The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed that the federal government plans to provide alternative petrol Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), for the masses, that will cost between N95 to N97 per litre He promised that the Petroleum Industry Bill(PIB), will also be passed before May 29, 2020. Sylva said this when asked […]
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Nigeria’s minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the implementation of the new value-added tax rate will begin on February 1, 2020. Zainab Ahmed announced this at the ongoing inauguration of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) board. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the finance bill, which increased VAT by 50% into law […]
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The national grid on Thursday experienced its first collapse in 2020 resulting in blackout across the country. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) confirmed the development in a statement on its Twitter page which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. “There was system disturbance which occurred at about 12.34 p.m […]
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said the commission did not scrap the study of Mass Communication in Nigerian universities, saying the course was only unbundled into seven other degree programmes. Ibrahim Yakasai, the NUC Director of Corporate Affairs disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while clarifying the commission’s position on some online reports claiming […]
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze condition over some parts of north and moderate dust haze condition over central states down to the coastal region for Thursday. NiMet’s waether outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja predicted dust haze condition over the eastern flank of the northern states with horizontal visibility of 1KM […]
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Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) on Monday protested the killing of Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian General, by the United States. Soleimani, who headed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, was killed in a drone strike authorised by the US President, Donald Trump, in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, on Friday. Following […]
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Without an iota of doubt, the Nigerian music industry keeps expanding with new artistes like Azeez Fashola, widely known as Naira Marley coming in to dominate. Nigerian music is widely heard all over Africa and beyond, and 2019 proved a huge success for Naira Marley, after his EFCC scandal. Naira Marley’s EFCC case, made him […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of 19 people by gunmen in Tawari community of Kogi Local Government Area in Kogi State. Buhari frowned on the incident in a statement on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu. He said, “There is no excuse or justification for killing […]
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The siege at the First Bank in Mpape, Abuja, which started Saturday morning, has ended, as the robbers have been arrested by a joint team of the police and military. One of the armed robbers was eventually killed by the superior firepower of the security agent. The attackers were said to have alleged that “an […]
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The federal government of Nigeria says set a date for reopening of the country’s land borders which were closed in August. Responding to question on reason for closure, President Muhammadu Buhari had said the borders were closed to prevent smuggling of banned items. Speaking with journalists on Monday, Mariam Katagum, minister of state for industry, […]
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