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The Consumer Price Index which measures inflation rate fell to 17.01 per cent in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. According to the latest CPI report, this rate is 0.37 percent points lower…
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Lilian Salami, has asked students to vacate the school premises before 12 pm on Wednesday following the protest that rocked the institution on Tuesday. It would be…
The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Dingyadi has said President Muhammadu Buhari will decide the fate of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, over his link with international cybercriminal,…
A bill to empower Ogun State Government to collect Value Added Tax on certain goods and services within its shores on Tuesday scaled second reading at Ogun State House of Assembly. Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Deji…
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has listed six Nigerians as financiers of Boko Haram and terror activities. State-run WAM news agency reports that the information was released at the country’s federal cabinet meeting in…
Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has asked Yoruba Nation supporters to forgive Ibrahim Salami, one of his Cotonou-based lawyers. Igboho, in a leaked audio recording, expressed anger…
The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, on Monday led a protest against the continued sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra. Though IPOB had later suspended the order, residents had continued to stay…
The Federal Government has set a new date for the Nigeria @60 Jubilee Special Award ceremony. According to a statement made available on Monday by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, which was signed by the…
The Twitter ban in Nigeria has extended to 100 days, and in that time frame, the nation has lost N247.61bn. The Federal Government had on June 4 suspended Twitter after the social media platform deleted a tweet by…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo led prayers for Nigeria on Sunday during his visit to two worship centres in Abuja. At the All Saints Anglican Church in Wuse Zone 5, and the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of…
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the State Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill into law. The House of Assembly yesterday sent a copy of the bill for Governor Sanwo-Olu’s assent after passing the bill. The Governor…
Following a recent order by the federal high court in Port Harcourt issuing an order restraining the FIRS from collecting VAT and personal income tax (PIT) in Rivers state, the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has ordered…
The Kogi State government has said it will not involve itself in the pursuit to retain the Value Added Tax as embarked on by the governments of Lagos and Rivers. The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, had signed a…
The Nigerian naira has continued its downward spiral as it trades at N540 to a dollar at the parallel market on Thursday. The drop comes barely a week after it traded at N530 against the American currency. The exchange…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the Value Added Tax Bill, with Speaker Mudashiru Obasa directing the Acting Clerk of the House, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit a clean copy to Governor Babajide…
Lagos State Government has announced the resumption of schools for the year 2021/2022 academic session. Public and private schools are to resume on September 13; model colleges and upgraded schools will resume in…
A woman, Emmanuella Anyanwu, who escaped from the hoodlums who reportedly killed late Olajide Sowore on Saturday, has said the gunmen demanded a ransom of N10m shortly before she escaped from the camp where she was kept…
No fewer than three persons have been abducted from their home in Pegi community in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The incident, it was gathered, happened late Saturday. The kidnapped…
The Muhammadu Buhari administration has approved the setting up of integrated farm estates in all the senatorial districts across the country. Executive Secretary of the National Agricultural Land Development Authority…
A gang of bandits invaded Kurami home town of Ibrahim Aminu Kurami, lawmaker representing Bakori constituency in Katsina House of Assembly, and abducted his wife and two children. It comes nearly a year after the…
