The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will have to conduct another national convention if the party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general election emerges from the North, Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the party, has said. The party zoned its national chairmanship position to the Northern part …
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Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, says the federal government will pay Nigerians transport allowance after removing fuel subsidy. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, Ahmed said fuel subsidy is costing the country resources that should have been used for education and health. She described fuel subsidy as …
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The Federal Government has raised the cost of both single-phase and three-phase electricity meters beginning from November 15, 2021. It announced this in a circular dated November 11, 2021, issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and addressed to managing directors, all electricity distribution companies and all meter asset providers. …
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The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, a renowned tax administrator has been elected by the 47 member countries of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA) as its 15th President for a three-year tenure, on November 12, 2021. The newly elected President of CATA …
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The Federal Government disbursed N58billion to Nigerians in the past two months under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT). Halima Shehu, National Coordinator, Household Uplifting Programme – Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP – CCT) made the disclosure on Thursday. Shehu spoke in Yola at the launch of a two-day stepdown training on …
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The federal government is to borrow N25.5bn ($62.1m) to construct 17MW hybrid solar power infrastructure for the National Assembly. The loan is part of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s N7.6trn external borrowing request approved by the Senate Wednesday. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Clifford …
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says majority of the revenue flowing into the nation’s treasury is generated from non-oil exports. Osinbajo said this on Thursday at the 51st annual international conference of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE) in Lagos. Represented by Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of science, technology and innovation, Osinbajo …
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Anambra State Governor-Elect, Chukwuma Soludo and Deputy Governor-Elect, Onyedikachukwu Ibezim have been presented with their respective Certificates of return today in Awka, by the National Chairman of INEC, Mahmoud Yakubu, represented by the INEC Federal Commissioner on Voter Education, Festus Okoye.
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Secretary Blinken’s Travel to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON NOVEMBER 11, 2021 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will visit Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal from November 15-20, underscoring the depth and breadth of our relationships with African partners. During the visit, the Secretary will advance …
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The United States Government has applauded the just-concluded Anambra State Governorship Election. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday from the US Mission in Nigeria. In it, the US government stated that the result of the poll reflected the will of the people. The statement read, “The United States …
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