Oyo’s VAT revenue higher than total collection of 17 northern states •South West generates more VAT revenue than other 5 zones •North Central generates least revenue LAGOS, Oyo and Rivers states, with the highest Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue, subsidise the other 33 states with respect to VAT as the …
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Brain Drain: We’re Exporting Our Best Doctors – NMA President
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof Innocent Uja, has likened the way medical practitioners leave Nigeria to practise abroad to sitting on a time bomb. He therefore called on the Federal Government to do something urgent about the situation. This is just as the Joint Health Sector Union …
Read More »FG Bans 91 Billionaires, Pastors, VIPs’ Jets, Insists On ₦30 Billion Duty
•Top pastors, business moguls, banks and oil firms’ CEOs affected •NCAA, FAAN, NAMA get letter to ground affected planes •Aviation ministry, Customs on warpath over flight ban directive The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Customs Service to ground 91 private jets belonging to some wealthy Nigerians over their alleged …
Read More »APC Convention: Groups Plan To Remove Mai Mala Buni Before February 2022
With the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) now fixed for February 2022, forces against the continued stay of Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, as the National Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) chairman of the party, have intensified efforts to ensure he does not …
Read More »Residents Cry Out As Government Demolish Houses In FESTAC Phase 2
Residents Cry Out As Government Demolish Houses In Festac Phase 2 (Photos, Video) See video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytDRkVBO3ZE Some homeowners in Festac Phase 2 woke up to their houses being demolished on Sunday morning, 28th November 2021, Newsextra24 reports. This comes one day after an article announced that the Federal Housing …
Read More »Buhari: Agric Varsities Should Tackle Dependence On Imported Food
Nigeria agricultural policy is focused on achieving sustainable green policy. The President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd.), stated this on Saturday in Umuahia at the 10th convocation of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. He noted that Nigeria universities of agriculture “must play their crucial specialized role in catalysing …
Read More »Twitter Ban: FG Develops Code Of Conduct For Facebook, Instagram
The Federal Government has developed a code of conduct for all social media platforms in the country, Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment has disclosed. Speaking on Channels Television programme ‘Sunday Politics’ monitored by DAILY INDEPENDENT, Keyamo who is a member of a committee set up by …
Read More »Man Raises Concern Over Cracked Basement Pillar At The Lagos Airport (Photo
A man has raised concern over a pillar at the Lagos airport, IgbereTV reports. As seen in the photo he shared on Twitter, one of the pillars at the airport’s parking lot has a crack on it.
Read More »David Hundeyin Confronts Abike Dabiri-Erewa On Radio Over Death Of Itunu
David Hundeyin Criticise Abike Dabiri-Erewa On Radio Over Death Of Nigerian Woman, Itunu (Photos, Video) Journalist David Hundeyin and Abike Dabiri-Erewa got into a tense debate on radio during which David criticised the NIDCOM Chairperson, Newsextra24 reports. A video recorded during the interview shows Ms. Abike’s reaction when Hundeyin called …
Read More »Customers Outraged Over Excessive Bank Charges
Hidden and arbitrary charges are now the norm with Nigerian banks, which is giving them a not-so-pleasant reputation. These endless charges have almost become a necessary evil as customers now live with them; having been left without options. Bank customers in Abuja and other states who spoke with Daily Trust …
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