the country, are to be financed with more than $4 billion from multilateral institutions. The loan is under the 2018-2021 medium term (rolling) external borrowing plan. Malam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated…
The Southern Nigeria Governors Forum has supported moves by States to take over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), noting that it’s within the power of States to collect VAT. This was contained in a communique issued after the meeting of the Forum in Enugu on Thursday….
FORMER Minister of Aviation during the President Olusegun Obasanjo government, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode has formally joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. He was presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the APC, and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr. Fani Kayode…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa is hale and hearty. This clarification became necessary following an incident today September 16, 2021 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja where he was giving a goodwill message to the National Identity Day celebration, felt unwell and had to return to his seat. A statement…
The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, reportedly slumped and rushed out of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Bawa was giving his goodwill message at the National Identity Day celebration when he suddenly stopped speaking. He was talking about a man the commission arrested in Ibadan, Oyo state, with 116 SIM cards…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has denied comparing seccessionist agitators with Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists. In a statement late Wednesday, the Speaker said there was no time in his welcome address to his colleagues Wednesday morning that he mentioned any group. The statement read: It has come to the attention of the…
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced an increment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) research grants to universities and other tertiary institutions to N8.5 billion, up from the N7.5 billion it doled out in 2020. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who announced the increment while declaring open the first National Conference on…
– Ask NASS to be guided by patriotism and national interest The PDP Governors’ Forum welcomes the National Assembly from its recess and enjoins it to immediately set up its Conference Committee that will harmonise the different versions of the Electoral Act Amendment Bills passed by both Chambers, with a clear mandate to harken to…
No fewer than 240 inmates have escaped the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kogi State, following an attack by gunmen. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) spokesperson, Mr Francis Enobore confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday. He stated that the attack took place about midnight on Sunday. According to him, the attackers in…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South East might have abandoned it’s governorship candidate in the Anambra governorship election Valentine Ozigbo. Party leaders, particularly PDP governors are still apprehensive that Ozigbo might still end up being barred by the court, on suits challenging his nomination on the ground that it did not meet the…
