The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said on Thursday it collected N1.123 trillion revenue in the First Quarter of this year. The FIRS stated this in a statement issued by its Director of Communications and Liaison Department, Mr. Abdullahi Ismaila, in Abuja. He said the service recorded a 7 percent increase in its collection target […]

Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Toby Okechukwu has decried the insufficiency of coronavirus pandemic testing centres in the country.

By Ola Ajayi – Ibadan THE Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Professor Abiodun Otegbayo who had tested positive to COVID-19, has said a repeat test that was conducted returned negative. This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Mr Tunde Akinrinlola. The erudite CMD had declared on his […]

…Suspend new contracts ….As Price of Bonny Light drops further to $22.20 per barrel By Udeme Akpan The International Oil Companies, IOCs, indigenous oil companies and servicing firms have further scaled down their operations as the price of Bonny Light, Nigeria’s premium oil grade has fallen from $23.42 to $22.20 per barrel in the global […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the Presidential Committee on the impact of the coronavirus on Nigeria’s economy, and directed the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to ensure that salaries were paid. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, who chairs the presidential committee, said this in Abuja while answering […]

Akwa Ibom state government has demanded reconfirmation test on the five reported cases of COVID-19 from the state by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC).

……Many convicted get 10,000 bail each By Davies Iheamnachor, Port-Harcourt No fewer than 123 persons have been arrested and arraigned before three Magistrate Courts sitting in Port Harcourt for violation of the 24 hours lockdown orders By Governor Nyesom Wike on some parts of Rivers state. Although, unconfirmed reports say over 200 people have been […]

Flagship airline British Airways will temporarily lay off 28,000 employees, or 60 percent of its workforce, due to the coronavirus crisis which is paralysing the sector, trade union Unite announced Thursday. Unite said in a statement it had “reached agreement with the company” to use the government’s business support programme for around 28,000 staff, guaranteeing […]

IN a bid to cushion the effect of recent slash in the price of petroleum products, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, has appealed to the federal government to come to the aid of its members with soft-loans. 

By Peter Duru, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his Deputy, Mr. Benson Abounu, Thursday voluntarily had their specimen taken for the COVID-19 test. Also taken for the COVID-19 test were samples of the Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr. David Olofu. Speaking on his decision to willingly go for the test, Governor […]