Day: October 18, 2021

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it will spend N11.36 billion on corporate dressing allowance and other administrative expenses on its 11, 300 staff in 2022. The FIRS, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the N11.36 billion “represents the estimate for key administrative expenses for the whole year that the Service…

  One person was injured on Monday following the inferno that engulfed a palm kernel factory worth over N10m in Ondo State. The palm kernel factory situated at the Industrial Park in Onyearugbulem junction, Akure, the state capital was said to have been razed by fire following a spark from the change-over box within the…

  After 13 years interregnum, Fiditi town in Oyo State, on Monday got a new king to fill their vacant stool as Oba Oyelere Oyewole Sakirudeen was officially installed and presented staff of office as Onifiditi of Fiditi by the Oyo state government. Speaking at the event which held at the Afijio Local Government Secretariat,…

  The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Monday, said the peace and tranquility enjoyed in Badagry and its environs was as a result of the spiritual support from the Olokun deity, adding that this year’s edition of Olokun Festival has the potentials of boosting the economy of Lagos state and also…

  A sixty-one year old estate agent based in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, Mr Sina Babarinde, was on Sunday morning reportedly shot to death by some yet to be identified gunmen during a church service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Living Word Parish, Basin Road, Ilorin. Vanguard reliably gathered that the…

The federal government has allocated the sum of N2. 3 billion in the 2022 budget, currently before the National Assembly, for the entitlements of former Presidents and military Heads of State. The beneficiaries include: Gens. Yakubu Gowon Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar, Chiefs Ernest Shonekan, and Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The…

  The Federal Government has filed an amended seven-count amended charge against the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The amended charge, which was filed by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, borders on treasonable felony and Kanu’s alleged involvement in acts of…

  Former Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State says he will honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission once he receives a letter to that effect. Obi said this in a statement on Monday titled, ‘I have not made any statement on EFCC’s invitation – Obi,’ signed by his Spokesman, Valentine Obienyem.…

  Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first Black secretary of state who saw his legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, has died of complications from Covid-19. He was 84. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family…

Female members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have insisted on having the Deputy Chairman (North). The women made the call during a meeting at the party’s secretariat in Abuja yesterday. Their demand comes days after the National Executive Committee of the party approved the recommendation of its committee to zone the position of national…

  AbdulRazaq accused Mohammed, a minister in the Muhammadu Buhari-led government of pocketing a huge amount of money donated to him (AbdulRazaq) by an undisclosed Igbo businessman towards his political campaign in 2019. he Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has accused the Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed of duping him of hundreds of…