Communities in Okrika local government area of Rivers State have requested licences from the federal government to operate a modular refinery in the area. They also urged security agencies to return stolen crude and petroleum products recovered from the area Read more
• Policy reveals N200m fake products in Ogun • Coalition urges speedy passage of anti-graft bills The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has urged whistleblowers to report the misconduct of policemen to the appropriate quarters.He made the call yesterday Read more
• Leaders decry trade deficit, untapped potential • Nigeria offers to lead change crusade The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has disclosed that there is no single African carrier among the 35 ship-owner countries which constitute about 95 per cent of Read more
As part of measures to mitigate the dwindling manpower of the police and meet the United Nations (UN) standard of effective policing in Nigeria, the Nigeria police, said it is poised to recruit about 155,000 policemen and women in the Read more
The Lagos State Government has instituted a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the collection of N50 stamp duty by the Federal Government on every N1,000 transaction within its territory without remittance to it. In the appeal filed by its Read more
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has advised Nigerians to focus on non-oil revenue growth, tax compliance and budget transparency to drive economic development in the country. The minister gave the advice on Friday during a Finance Ministers’ meeting Read more
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), Kano Zone, said it had rescued no fewer than 69 victims of human trafficking from January to date. The NAPTIP Zonal Commander in Kano, Mr Read more
• Dissolve PACAC, Sani urges Buhari • Group lauds suspension The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo-led presidential committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. David Babachir Lawal and Read more
The government of the state of Osun in a bold move to increase its internally generated revenue and recoup over N30bn tax owed by several organisation, has streamlined the Osun Internal Revenue Service, OIRS, with the reformation of the organizational Read more
A 75-year-old man died “peacefully” at his home in the US state of Oregon after his ex-wife led him to believe that President Donald Trump had been impeached. Michael Garland Elliott died earlier this month after Teresa Elliott, his ex-wife Read more