House of Representatives has invited the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation, Beta Edu, to brief lawmakers on the formula adopted to distribute N1.1 trillion conditional cash transfer to 15 million households in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of ...
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Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has disclosed that its 2023 collection of education tax is the highest in a single year since inception. The executive secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sunny Echono, who disclosed this, yesterday, appreciated the Federal Inland Revenue ...
Read More »Israel-Hamas War: Dozens Feared Killed In Refugee Camp Blast
Dozens of people are reportedly killed after a blast at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The Hamas-run health ministry and a hospital director say at least 50 people were killed, while pictures from the scene show craters and ...
Read More »Ex-NNPC MD, Yakubu demands $9.7m, £74,000 seized by EFCC
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Central Bank of Nigeria to deposit the sum of $9.7m and £74,000 seized from a former Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. ...
Read More »Devaluation, Cause Of Essential Drugs Scarcity, Killing Pharmaceutical Firms
Experts in the pharmaceutical industry say the massive devaluation of the naira and the unfriendly business environment are adversely affecting Nigeria’s pharmaceutical sector and its profitability. According to them, instead of the sector improving, things are getting worse as more ...
Read More »UK Court Adjourns Diezani’s £100,000 Bribery Case
The Westminster Magistrates’ Court in the United Kingdom, on Monday, adjourned till November for hearing in the £100,000 bribery case against Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Diezani had on October 2 appeared before the court and was ...
Read More »Mercy Chinwo’s New Single ‘You Do This One’ Unveiled
… Hits over one million views on YouTube within 72 hours GNT Music has unveiled ‘You Do This One’, the latest single and video of talented and dynamic international gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo. ‘You Do This One’ single and video, ...
Read More »Federal Govt, Labour Meet On Palliatives Today
The organised labour will today meet with representatives of the federal government to discuss the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both parties in respect of palliatives measures for fuel subsidy removal. The meeting is expected to ...
Read More »Naira Depreciation: CBN Asks Court To Dismiss Falana’s Suit
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged a Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss a suit filed by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, seeking to compel the apex bank to stop the alarming depreciation of the Naira. CBN, ...
Read More »Israel-Hamas War Causes Rift Between Europe, US
As civilians in both Israel and Gaza, the Palestinian territory governed by Hamas, continue to be on the receiving end of the war that broke out on October 7, the political repercussions of the conflict is altering the dynamics in ...
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