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Share The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has said that about N5.4trn has been lost to tax evasion by multi-nationals corporations operating in the country from 2011 to 2021. It also said that the Nigerian government has in the last 13 years spent about N6trn in its fight against terrorism. …

The Law Students’ Association of Nigeria (LAWSAN) has called on state and federal governments to compensate victims of insurgency and banditry across the country. This came as the association expressed   concern about frequent attacks, kidnappings and killings in Borno, Imo, Kaduna, Benue and Plateau States, amongst others. “We vehemently …

A forensic company, Sentinel Forensic Limited, has said that bullets expelled from firearms during the #EndSARS protest in Lagos on October 20, 2020, were from the Nigerian Army. According to a report by Channels TV, the company’s representative, Joseph Kayode Funsho, disclosed this during an appearance before the Judicial Panel of …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has stopped the governments of Rivers and Lagos from collecting Value Added Taxes (VAT). In a ruling on Friday, Justice Haruna Simon Tsanami, also directed that the law passed by Rivers State House of Assembly and assented to by Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike be …

The National Youth Service Corps has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Health Insurance Scheme on the inclusion of Corps Members in the NHIS programme. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim who stated this when he led a delegation of the management of the Scheme to the Headquarters …

The Federal Executive Council has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation 5G Networks for Nigeria’s digital economy. The 5G Policy was approved at the Council meeting today, following the presentation by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ibrahim Pantami. The implementation of the National Policy is …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has filed terrorism charges against two aides of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho, at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The aides – Jamiu Noah Oyetunji and Amudat Habibat Babatunde – are among ten others arrested by the DSS during a raid on Igboho’s residence …

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari is not welcomed to the Southeast. IPOB Director of Socials, Chika Edoziem, made the remark while ordering a sit-at-home in protest of Buhari’s visit to Imo State on Thursday. Edoziem, who is one of IPOB executives, disclosed this …

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has called on President Muhammadu Buhari over the worsening insecurity situation in the country, stating that Nigerians are now living in fear. While urging the federal government to urgently do something about it by restoring the hope of the people, the governor said a …

An assistant director of the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Mr Christopher Orji, has reportedly committed suicide in Abuja. Orji’s lifeless body was reportedly found dangling with a rope tied to a ceiling fan at his residence at Federal Housing Authority Estate, Lugbe, Abuja, at about 4pm on August 30. Sources …