South-South states resolve to join Rivers, Lagos in VAT suit
Governors of South-South states, on Monday, resolved to join the suit currently before the Supreme Court over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT).
The VAT...
FG vs States: S’Court reserves judgement in N66bn court funding
The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the suit filed by the Attorneys-General of the 36 states querying the legality of the Presidential Executive...
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by global outage
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were hit with outage on Monday as users across the globe went offline.
The social media giant scrambled for hours to...
Google celebrates Nigeria’s Independence with a doodle
The largest search engine in the world, Google on Oct. 1, celebrated Nigeria’s 61st Independence Day anniversary with a doodle.
Google celebrated Nigeria on its...
Borno woman to spend 34 years in prison for N66m fraud
A woman, Dije Sale, has been convicted and sentenced to 34 years imprisonment before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri...
Troops foil terrorists attack on surrendered Boko Haram members
An attempted attack by the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a facility housing some surrendered Boko Haram members in Damboa,...
Customs intercepts N1.7bn worth of pangolin scales in Lagos
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 15 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 1,014.5kg with a Duty Paid Value of over N1.7 billion in...
Abducted AVM Smith regains freedom
AVM Sikiru Smith (rtd), who was kidnapped by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, has regained his freedom, the police said in Lagos on Saturday.
Police spokesman in Lagos...
Resident Doctors suspend 64-day strike for 6 weeks
Sixty-four days after it embarked on nationwide industrial action, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), on Monday, suspended the strike for six weeks.
The...
Nigeria needs $100bn annually to address infrastructure deficit – Emefiele
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has stated that the Federal Government needed about $100 billion annually to address...
