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EFCC Sacks 27 officers over corruption, misconduct
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, dismissed 27 officers from its workforce in 2024 for various offenses related to fraudulent activities and misconduct. The EFCC announced the development in a statement signed by Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity, on Monday. The Commission emphasized its zero-tolerance policy for…
Read More »NACCIMA urges Tinubu to slash corporate taxes to 19%, VAT to 7.5%
National President of NACCIMA, Dele Kelvin Oye The National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has called on President Bola Tinubu’s administration to take decisive steps toward tax reform, including reducing corporate taxes to 19% and pegging Value Added Tax (VAT) at 7.5%. This is contained…
Read More »Reduce cost of governance, ex-CBN director tells FG
By Deborah Nnamdi A former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Titus Okunrounmu, has advised the Federal Government to strategically reduce the cost of governance in 2025. Okunrounmu advised in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Ota, Ogun, noting that the high cost…
Read More »Rivers crisis: Okocha denies secret meeting with Fubara’s ally
By Deborah Nnamdi The factional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Tony Okocha, has denied reports circulating on social media claiming that he has defected from the camp of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to align with Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The…
Read More »Bandits impose N172.7m levy on 25 Zamfara villages, residents flee
By Deborah Nnamdi Gunmen in Zamfara State have reportedly imposed a N172.7 million levy on 25 villages in the Tsafe West area, driving hundreds of residents from their homes in fear of violent reprisals. According to reports from Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the…
Read More »Gov Oborevwori, Guwor, Ereyitomi get Izoukumor stakeholders’ confidence vote
Photo: Chief Izoukumor flanked by stakeholders during the event Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, is poised to execute widespread infrastructural development and ensure the distribution of democratic benefits to the state’s citizens throughout the new year, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart, Chief Favour Izoukumor, has revealed. Izoukumor, the Executive…
Read More »You are doing a fantastic job – Tinubu tells Peter Mba
By Deborah Nnamdi President Bola Tinubu on Saturday hailed Enugu Governor, Barr Peter Mbah’s development strides in the state. Tinubu, who is on a one-day official visit to the Coal City State, spoke during his stakeholders’ engagement at the Banquet Hall, Governor’s Lodge, Enugu State Government House. He said the…
Read More »NNPC begins modernization of Kaduna and second Port Harcourt refineries
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced that the 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) Port Harcourt Refinery and the Kaduna Refinery are undergoing a comprehensive overhaul aimed at meeting world-class standards. This was disclosed in a statement by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPC Ltd., Olufemi Soneye,…
Read More »Two dead, 12 injured in Abia auto crash
File Photo: Road accident By Deborah Nnamdi The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Abia Sector Command, has confirmed the death of two persons in a road accident on the Umuahia-Enugu Expressway. The Sector Commander, Mrs Ngozi Ezeoma, in a statement on Friday in Umuahia, said that the accident, which occurred…
Read More »Peter Obi hellbent on inciting Nigerians against Tinubu – APC
By Deborah Nnamdi The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described Peter Obi’s New Year message as “misleading and an attempt to score cheap political points.” Obi, who was the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, used his New Year message to criticize President Bola Tinubu, expressing…
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