The Federal Government has raked in N10.1tn from the collection of Value Added Tax under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). This comes against the backdrop of the advice by the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, that the incoming government should increase the VAT from the current 7.5 per cent to…
The family of an undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Deborah Doofan, has been thrown into mourning after she died outside the Emergency Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere, due to a lack of bed space to admit her into a ward in the hospital for prompt treatment. News providers gathered…
As the world celebrates the Women’s History month, Nigeria today has the opportunity to either leave a mark in history or to continue to allow the Patriachy system that has kept women in bondage for long.AMONG the 837 candidates jostling to become governors in today’s election are 24 women.The women are doing so in 18…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the United Kingdom’s His Royal Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was signed Friday with the aim of fostering improved collaboration on the capacity building between the two tax authorities. Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, the Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman of FIRS on Media…
Human rights lawyer and activist, Mr. Inibehe Effiong, has served Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with a certified true copy of the judgment order delivered on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, by Justice A. Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, in favour of an Uber driver. In the judgment, the court ordered Lagos State…
Chairman of the National Peace Committee, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.) has condemned reports of threats of intimidation and violence in some states ahead of the governorship and assembly elections on Saturday. Salami, a former Head of State in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday said political leaders must call on their supporters to ensure…
A school bus conveying children of ages one to five, on Thursday in Lagos, somersaulted and injured the occupants. The accident occurred in the morning at Surulere. A News Agency of Nigeria correspondent, who witnessed the accident, reported that the bus with registration number KTU-465DN hit a median barrier and pulled off a concrete holding…
The Department of State Services has arrested two men, Sharu Tabula and Isma’il Mangu, for deliberately inciting violence in parts of Kano State. The DSS said the suspects had recorded harmful messages and shared them through various social media channels. In the messages the agency said the suspects championed certain political interests and directly called…
