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Bolanle Raheem: Vehicle Occupied By Lawyer Posed No Threat, Police Witness Tells Court

The trial of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Drambi Vandi charged with Christmas Day killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Bolanle Raheem, last year continued on Wednesday. A second prosecution witness, Mr. Fiyegha Ebimine, who is a police officer, testified at the…

26/01/2023

Naira Hoarding, Fuel Scarcity Can’t Stop My Victory – Tinubu

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has blamed the lingering fuel scarcity and hike in the fuel price in the country on the handiwork of some saboteurs. Tinubu spoke on Wednesday, during the presidential campaign held at the MKO…

26/01/2023

Body Of Benchers Passes Vote Of Confidence On Chair, Wole Olanipekun, Set To Probe 2022 NBA Election

The Body of Benchers at its emergency meeting held earlier today, Tuesday, January 24, 2023, passed a vote of confidence on its Chairman, Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN. This came on the heel of calls for his resignation by the President of the Nigerian…

25/01/2023

LG Autonomy Absent in National Assembly Constitution Amendment Bills

The Senate has passed 35 of the 44 bills in the Constitution Amendment bills to the President for assent, indicating that they have bowed to the pressure of the state governors’ refusal to pass the local government autonomy clause. The lawmakers directed the…

24/01/2023

Buhari Commissions $1.5bn Lekki Deep Seaport

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned the $1.5 billion Lekki deep seaport for commercial operation. The port which construction officially started on June 15, 2020, and was completed on Monday, October 24, 2022, was officially commissioned and set for full commercial operations. The deep…

24/01/2023

FIRS Makes Historic N10.1 Trillion Revenue In 2022

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) generated a record N10.1 trillion revenue in 2022, the agency said. This is the highest tax collection ever recorded in its history. The Service disclosed this in an “FIRS 2022 Performance Update,” report signed by its Executive…

24/01/2023

Chartered Institute of Taxation Member Petitions Justice Minister over Finance Bill

A member of the Taxation Standards and Practice Monitoring Committee of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, (CITN), Mr. Francis Ubani, has petitioned the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malamai, over some provisions of the Finance…

23/01/2023

PSC Asks FG to Stop Salaries of Newly Recruited Constables

The Police Service Commission has asked the Accountant-General of the Federation to halt the capture of 10,000 constables who recently graduated from police training colleges on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel System. The commission stated that the police officers had not been issued…

23/01/2023

Redesigned Notes: Jan 31st Deadline Sacrosanct – CBN

The CBN took sensitisation on the new naira notes to Abubakar Mahmud Gumi market, Kaduna to encourage the public to change their old notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated the January 31st deadline is sacrosanct. The event is part of…

23/01/2023

Eight Edo Train Attack Suspects Charged with Kidnapping

The Edo State Police Command has charged eight suspects to court for the abduction of over 20 passengers and two Nigerian Railway Corporation staff on January 7, 2023, following an attack by gunmen on the Igueben Train Station in Edo Central. The police…

23/01/2023

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