Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, has forfeited her May salary to secure the release of five inmates who could not pay their fines at the Kuje Correctional facility. The minister, who made the donation while felicitating with the inmates as part of activities to celebrate this year’s Sallah day, said […]

The Lagos State government has further extended the deadline for filing Annual Tax Returns to June 30. Yearly returns for individuals (employees and self-employed persons) that were initially due for May 31, can now be filed on or before June 30. The extension, the Executive Chairman, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr. Ayodele Subair, […]

The Police Command in Ebonyi has rescued two siblings, aged five and 10, who were abducted from their home in Abakaliki at gunpoint. The Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs Loveth Odah disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abakaliki. Odah, a Deputy Superintendent of Police […]

With the decision of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), currently led by the National Chairman of the party and former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, to adopt direct primary for the coming governorship primary in Edo State scheduled to hold on June 22, the hope of getting […]

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday announced that no part of Rivers State would be under any lockdown from today following the cancellation of the proposed lockdown on Obio/Akpor and Port Harcourt local councils of the state. Besides, he hinted that the state government had commenced an investigation into the alleged outbreak of coronavirus in […]

THE suspended kingmakers of Orin-Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State have threatened to take legal action against Governor Kayode Fayemi, if their suspension is not reversed. They perceived their suspension leading to the appointment of warrant chiefs saddled with the task of selecting a new Olorin, as a desecration of tradition. The […]

THE Lagos State government is working out modalities for the resumption of schools after the ongoing lockdown of some sectors in the state occasioned by the COVID-19(Coronavirus) pandemic. It explained that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu “cannot not unilaterally” announce schools’ reopening since the contagion did not affect Lagos alone. The government disclosed that it had already […]

The Kebbi State Government says it has received 83 additional Almajiri (Qu’anic education pupils) repatriated from Kano State. The development was made known in a statement signed by Malam Yahaya Sarki, the Special Adviser to Gov. Atiku Bagudu on Media, in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. IA copy of the made available to the News Agency […]

ELECTRONIC Voting Machine (EVM) will be used for future elections in the country beginning from next year, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has indicated. But, the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states will run on the existing order, the agency added. It said its decision on e-voting is in line with the […]

The naira has for the first time in several weeks made marginal recoveries at the Investors’ and Exporters’ (I&E) Forex window and parallel market. The modest appreciation of the local currency followed Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) and Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON)’s prediction of heavy losses for currency speculators heating […]

THE crisis arising from the demolition of Prodest Hotel took a twist on Monday following a disagreement between the Rivers State Government and the hotelier , Promise Gogorobari, over the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) status of the hotel manager, Dr. Bariledum Azoroh. Gogorobari, Azoro’s wife, Dorothy, and elder brother,Isaac, are calling on President Muhammadu Buhari and human […]

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to ravage economies globally and impacting businesses negatively, the National Pension Commission (PenCom), said it is making plans with industry stakeholders to diversify the investment portfolio of pension assets, and deepen investment channels. As the regulator responsible for establishing rules, guidelines, and standards for pension fund investment by licensed […]