The Federal Government has rolled out fresh deduction tax at source (withholding) regulations to boost its revenue drive, a document obtained by The Guardian has shown. Tagged: ‘Deduction of Tax at Source (withholding) Regulations 2024’,…
Despite spending N4.3 trillion on personnel budgets over six years, the Federal Ministry of Education owes 1,800 unity schools’ teachers 36-month salary arrears. While the government has no concrete plan to facilitate their pay despite…
About N16.5 trillion, which translates to 60 per cent of the country’s 2014 budget of N27.5 trillion is being spent on electricity generating sets for homes and industries, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu said in Abuja yesterday.…
Bandits have killed four people working in their farmlands at Jibia Local Council of Katsina State. The incident occurred on Monday around 11.00 a.m. at Gurbin Magarya and Zaure in Kukar Babangida area of the council area. While three…
African countries are seeking to implement the Boosting Intra-African Trade (BIAT) Action Plan to align with the goals of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and improve Africa’s share of global trade. BIAT is divided into…
Marwa commends judiciary, says no hiding place for barons, traffickers A Federal High Court, Lagos, has sentenced a Delhi, India-bound drug trafficker, Freeman Charles Ogbonna, to 25 years imprisonment. The convict vomited and excreted 80…
The African Narrative on Climate Change, known for its commitment to climate change sensitisation and advocacy, recently held an exhibition to celebrate the World Heat Day. The exhibition, which was held at the French Institute in Wuse,…
A seven-man car snatching syndicate operating between Lagos and Kwara states was paraded at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, yesterday. Two of the members were dismissed soldiers. One was dismissed in 2014 while the other was…
Delta State Chief Judge, Tessy Diai, yesterday, visited the Warri Correctional Centre and freed four inmates during her second quarter visit to correctional facilities in the state. Those granted freedom are: Mr Jeremiah Okotiebor and…
Four members of the Imo State House of Assembly have been suspended for allegedly plotting to impeach the Speaker, Chike Olemgbe. The suspended members are Samuel Otuibe, (Ahiazu-Mbaise), Henry Agbasonu (Ezinihitte-Mbaise), Chidiebere…
The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed a bill seeking to alter the 1999 Constitution to create Etiti State in the South East. The proposed state is to be created out of the current Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo states.…
Minister not an emperor, subject to scrutiny, says Amadi Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has reiterated that only residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) can decide who becomes their senator in 2027, and not the minister of…
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) high command, yesterday, called for emplacement of appropriate actions to check the incessant mishaps involving its war jets to foster a good safety culture that transcends all levels within the force. NAF also…
To achieve target objectives of the National Defence Policy, the Senate has charged the Nigerian Armed Forces, the Nigerian Police Force, and other paramilitary organisations to prioritise inter-agency cooperation and collaboration. The…
In barely two weeks to the local council elections in Delta State, Delta Obidient Elders’ Council has tasked the Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to conduct credible elections, saying that the council poll is a litmus test of the credibility of…
Nigeria daily oil production was, again, threatened, yesterday, as angry youths from the Anyama Clan of Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and Onuebum Community of Ogbia Local Council Area of Bayelsa State stormed and shut down the operation of an…
Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON), an organised registered trade union under the Federal Republic of Nigeria, yesterday, refuted alleged factionalisation within its ranks. In a statement, the national ex…
Wants N’Assembly to criminalise acts against parliamentarism Lagos State House of Assembly has called on governors to avoid seeing state legislatures as appendages of the executive, but instead, treat lawmakers as partners in the progress…
Expert decries high impact of environmental factors The Federal Government, yesterday, identified Abuja and Lagos as the high capital cities with the poorest air quality and highest level of pollution. It said that the citizens’ health and…
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered security agents to launch a massive manhunt for perpetrators of Sunday’s kidnapping along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode expressway. Many people were reportedly kidnapped around Area Command and Ilishan…
Nigerian man, Anjola Femi, and his act of honesty has gone viral and got him significant praise and reward from the internet. Anjola, a chemical engineering graduate, returned a massive sum of $14,000. This money was mistakenly sent to his…
Russia on Tuesday sentenced a 19-year-old man to 12 years in prison for allegedly donating money to Kyiv’s forces. Separately, it doubled a documentary maker’s sentence for denouncing the Ukraine offensive. Moscow has for more than two…
An Ikorodu magistrates’ court in Lagos has remanded a woman, Bisola Kehinde, for allegedly engaging two teenage girls in prostitution. The 42-year-old was charged in court for conspiring to engage teenagers in sexual activities.…
Amid the passage of bills and adoption of several motions in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, allegations surfaced against Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu by Cyril Hart, a member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency, Rivers…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgement in the appeal against the decision of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld the election of Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State. The…
Three people have died after being arrested during riots in southern Mauritania, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, as the victory of incumbent Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani in Saturday’s presidential vote raised tensions in the…