The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced an increase in the price of visa for Nigerians with effect from Thursday in retaliation to increased cost of obtaining Nigeria’s by its citizens. This is coming few days after 77 Nigerians were named as suspects in a fraud syndicate that swindled many Americans of millions of […]
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has advised Nigeria to formulate appropriate and sustainable strategies to promote agro-industrialisation to foster domestic and export competitiveness in the agro-business industry. The statement by the bank’s Communication and External Relations Department, reported Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Senior Special Advisor on Industrialisation to AfDB President to have given the advice at […]
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Acting on insight of the online scam being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it arrested 28 persons and recovered N486 million. Ibrahim Magu, chairman of the EFCC, while speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday, said collaboration between the commission and the […]
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The Chairman of the Ekiti State Chapter of the NLC, Mr Kolapo Olatunde, announced on Monday that the Federal Government would commence payment of the long-awaited new wage from next month. Olatunde made the disclosure in an interview with the Labour Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Monday. “I speak […]
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The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it will impose value-added tax (VAT) on online transactions, both domestic and international, with effective from January 2020. This disclosure was made on Monday by FIRS executive chairman, Babatunde Fowler, at the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) technical workshop that held in Abuja. Mr. Fowler said a lot […]
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Governors of the states located in the south-west of Nigeria have obtained an approval from the office of the national security adviser (NSA) to set up a regional security outfit. The Nation reports that the approval will birth a joint task force code-named Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) to tackle insecurity in the region. The […]
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A truck loaded with granite on Friday crushed an Army officer identified as R. A. Nata’ala to death in Iyana Mortuary area of Abeokuta. The accident was said to have occurred around 10:30 a.m. According to an eyewitness, the victim was on his motorcycle with number plate: PKA 567 QD when a truck with registration […]
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The Chairman/CEO of the commission, NIDCOM, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa has advised Nigerians indicted in conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through various fraudulent schemes in the United States to turn themselves in to the authorities for trial or risk being extradited. Her comments are coming after the U.S. on Friday announced the arrest and prosecution […]
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The public relations officer for zone 2 police command, Dolapo Badmus, has described sabotage as the primary reason insurgency would not end in Nigeria. Badmus said this on Thursday while reacting to the killing of three policemen and a civilian by soldiers in Taraba state. The soldiers had attacked operatives of the intelligence response team […]
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Clean Tech Hub, a Non Governmental Organization which focuses on research, policy development and consumer awareness on climate resilience, says 55 per cent of Nigerians lacked access to electricity. Speaking during a workshop on promoting citizens access to clean energy solution in Nigeria” A Gender Approach” the facilitator, Mr Mark Amaza said that 93 million […]
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