The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Commission, Hamid Bobboyi, has described the World Read Aloud Day as a free vaccine for literacy. He spoke in Abuja Wednesday during an event held in commemoration of the 2022 World Read Aloud Day, organized by UBEC in partnership with the Universal Learning Solutions (ULS). The World Read…
The National Commission for Persons With Disabilities Thursday unveiled a five-year strategic plan and revalidation process to integrate Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) into the society. The executive secretary of the commission, David Lalu, said the was expected to align with the strategic interest of the government to improve the living condition of PWDs. While lamenting…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has empowered 2, 200 youths with the distribution of tricycles, taxi cabs and buses in Maiduguri metropolis and Jere council. The distributed vehicles include 500 tricycles, 100 taxi cabs and 10 units of 41-seater buses to drivers and tri-cyclists in the state. Flagging off the 610 vehicles, yesterday (Thursday), at…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the refusal of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development to provide an Abuja-based journalist, Ms Godsgift Onyedinefu, with the information she requested in 2019 on the cost of Nigeria’s participation in the 2018 World Cup amounted an unlawful…
National Endowment for Democracy Names Maju Varghese as The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has named Maju Varghese as its new chief operating officer (COO). Mr. Varghese most recently served as deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House Military Office, overseeing nearly 3,000 military and civilian personnel who ensure essential services for the daily and…
The organisers of the Nigerian Idol talent hunt reality television show, Multichoice Nigeria, has announced that its seventh season will premiere this Sunday. To the delight of its fans, the seventh season of the show will premiere at 7 pm on selected stations on DSTV. The reality TV singing competition will begin with a weekly show…
The Federal Government on Thursday announced that it has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism, including 424 associates/supporters of the financiers. This was made known by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during a briefing on the anti-corruption fight by the Buhari-led administration. Mohammed noted that the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit unmasked 123 companies and 33…
Capital releases from the 2021 budget now stands at 3.65trillion naira representing 80% of the capital allocation. Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed made this known at the presentation of cheques from the proceeds of the 250 billion naira sukuk bond issued in December last year by the Debt Management Office. The sukuk proceeds will be released as…
Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, expressed concerns over the increasing strength of the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP). The governor spoke on Thursday while briefing journalists on the state on internal security, relocation of IDPs and collaborations between the state and the federal government at the state house in Abuja. Zulum had…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will start collecting taxes on income derived by companies from bonds and short-term securities. A bond is a fixed-income instrument (loan) made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or government). In 2012, the federal government had exempted bonds and short-term government securities from income tax…
