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September 9, 2021 No Responses

MTN Nigeria Announces Renewal Of UAS, Spectrum Licences

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced the renewal of its Unified Access Service (UAS) and Spectrum for wireless local loop 900MHz and 1800MHz band licences. This is contained in a notice by MTN Nigeria signed by the Company Secretary, Mrs...

September 9, 2021 No Responses

Customs Investigate Alleged Shooting Of Katsina Commissioner’s Motorcade

The Nigeria Customs Service has set up a committee to investigate the alleged shooting of a motorcade of a Katsina State commissioner by its operatives. The motorcade of Katsina State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Umar...

September 9, 2021 No Responses

Manufacturers Seek End To Tax Collection Concerns

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has charged the federal and state governments to find a mutually acceptable way forward on the collection of taxes to address anxiety and confusion in the business community. Director-General, MAN, Mr Segun Ajay...

September 8, 2021 No Responses

Kwara’s N169 b Supplementary Budget Passes Second Reading

Kwara’s 2021 supplementary appropriation bill of N169 billion passed the second reading at the state House of Assembly on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the executive bill, presented by Gov. AbdulRahman AbfulRasaq, is seeking an u...

September 7, 2021 No Responses

FIRS Affirms Position On VAT Collection

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged taxpayers not to panic over the recent court ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt which dismissed its motion for stay of execution of the judgment that Rivers State...

September 7, 2021 No Responses

Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International To Build School In Ewu

In its effort to contribute to nation-building and economic development, the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International (COFI) through the InnerCity Mission network of schools is breaking barriers to education by providing marginalised and vulnerable children a...

September 5, 2021 No Responses

Buhari To Visit Imo On Thursday

All is set for President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Imo State on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Addressing Journalists at the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, on Saturday, the State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, who spoke upon his return...

August 30, 2021 No Responses

CJN Summons Six Chief Judges Over Conflicting Court Orders

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has summoned six-state Chief Judges in relation to the spate of conflicting orders emanating from their courts. The CJN summoned them over the issuance of conflicting orders on the Peoples’ ...

August 25, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Yet To Remit N5.1b To Federation Account, FRC Alleges

The Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) has alleged that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is yet to remit N5.1 billion into the Federation Account from 2016 to 2019 FRC made the allegation on Wednesday in Abuja at the ongoing public...

August 5, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria, Korea Sign $13m MoU On e-Governance

The Nigerian Government has concluded plans to fully digitise its processes, particularly in the civil service and other government institutions by 2026. Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isah Pantami disclosed this on Thursday when he si...

August 3, 2021 No Responses

Minister: Nigeria Imported 400,000 Vehicles In Five Years

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Ms. Zainab Shamsuna-Ahmed, has said that Nigeria imported about 400,000 vehicles between 2015 and 2020. Shansuna-Ahmed, made the observation at a one-day sensitisation on the National Vehicle Registry (...

August 2, 2021 No Responses

Banks Comply With CBN FOREX Directive, Sell Dollar At N412

In compliance with the new Foreign Exchange (FX) regulation by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), commercial banks in Abuja have set up dedicated teller points for FX transactions in their branches. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that...

August 2, 2021 No Responses

Nigeria Quits MOWCA Over Electoral Irregularities

Nigeria has left the Maritime Organisation for West and Central Africa (MOWCA). A statement issued on Monday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Transportation, Eric Ojiekwe explained that this followed disregard for the rules of proc...

July 31, 2021 No Responses

Danbatta Harps On Innovative Museums For Sustainable Development

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has called for ingenious ways of collecting antiquities relevant to operations of various organizations in the country ...