The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and the Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri to brief the House on the challenges associated with the evacuation of Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The House also invited officials from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Gbajabiamila issued the invite on Tuesday at the resumption of plenary. It would be recalled that the ongoing civil war in Sudan has led to the emergency evacuation of Nigerians in the war-torn country. The Nigerian officials had claimed that it would take $1.2 million to evacuate 3,500…
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Taiwo Oyedele who is a tax expert has described the new tax laws in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari’s “parting tax gift” to the people. Oyedele is the Fiscal Policy Partner & Africa Tax Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC). The federal government recently introduced new Fiscal Policy Measures (FPM), via a circular signed by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Usman. In an analysis on his Twitter handle, Oyedele gave a breakdown of the new laws and the highlights. He said the Supplementary Protection Measures (SPM), relates to the implementation of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff 2022-2026. The…
The Lagos State Police Command has reacted to the outrage over the sighting of a uniformed officer standing on the road with an assault rifle. A photo of the operative, with an assault rifle trended on social media with Twitter users asking if the disbanded Special anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has been remobilised? Recall that the federal government had bowed to public outcry and disbanded the notorious police unit after the October 2020 nationwide End SARS protests that shook Nigeria. One of the numerous social media users however brouhgt to the public notice, the sighting of a Police officer and asked if the…
Felix Ademola, an Ibadan-based photojournalist, believed by many to have saved a former Governor of old Oyo State and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, late Chief Bola Ige from the assassin’s bullet in 1983 has been buried. Ademola died on the 24th of March this year at the age of 68 after a brief illness. The deceased who until his death was a senior photojournalist with Thisday newspapers was buried at Ile Titun, Near NIHORT in Ibadan, on Friday. According to reports, Ademola was the man who called the attention of the gathering to an assassin who was pointing…
A 34-year-old woman, Nosimot Alalade, was on Friday arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Isabo for assaulting a staffer of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company while on duty. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the defendant resides at No. 5, Amadiya Street, Olomore area of Abeokuta. NAN also reports that the defendant is facing a three-count of assault, conducting herself in a manner likely to cause breach of public peace and acting in a manner to endanger the life of the complainant. The Prosecutor, Insp. Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on April…
The Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN), Olawale Fasanya, has lamented that between 2017 to 2021 alone, over two million businesses in Nano, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (nMSMEs), subsection died. He explained that it led to pushing more than six million Nigerians into the unemployment market. According to him, insecurity largely caused the death of the businesses that denied farmers access to their farms, adding that inadequate access to affordable funds, high cost of doing business, inflation, and lack of access to local, regional and global markets, among others, were also factors. He spoke through Prof. Fisher…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has stated that banks should transfer funds in accounts that have been dormant for at least, 10 years into a trust fund account. The disclosure was contained in a recently released exposure draft of guidelines on the Management of Dormant Accounts, Unclaimed Balances and Other Financial Assets in Banks and Other Financial Institutions In Nigeria. In a circular signed by the Director of the Financial Policy and Regulation Department of CBN, Chibuzor Efobi, it stated that the development comes on the heels of a request by Deposit Money Banks and other stakeholders for the apex…
Amnesty International has decried what it describes as the utter failure of the Nigerian authorities to learn from the heartbreak of Chibok town in Borno State and, ultimately, to protect children. The non-governmental organisation made the assertion in a statement on Friday upon the backdrop of the ninth anniversary of Boko Haram’s abduction of 276 students from a girls’ secondary school in Chibok. At least 98 girls are reportedly still being held by Boko Haram and a slew of abductions have taken place since. Since the Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram, other schools have been targeted, with girls…
It’s all green as Captain Onone Ebi, Jennifer Echegini and Desire Oparanozie were all on target as the Super Falcons extended their winning run to three games following a 3-0 victory against New Zealand in a friendly encounter at the Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey on Tuesday. New Zealand dominated the early exchanges pinning the Super Falcons to their own half. The first chance of the game, however, fell to Nigeria but Esther Okoronkwo failed to direct Asisat Oshoala’s cross from a free-kick on target. Goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie produced a superb save to deny the Ferns on 20 minutes. Rasheed…
Protesters interrupted French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday as he gave a keynote speech about European sovereignty during a state visit to the Netherlands. The 45-year-old French leader has faced a series of protests and strikes in France against his pension reforms, with a new day of industrial action scheduled for Thursday. “Where is French democracy? When did we lose it?” shouted the demonstrators, who were in the audience in the Amare theatre in The Hague where Macron was starting his address, AFP journalists saw. Two female protesters held up a yellow banner saying “President of violence and hypocrisy” while…
House of Representatives committee has commenced investigation on “illegal sales” of crude oil by officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on missing oil. The committee, headed by Mark Gbillah commenced the investigation on Tuesday with an appearance by the Code of Conduct Bureau. It would be recalled that the green chamber had resolved to embark on the investigation following a motion moved by Isiaka Ibrahim. Ibrahim had alleged in his motion that the officials of the NNPC had sold 48 million barrels of oil in China but failed to remit the money into the federation account. The speaker…
Nigeria’s U-20 women’s team, the Falconets will begin preparations for the WAFU B Championship this week. The Falconets are among the seven teams that will participate in the inaugural edition of the competition. The Nigerian girls have been drawn in Group A with hosts Ghana, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire. The competition will run from May 20 to June 4. Niger Republic, Benin Republic and Togo are in Group B. Matches in the competition will be played at the Baba Yara Sports Complex and Kwame KyeI Sports Complex.