…urges tax professionals to occupy leadership positions for increased revenue Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday charged governors to look into their expenditure profile and do away with unnecessary spending to increase state revenue for government to have more resources to meet the basic needs of the people. Speaking at the 22nd Annual Tax Conference of the Chartered Institute ...

DG BPE Mr. Alex Okoh & Chairman Transcorp Plc Mr. Tony Elumelu, Signing the Share Sale and Purchase Agreements for Afam Power Plc. and Afam Three Fast Power Limited at The State House, Abuja. 5th Nov, 2020. Photo: Tolani Alli The main objective of developing a power sector that will steadily deliver quality service and sustain itself is on track ...

The N30, 000 one-time grant for artisans, under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) is real and the disbursement of funds under the scheme is going on across the first set of States, according to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande. Mr. Akande stated this in Abuja on Thursday during Radio Nigeria’s live ...

•Sanwo-Olu Receives Kaduna Governor, Vows To Make State Uncomfortable For Those Stoking Violence Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, did all needed to be done to prevent the recent youth protest against police brutality from degenerating to violence, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai disclosed on Thursday. But those who thrive in violence, el-Rufai said, infiltrated the protest to ...

The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government ended in a stalemate for the third time on Wednesday, as the parties again failed to resolve the issues around the payment platform for salaries and other benefits. Besides, ASUU was insisting that the N30bn Earned Academic Allowances offered by the Federal Government would be for ...

Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has encouraged journalists and media practitioners not to be dispirited in their struggle for a better society, irrespective of the attacks often meted out on them in their line of duty, noting that a vigorous press is essential for societal development. Obi, who gave the ...

Hundreds of state police and left-wing protesters were locked in a tense standoff in downtown Portland late Wednesday after rampaging anti-Trump groups smashed shop windows a day after the election, prompting the state governor to activate the National Guard. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s office declared a riot and made at least nine arrests, citing “widespread violence” in the city’s downtown ...

Raymond Ozoji, Awka Contrary to what has been alleged that Nnewi-North local government authority connived with the state government to apply condemned oil and substandard materials on roads at Nnewi, information from relevant agencies say such allegations were false. Reports in the social media revealed that the Senator representing Anambra-South senatorial district Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah had embarked on works ...

While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call, it may not be the final arbiter in this election, legal experts said. They said it was doubtful that courts would entertain a bid by Trump to stop the counting of ballots that were received before or ...

By Felix Oboagwina Professor Mahmood Yakubu achieved a new national record when he received President Muhammadu Buhari’s endorsement for a second term as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). By the President rolling over the tenure of Yakubu as INEC boss for another five years, the former Professor of Political History and International Studies from the Nigerian Defence ...