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Dr Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, the outgoing Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says a strong foundation has been laid for the Nigerian tax system, in spite of some challenges. Omoigui-Okauru, who said this at a media briefing on Friday i...
The ECOWAS Commission on Friday denounced the declaration of independence by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) for the North of Mali. The condemnation is contained in a statement by Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, the President of t...
The Senate Leader, Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba, says education is the only solution to the persistent security challenges facing the country. Ndoma-Egba, who said this in Calabar on Friday during his Scholarship Awards’ ceremony, said that with good e...
The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Enugu Distribution Zone, has embarked on an indefinite strike in the South-East to protest non-implementation of the 50 per cent salary increment approved by the federal government for workers in the power s...
Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted the proposed fourth tier system of government, otherwise known as the community government council by Governor Rochas Okorocha. During a public hearing of the proposed system of governm...
The State Security Service (SSS) has offered to train staff of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on intelligence gathering. Director-General of SSS, Mr. Ekpenyong Ita made this known in Abuja when he received the NOA director-general, M...
Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has reminensced on his resignation of the post of chairman Board of Trustees (BoT) of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and declared that he completed his mission in the party. Obasanjo therefore...
In what was described as abysmal failure and selfish interest, eight political parties in Delta State have dragged Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to Federal High Court in Asaba to explain his failure to conduct the council’s election and alleged with...
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), yesterday assured its members that the Union would petition the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Nigerian Bar Association’s (NBA) brutal assault and det...
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State, in his Easter message, has urged Christians to always forgive their offenders, even in the face of provocation . In a statement signed by his special adviser on Media and Public Affairs , Cletus Akway...
Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, yesterday inspected the Divisional Police Headquarters at Ukpor, Nnewi South, which was damaged during an attack by armed robbers. Governor Obi, who was conducted round the damaged station, by the Divisional Police Of...
In the wake of ethno-religious crises in the country, wife of the Vice President, Hajiya Amina Sambo, has tasked women on the need to ensure peaceful and harmonious co-existence. She spoke at the opening of the 3rd Biennial National Women Conference or...
Amidst protest by workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to the federal government over the sack of their principal officers, the Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji, has justified their sack, describing the protest that shut the e...
The last might not have been heard about the controversial Otokoto ritual killing in Owerri, Imo State in 1997, where 9- year-old Ikechukwu Okonkwo was brutally murdered by six suspects. The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, yesterday granted freedom ...
Pete Edochie was born 7 March 1947. A devout Catholic, he is considered one of Africa’s most talented actors, by both Movie Awards and Movie Magic’s Africa Magic Cable network. Although a seasoned administrator and broadcaster, he came into...