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CONTROVERSIAL Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, said on Monday that the current military onslaught on bandits in Zamfara State and other parts of the North-West would not yield the desired results. Gumi also warned against poor handling of the situation so that it would not go the way of the …

FIRS Affirms Position On VAT Collection: Maintain Status Quo Till Final Determination Of The Matter _Urges Taxpayers Not To Panic_ The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has urged taxpayers not to panic over the recent court ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt which dismissed its motion …

OHANAEZE Ndigbo has lashed at Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa from Bauchi State over comments credited to him that Ndigbo deserve deaths and elimination from Nigeria for harbouring IPOB members who he tagged as rebels, criminals and arsonists. Ohanaeze described Senator Bulkachuwa’s comments as a misguided attack on the South East people. …

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, a Fulani socio-cultural association, Monday urged the federal government to create a Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries “as obtainable in many African countries.” The association said this was in line with the recommendation of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Livestock Development in Nigeria 2015, the Report …

The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has given reasons why people in the South-East still adhere to the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) despite its suspension. According to Umahi, “it is a question of fear”. He stated this while speaking with State House correspondents on …

The Federal Government has said it is not correct for the Academic Staff Union of Universities to accuse it of failing to implement the agreement it signed with the union. It said there was a process through which decisions on such issues were taken and that process had not been …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa as the new Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, announced the appointment of Adetifa on Monday. Adetifa will take over from Chikwe Ihekweazu, who has been given an appointment at the World Health Organisation …

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi who paid a visit to the new Olu of Warri, Tsola Emiko was pictured bowing down for the monarch.

The Federal Government will recover millions of naira wrongly paid to 588 medical doctors across the country. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja. He explained that affected doctors wrongly benefitted from Medical Residency Training Fund meant …

THE President Muhammadu Buhari’s Government, through the Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, paid the sum of N2.63 billion to 10 different personal accounts between March and May 2021, daily payment data from the Open Treasury Portal (OTP) have revealed. Data obtained from the …