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Reps Moves To Okay Bill On Establishment Of Federal Medical Centre, Kwale
The House of Representatives is on the verge of endorsing the establishment of the Federal Medical Centre in Kwale, Delta State. The Bill aimed at achieving the goal scaled yesterday during the second reading stage on the floor of the House of Representatives. This was as the House adopted the motion to address the collapsed 300 meters link bridge between Asaba-ase...
Federal Inland Revenue Service Extends Date For Filing VAT
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has extended the due date for Value Added Tax (VAT) filing for the month of April from 21 April 2023 to 30 April 2023 (new due date). No details were provided for an extension of the date. The extension is a result of the recent changes to the value-added tax compliance processes on TaxPro...
Serving As A Minister While Observing Mandatory National Youth Service Wrong, NYSC Tells Musawa
The Director, Press and Public Relations of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Eddy Megwa, has said that the Minister of Arts and Culture, Mrs Hannatu Musawa, who is currently doing her one-year youth service is occupying the ministerial position in breach of the NYSC Act. Speaking with our reporter over the phone, Megwa confirmed that the minister had been...
U.S. Vetoes Security Council Resolution Call For Permanent Ceasefire In Gaza
A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the U.S. cast its veto. The text was co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia and Somalia, collectively known as the E-10. The text received 14 votes in favour, with...
Dangote Petroleum Refinery May Start Exporting Petrol
Following the NNPCL's rejection to be the refinery's exclusive buyer, the Dangote refinery may start exporting its Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). The NNPC, in a statement by its spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, said on Saturday that it would not buy Dangote fuel unless it was cheaper than that of the international market. This is contrary to claims by the President of the...
Panic Grips Drug Offenders As NDLEA Trains 6 West African Countries On Narcotics Lab Dismantling
Drug offenders in the West African sub-region are in for hard times as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has conducted regional training for six West African countries on how to dismantle clandestine laboratories with a view to strengthening regional action against drug cartels. The training, which took place in Abidjan, Côte D’Ivoire, from March 27 to 29, involving...
Bayelsa Deputy Gov Slumps In Office, Dies At 60
Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, passed on yesterday after collapsing in his office in Yenagoa. Ewhrudjakpo was said to have slumped around 1:30 p.m. while descending a staircase shortly after a meeting. He was immediately taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yenagoa. Hospital sources disclosed that he arrived unconscious and was moved to the Emergency Unit before being...
Rep Dasuki Raises Alarm Over Alterations Of Tax Laws
A member of the House of Representatives, Abdussamad Dasuki, has drawn the attention of his colleagues to alleged alterations of the tax bills as passed in both chambers of the National Assembly. Speaking on the matter of privileges at Wednesday’s plenary session, Dasuki alleged that the gazetted copy of the new tax laws in circulation differs in some clauses from...
Senate Confirms Lauretta Onochie As NDDC Board Chairman
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Lauretta Ifeanyi-Onochie, as the substantive Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission Board (NDDC) The Senate Tuesday at the plenary also confirmed 12 others except two who didn’t attend the screening conducted last Friday at the National Assembly complex. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Wednesday, last week, asked the Senate to confirm the appointment...
Nigeria To Empower Youth For Digital Economy — Ministry
Francis Sani has asserted that Nigeria is prepared to prosper in the digital economy by taking advantage of its young population and the demand for digital skills around the world. Sani is Technical Adviser (Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Capital) to the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr ‘Bosun Tijani. He spoke at the launch of Darey.io and Xterns.ai and their...
