Nigeria distribution companies have been struggling for a while with profitability and have resorted to fraud in other to shove up their earning capabilities. Ikeja distribution has been fingered in this scheme as Residents in Magodo cried out on the sudden increase of tariff from 22-50 without any government regulation …
Read More »Ambode speaks on EFCC search, says ‘no cause for alarm’
Former Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has urged his supporters to remain calm and law-abiding as there was no cause for alarm. Ambode, in a statement by his media aide, Mr. Habib Aruna, spoke on the backdrop of a search by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on his Epe …
Read More »S’Court refuses PDP’s request to inspect server
The Supreme Court has refused an application seeking to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the Peoples Democratic Party to inspect its central server. The court said the matter was still pending before the Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the PDP’s decision …
Read More »Meet Kashifu Abdullahi, new DG of NITDA and ‘architect’ of cashless banking in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi as the new Director-General/CEO of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA. The appointment was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu. Below is the profile of the new NITDA helmsman Born on …
Read More »Why we queried FIRS boss, Fowler – Presidency
The Presidency has spoken on the query issued to the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. The Presidency’s position was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. …
Read More »Buhari Summons FIRS Boss Over Decline In Tax Revenue
President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, to the Presidential Villa Monday to explain tax collection variations between 2015 and 2018. Specifically, President Buhari in a letter alleged variations in budgeted collections and actual takings reported by the agency within …
Read More »Why we repatriated El-Zakzaky from India – FG
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through Mrs. Grace Isu Gekpe, a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Abuja, has explained the hurried repatriation of the controversial IMN leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky. According to a press statement issued by her: “The Federal Government wishes to inform the …
Read More »Group asks court to nullify Gov.Okowa’s appointment of Ejele as DESOPADEC board chairman
An anti-corruption group, Centre for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade (CHURAC) has approached a Delta State High Court sitting in Warri urging it to nullify the appointment of Hon. Michael Diden popularly known as Ejele by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as the Chairman of the Board of the State Oil Producing …
Read More »Little things that can change the world – Dr Arinze Madueke, Zidora Founder
The world can be a tough place but it doesn’t have to be, because we are all part of the human race and we must all protect and help each other. In today’s 21st century where the global world is faced with serial disasters and crises across different regions, love …
Read More »National Defence College honours DSS DG, Yusuf Bichi
The Director-General, State Services, YM. BICHI, fwc was on 2nd August 2019 honoured with the Distinguished Personality Award by the National Defence College, Abuja during its Course 27 graduation ceremony which was also attended by President Muhammadu BUHARI, GCFR, as Special Guest of Honour. This honour was bestowed on the …
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