Security: Ayade has made Calabar South safer for living, business – LG Chairman
…residents now sleep with their eyes closed By Ike Uchechukwu The Executive Chairman of Calabar South Local government Council, Hon. (Mrs)Esther Edet Bassey has commended governor Ben Ayade for his giant strides in making the Local Government safer and better for living and business. Speaking with Vanguard on Monday in Calabar, the LG boss described […]
Use your new position to forge greater of Nigeria, Buhari tells Prof Obiozor, new Ohanaeze President
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, urged the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor to deploy his immense experience within and outside government to forge greater unity of the country.
Edo election: Tribunal resumes sitting
THE Justice Yunusa Musa-led three-member Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin, Edo State yesterday commenced hearing in thE remaining four petitions against the reelection of Governor Godwin Obaseki for a second term as governor of Edo state.
Mobile Advertisers’ forum President, Otunba Mike denies arrest for extortion report
The President of League of Confederations and Forum of Mobile Advert Practitioners of Nigeria, Otunba Mike Eboziegbe, has refuted media reports that he was arrested by the police for extorting motorists.
Service Chiefs: People don’t see what Buhari is seeing— Garba Shehu
With the rise in the number of deaths, kidnapping, banditry, rape and other insecurity issues bedeviling the country, and of course the call for the sack of service chiefs, Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that Buhari sees what critics and every other person do not see […]
COVID-19: Lack of sponsorship hampering NIPRD’s efforts in vaccine production-Adigwe
By Joseph Erunke THE National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, NIPRD, has attributed its inability to produce a vaccine to tackle pandemics in the country to lack of sponsorship. This was as it expressed displeasure over what it referred to as “underutilisation of human resources and capacity in the institute due to lack of […]
How Ministry of Health mismanaged N4.6bn Ebola fund ― Senate
By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate has uncovered how the Ministry of Health mismanaged a total sum of N4.6 billion fund that was meant to tackle Ebola scourge in Nigeria. The Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo South led Senate Committee on Public Accounts is raising the alarm of how the money […]
Senate committee on Army lauds treatment, care on wounded soldiers
The Senate Committee on Army has lauded the medical treatment on wounded soldiers at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna. The soldiers were wounded by insurgents during the fight against terrorists. Sen. Abdu Kwari, a member of the committee, who visited the hospital, said the committee was encouraged by the care given to the […]
Yellow Fever: Experts urge Bauchi, others to be proactive in fighting disease
By Charly Agwam – Bauchi The scourge of Yellow Fever has become a reccuring event in Bauchi state. As recent as November 2020, an outbreak of the disease claimed eight lives in Ganjuwa local government area. According to the Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA), 23 people died from yellow fever attack, the previous […]
Buhari mourns ex-Military Administrator of Benue, Kano States, retired Col. Kontagora
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of retired Col. Aminu Isa Kontagora, former Military Administrator of Benue and Kano States. The president in a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday urged family, friends and associates to accept the will of God, […]
How Nigeria lost $178bn to tax evasion by multi-nationals ― FIRS boss
***Moves against illicit financial outflow By Emma Ujah The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has moved against illicit financial outflow and to improve tax compliance among multi-nationals operating in the country, as its Executive Chairman, Mr Muhammad Nami, said that Nigeria reportedly lost $178 billion to tax evasion by multi-nationals in ten years. He made […]
