The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that it realised a total of N2.5 trillion (N2,529,615,174,601.25) from various taxes from January to June 2018. The amount shows that the service has realised 75% of its total target for the year, which is an improvement over what was realised at the corresponding period in 2017. […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that he is loved by Londoners was trashed Friday as tens of thousands of protesters demonstrated against him, on the second day of his four-day visit to Britain, the first since he became president in January, 2017. The visit has been marred by his extraordinary attack on Prime Minister Theresa […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to immediately step in to ensure that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) improve on their distribution equipment and increase capacity to enable them optimize the use of electrical resources by the Generation Companies (GenCos). Fashola, who spoke […]
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The MTN office in the Maitama District of Abuja, on Tuesday was under lock and key following the nationwide picketing of the company by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the office, reports that it was locked with only policemen and other security personnel outside the gate. […]
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The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has attributed the current power outage on its network to what it called system collapse of the National Grid. Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of the company, said on Monday that the outage which occurred about 2.27 p.m. on Sunday affected Ajah, Akangba and Agbara transmission […]
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Kayode Fayemi, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State has warned suspected uniformed militants and hoodlums camping around the state to leave before the election. Fayemi warned of severe consequences if they fail to vacate the state before Saturday’s election. Speaking during an interview programme on Voice 89.9FM […]
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NIGERIA – Governors of the south-east states have said they are not going to provide any land in the region for establishment of cattle ranches. The governors made this decision in a meeting which held in Enugu state during the weekend. In attendance were Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, governor of Enugu, Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, while […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused Buba Galadima, chairman of the Reformed-APC, a faction of the ruling party, of criminal infringement and impersonation. In a statement by Babatunde Ogala, the national legal adviser of the party, the APC disclosed that it is considering taking legal action against Galadima and the group. In his inaugural […]
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The death toll from the heatwave in Quebec has risen to 33 in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, officials said on Thursday. Eighteen of the dead were reported in the provincial capital Montreal, according to regional public health director Mylene Drouin. She added that the majority of the victims in the […]
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The United States says it has committed more than $5.1 billion to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria through its President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The U.S. Charge d’ Affaires, David Young, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the opening of a photo exhibition to commemorate PEPFAR’s 15th Anniversary in Nigeria. “Since […]
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