Senate moves to bail out Works Ministry from N420billion debt
. ***Appreciates FG’s efforts on road projects nationwide By Henry Umoru, ABUJA THE Senate has said that it will collaborate with the House of Representatives and the executive to bail out the Ministry of Works through an emergency fund in order to clear the N420billion owed contractors by the Ministry on road projects constructed across the country. […]
ICPC, DSS arrest 48 lecturers, security officers, others over JUPEC exam leakage
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested 48 individuals for their alleged illegalities in the conducts of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB).
Lawyers, experts fault 50% compulsory deposit for tax appeals
By Henry Ojelu As part of efforts to conform with the modern global tax administration system and ensure a just and seamless tax dispute resolution mechanism, the Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed in June this year, issued a new Tax Appeal Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2021. The Rules which effectively replace the […]
Lisa Hocker shares her mentoring skills
The hack to succeeding in your goals every day lies within one’s own ability to stay consistent and focused.
Again, gunmen invade UNIABUJA, attack lecturer
By Joseph Erunke – Abuja Unknown gunmen attacked a lecturer of the University of Abuja on Wednesday morning, one day after some staff of the university were abducted. The lecturer, identified as Dr David Okoroafor, was said to have been attacked in his office, at the university’s permanent site around 11 am. The victim, who […]
Lagos seals 67 buildings for flouting state planning laws
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has sealed at least 67 commercial and residential buildings, as well as structures in Alimosho Local Government Area of the state over contraventions of planning laws. Officials of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority, LASPPPA, sealed off the structures during a recent enforcement exercise carried out by the […]
Euro 2020: Football fan jailed over racist rant
A football fan who live-streamed himself on Facebook racially abusing three England players after the Euro 2020 final has been jailed. Jonathon Best, 52, posted a rant about Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka, who missed penalties in the shootout against Italy that England lost, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Best was sentenced […]
Man, 24, allegedly stabs his wife to death with scissors in Ogun
By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta A 24 years old man, Mojiyagbe Olamilekan, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death with scissors. Olamilekan, a resident of Oke Ola area of Ode Remo, in Remo North local government area of the state was arrested on Wednesday. The […]
My husband detained at Awkuzu SARS since 2017, woman tells panel
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, lambasted Police authorities for failing to produce two officers involved in the arbitrary arrest and detention of one Mr John Emeka Alozie. […]
JUST IN: No credible information that anybody released ― UNIABUJA
By Joseph Erunke The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has said so far, it has no credible information that any of its staff abducted on Tuesday by bandits had been rescued. The university’s position came against the backdrop of social media report that the victims including two professors, a deputy registrar and three children, had been […]
UBTH fetes Edo Health Commissioner, World Medical Association President-elect
The management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Benin city weekend honoured two of its staff who have distinguished themselves in local and international health care.Prof. Obehi Akoria, a consultant physician and head of the Geriatric team in the hospital who was appointed as Edo State Commissioner for Health and Dr. Osahon Enabulele a Consultant […]
