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Umahi Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi State and Dr. Kelechi Igwe, deputy governor have been sacked from office by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over their defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC). The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that the …

In accordance with provisions of the Personal Income Tax Act (PITA) Cap P8 2011 (as amended), the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) is notifying all individual taxpayers, including self-employed persons and employees under the PAYE Scheme to file their Annual Tax Returns on or before 31st March 2022. The …

Sanni Bello Abubakar Sani Bello, governor of Niger state, has confirmed himself as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). Bello who spoke after he stormed the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Monday and presided over its caretaker committee meeting, said …

Ukraine soldiers hold drills Nigeria’s federal government has said it will not allow recruitment of Nigerians into the Ukrainian army to fight against Russia. This comes as over 100 Nigerians reportedly visited the Ukrainian embassy in Abuja seeking to be recruited to fight in the country’s war against the invading …

Adegoke, Adedoyin A State High Court sitting in Osun State, has declined bail applications brought before it by Dr Rahman Adedoyin and six of his hotel workers facing trial over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The presiding judge, Chief Justice Adepele Ojo, …

File: Ijaw youths on procession The Ijaw nation renewed its demand for the creation of more homogeneous Ijaw states on Saturday when some leaders of the ethnic nationality met. The occasion which was the 25th remembrance anniversary of one of the founding fathers of Bayelsa and monarch of Kolokuma, late …

Arewa Youths Northern youths under the aegis of Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), have berated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and some civil society groups for sponsoring baseless conspiracy theories and underhand tactics for political gain and discrediting the leadership of the of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd), the …

Caverton Helicopter Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc, the parent company of Caverton Helicopters Limited, has recorded a loss of N5.9 billion in its unaudited full year 2021 results, ended December 31 2021, representing a deep nosedive from the N1.1 billion profit recorded in 2020. The loss comes on the back …

Abba Kyari Abba Kyari, the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) who was arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on drug trafficking charges on Monday, has begged the court not to remand him in prison. Kyari, through his lawyer, Mr. Kanu Agabi, SAN, prayed the court to …

Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne who are charged with drug trafficking alongside the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, have pleaded guilty to the charges. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had arraigned Kyari, alongside his co-defendants before the Federal High Court in Abuja for …