Month: May 2017

By Our Correspondent No fewer than 270 Nigerian refugees who are on forced return from Cameroon, are to be received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Yola, officials said. Since the Cameroonian government’s backtracking on a tripartite agreement signed early this year which sought to facilitate voluntary return of Nigerian refugees when conditions…

By Aaron Ossai The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Agency for Control of HIV/AIDS (FACA) expends about N3 billion annually on Anti-Retroviral drugs (ARV) for HIV patients in the territory, the Project Manager of the agency, Dr Uche Okoro has said. Briefing newsmen in Abuja, Okoro explained that about 60,000 people living with HIV were receiving…

By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City Edo Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has revealed his administration’s intention to adopt and domesticate the federal government’s Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) in the state before the year runs out. The governor made this disclosure at the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme Workshop in Benin, on Tuesday,…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin As part of efforts to motivate small business owners and eradicate poverty in the state, Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has directed the state’s revenue service to put in motion a five-year tax relief regime for small business owners. According to the governor, the five years tax relief regime is…

By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City No fewer than 400 persons have been arrested by the Edo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service for alleged illegal entry into the country. The suspects were said to have been arrested during a mop-up exercise which begun at about 4am on Wednesday across the 18 local government…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has inaugurated a N1b College of Engineering Building at Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete as part of activities to mark the state’s Golden Jubilee Anniversary. Inaugurating the edifice on Tuesday, Ahmed said “it became imperative in view of government’s decision to prioritize functional education…

By Joseph INOKOTONG Nigeria, the fourth largest shareholder in the 57-nation Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDBG), has been allocated the sum of US$296, 143 as dividend from the profit earned by the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) in 2016, but would be converted into shares. The document containing the resolutions…

By Joseph INOKOTONG The Federal Government has approved a new interest rate spread on unpaid taxes for the year 2017. The new interest rate was approved by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. According to the Minister, the new interest rate shall be 5% over the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Minimum Re-Discount Rate (MRR)…

By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has disclosed that as part of the efforts of the House to improve Nigeria’s revenue sources, eight laws related to the maritime sector are undergoing amendments to position it for optimum performance. Speaking at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on…

By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City As rumours of alleged plot to impeach the Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Justin Okonoboh spreads, officials of the Department of State Security have been deployed to the premises to prevent breakdown of law and order. Two of their vehicles were stationed outside the Assembly premises Monday…