The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, James Christoff, has commended the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, for creating the Women Affairs Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). Mr Christoff said such a move was in tune with international practice aimed at promoting the welfare of young women and girls. The envoy, who visited the…
The Presidential Committee on Tax Reforms and Fiscal Policy has revealed plans to reduce the number of collectable taxes and levies from 60 to a more manageable single-digit number. The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, stated this on Tuesday while briefing correspondents after submitting his team’s maiden report on its “quick-win achievements in…
The Philippine National Police has filed murder cases against the suspected six Chinese persons said to have been involved in the killing of a Nigerian medical student, Chibuikem Emmanuel, in the country. The deceased’s friend in a chat with our correspondent on X via @michaelojuola on Tuesday disclosed that the suspects’ photos and information had…
The organised Labour has expressed dissatisfaction with the slow pace of implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding it signed with the Federal Government to avert its planned nationwide strike. The state chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress said failure to implement the agreement before the October 30 deadline might leave…
9mobile set to partner Cross RiverEMERGING Markets Telecommunications Services (EMTS), trading as 9mobile, has announced its 15th anniversary in Nigeria, marking a significant milestone in its journey of providing telecommunication services to customers across the country. The brand, which commenced its journey into the Nigeran market on October 23, 2008, with the disruptive ‘0809ja’ campaign,…
The Speaker Aondona Dajoh while ruling on the prayers, gave the governor a three-day ultimatum to appoint a security adviser. The Benue State House of Assembly has given Governor Hyacinth Alia a seventy-two-hour ultimatum to appoint a special adviser on security. The House said this is a direct fallout of the inability to reach the…
“The reprinting of the materials in compliance with court orders within a short period of time is not only expensive but the management of the process very challenging.” The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is concerned over the pre-election court judgments on the eve of the November 2023 off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo…
Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Biodun Oyebanji (Ekiti) and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) on Tuesday visited Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State at his Jericho residence in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Prior to the visit to Akeredolu, the governors of Ogun, Lagos and Ekiti paid a courtesy call on their Oyo State…
The Corporate Affairs Commission says it has uncovered 189 fake companies used to secure land allocations in the Federal Capital Territory. The Registrar General of the commission, Hussaini Magaji, disclosed this during a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja. Magaji stated that the discovery was made following a complaint from the Federal Capital Territory Administration…
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a…
