FIRS files appeals court judgment on Rivers VAT collection
By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has appealed a recent judgment of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt Rivers State on the issue of Value Added Tax (VAT)collection. The FIRS disclosed this in a statement by its Director, Communications and Liaison Department, Me. Abdullahi Ahmad. The statement reads: […]
SSANU: You’ve implemented 10 percent of our agreements since 2009 – President
By Ozioruva Aliu THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has lamented that only 10 percent of all its agreements reached with the federal government since 2009 have been implemented. Besides, the union has also cautioned the Federal government against the establishment of new Universities in view of numerous funding challenges facing existing ones. […]
Cholera hits Adamawa, records 70 cases
BY UMAR YUSUF Cholera epidemic ravaging ADAMAWA state is spreading like wild fire as 70 cases have so far been recorded as at Sunday. This came as the polio virus disease has also been discovered in some communities in the state. ADAMAWA state Primary Healthcare Development Agency quickly called a stakeholders meeting Sunday to map […]
Cholera resurfaces in Adamawa as 6 LGAs record 70 cases
By Umar Yusuf – Yola The Cholera epidemic ravaging Adamawa state is on the rise as 70 cases have so far been recorded as at Sunday. This came as the polio virus disease has also been discovered in some communities in the state. Adamawa State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Sunday, called a stakeholders meeting to […]
Breaking: Court orders Army to release alleged IPOB sponsor
Justice Stephen Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Nigerian Army to release one Tochukwu Okeke who has been in detention since July 5 over an allegation that he is a sponsor of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN.
Protesters in Ekiti community barricades Lagos-Abuja highway over relocation of LCDA headquarters
One of the major highways linking the Southwestern part of the country to Abuja, the nation’s capital was in total lockdown on Sunday, as some angry residents of Ilasa Ekiti, blocked the road, over relocation of Ekiti South East Local Council Development Authority (LCDA), headquarters from the community.
