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Toyin Saraki has been appointed by WHO Foundation World Health Organization (WHO) as Inaugural Global Health Ambassador. Sharing the news on Facebook, Toyin Saraki wrote: I am delighted to announce that the World Health Organization Foundation has named me their Inaugural Global Health Ambassador. This is a natural progression of …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has commended the state’s civil servants for their dedication and commitment towards achieving the lofty goals of his administration, saying the state parades the best Civil service in the country. Dr Fayemi, who stressed the need for civil servants to urgently embrace digitalization of …

EFCC 2021 Financial Recoveries EFCC Recovers N153Bn, $386m; £1,182m, €156, 246; 1, 723,310 Saudi Riyal; 1,900 South African Rand and 1,400 Canadian Dollars between January and December, 2021. Recall the Commission under the leadership of Abdulrasheed Bawa also announced the conviction record of 2,220 for the period of January and …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu held a closed-door meeting with members of the Nigerian Association of Nurses and Midwives, Lagos State Council at the State House, Marina on Sunday evening. The meeting was called by the Governor to address the grievances of the nursing workforce in the State. At the end of …

The efforts of the Lagos State Government to avert the three-day warning strike declared by the nurses in the state proved abortive on Saturday as the angry workers walked out of the meeting called by the government towards addressing their concerns. The nurses, under the umbrella of the National Association …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the federal government’s introduction of N10/litre on all non-alcoholic, carbonated and sweetened beverages. Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, had announced the new tax on Wednesday. Ahmed said the new tax would raise revenue for health-related and other critical expenditures. …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Mortgage of Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). A Chartered Accountant and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Gbeleyi is a well-known financial expert who was once …

Clothing shops in Afghanistan’s western Herat province have begun removing the heads of display mannequins, in line with new directives given by the local office of the Taliban’s ministry for Islamic guidance. Obeidullah Yari, a local business community leader, told VOA on Monday that about 20% of the shops in …

At about 11 am, on Friday, November 12, 2021, there was a buzz among tax aficionados: Muhammad Nami, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) boss had been elected the President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA). He is the first Nigerian in the history of CATA to be …

In line with his administration’s commitment to Traffic Management and Transportation, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, assured Lagosians that the fourth quarter of this year’s completion time set for completion of the Red and Blue line rail projects in the State remains sacrosanct. He reiterated his government’s …