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FIRS generates N4.03 trillion revenue

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler, said the Service collected N4.03 trillion revenue in 2017.

Niger governor swears in 4 commissioners

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger on Wednesday in Minna swore in four new commissioners and four Permanent Secretaries. The commissioners…

Bill Gates, Dangote pledge more support to immunisation in Yobe

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Mr Bill Gates, the Chairman, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Foundation, pledged to support…

Nigerian Govt assures 2018 Budget cannot be padded

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Ben Akabueze,the Director-General, Budget Office of the Federation (BOF), says the Federal Government’s 2018 Budget cannot be padded.

Rural development: World Bank restates importance of National Identity

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Mr Rachid Benmessaoud, Country Director, Nigeria, World Bank, said on Wednesday that digital national identification would yield tremendous benefit for…

Lassa fever: NMA takes sensitisation to markets

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has taken sensitisation on Lassa fever to Wuse market in Abuja to educate traders on…

Lagos ports to receive 27 ships laden with petrol, food items

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 27 ships are expected to arrive Apapa and Tin Can Island Ports in Lagos…

Odinga’s ‘swearing in’: Kenyan police arrest opposition lawmaker

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Kenyan police arrested an opposition lawmaker who administered the oath during a symbolic “swearing in” of opposition leader Raila Odinga…

Buhari to inaugurate CHIPS in Lafia

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says President Muhammadu Buhari will inaugurate the Community Health Influencers, Promoters and…

Ondo Assembly to investigate polytechnic students’ protest

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Ondo State House of Assembly is to constitute a panel to investigate the recent protest by students of Rufus…

Bill to allow married women choose origin passes second reading

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A bill for an Act to amend Federal Character Commission (FCC) Act to give married women the option to choose…

Nigerian Govt bans open drug markets in 2019

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Government says it will shut down all open drug markets this year to curb unwholesome drug distribution system.

Nigerian Govt urged to place priority on electricity for speedy industrialisation

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An industrialist in Anambra, Chief Godwin Ezeemo, has called on the Federal Government to place priority on electricity for speedy…

Bayelsa Revenue Board laments poor taxpaying culture of corporate bodies

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Bayelsa Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Wednesday decried the poor taxpaying culture amongst corporate organisations operating in the…

Botswana President cleared of maladministration, abuse charges

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Botswana’s public advocate has cleared President Seretse Khama of any wrongdoing on alleged maladministration and abuse of office by opposition…

Senate to probe low remittance by JAMB before 2016

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Senate, on Wednesday, resolved to investigate the low remittance by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) into the…

EU to support Palestinian cause with additional 42.5m euros

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The European Union has agreed to put an extra 42.5 million euros (52.9 million dollars) towards building a “democratic and…

Trump accused of attacking refugees in State of Union Address

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A New York-based human rights organisation accused U.S. President Donald Trump of attacking refugees and asylum seekers in his State…

Farmer jailed 3 years for raping minor

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Wednesday sentenced a farmer, Wunde-Fenan Juna, to three years imprisonment…

Kenya outlaws opposition’s resistance movement after Odinga’s “swearing-in”

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Kenyan government has declared the opposition coalition’s National Super Alliance (NASA)’s wing, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), as an…

FRSC in Ogun takes safety campaign to schools

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, on Wednesday said it had taken its campaign to schools in…

‘Nigeria accounts for about 57% of the world Shea nut production’

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiah Aisha Abubakar, has said that Nigeria accounts for about 57…

Nigeria, India set to expand cultural relations

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nigeria and India are set to enhance their cultural relations as they mark 60 years of diplomatic relations, the representatives…

Bomb squad sent to prominent Kenyan opposition politician’s home

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The bomb squad has been sent to a prominent Kenyan opposition politician’s Nairobi home after a device was hurled into…

Namibia’s Geingob suspends officials’ foreign trips to cut down costs

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

President Hage Geingob of Namibia has suspended foreign travels of all ministers, deputy ministers and political office bearers with immediate…

2019 Election: Politicians cautioned against do-or-die politics

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Pastor John Kayode of Disciples Church, Taiwo, Ilorin, has cautioned politicians against win at all cost mentality as 2019 election…

Tales of woes by Libya returnees

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Faith Oboh, 22, is the third in a family of 12 persons; the first daughter in a polygamous family who…

Nigerian Army embarks on road project in Sambisa forest

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had embarked on road construction project in Sambisa Forest as part of ongoing…

Britain seeks free trade deal with China – May

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Britain is seeking a free trade agreement with China, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday as she flew to…

Italy has duty to appeal EU drugs agency decision – Paolo Gentiloni

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, on Wednesday said that Rome had a duty to appeal a decision by European authorities…

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