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How economy may suffer under total border closure
‘Millions may be jobless over ill-timed policy’ • Action in nation’s best interest, says govt • There’s no hunger in Nigeria, says minister Stakeholders yesterday warned the Federal Government that the complete closure of the...
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Reducing Cost of Governance and Clamour for Unicameral National Assembly
Although the heavy cost of maintaining Nigeria’s 469 federal lawmakers has always been a source of concern, “sitting politicians’’ have joined in the campaign for the reduction of the number of federal legislators. In fact, one of the...
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PDP, APC in fresh fight ahead of Supreme Court’s ruling
With an appeal by the presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, awaiting determination at the Supreme Court, his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday intensified the fight to assert their...
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2020 budget: Entitlements of Obasanjo, IBB, Jonathan, entitlements to gulp N2.3 billion
Former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida and Goodluck Jonathan will receive a cumulative entitlements of N2.3 billion under the 2020 fiscal year. This is contained in the details of the 2020 Appropriation Bill presented to a joint...
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UK government sets date for first post-Brexit budget
Britain’s government is planning a first post-Brexit budget for November 6, one week after it expects the country to have left the European Union, finance minister Sajid Javid announced Monday.“This will be the first budget after leaving the...
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Sanusi sacks palace chief for welcoming Ganduje
The last may not have been heard of the feud between Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi 11 and Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the Emir on Saturday ordered the sack of Maja Siddin Sarkin Kano, Alhaji Auwalu, for participating in the grand reception...
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Recovered N1tr deployed for budgets, says Sagay
The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) yesterday said the N1 trillion recovered by various government agencies was all used to finance the 2017 and 2018 national budgets. The chairman, Prof. Itse Sagay, made the disclosure...
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Dino Melaye loses appeal as court orders re-election
Nigerian lawmaker Dino Melaye on Friday lost the appeal of a tribunal ruling that nullified his election as the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate. “I just lost my election at the Appeal Court and Fresh election...
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We Are Maintaining Zero-Tolerance For Corruption – CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad said the Supreme Court of Nigeria is ever ready for any eventuality and is also well prepared to keep the country together as one indivisible entity through effective and...
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Senate defends N125b budget for National Assembly
• Says hardwork justifies huge allocation The Senate yesterday justified the N125 billion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari as the National Assembly budget for the 2020 fiscal year. “The National Assembly has a lot of staff to take...
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Commission delists over 40,000 dormant registered companies for non-performance.
For non-performance, over 40,000 names of registered companies have been delisted from the nation’s registration records in the last two years by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).CAC said: “We have succeeded to clean up our registration...
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Senate reintroduces bill for NASS budget office
The Senate on Thursday reintroduced a Bill seeking to establish the National Assembly Budget and Research Office (NABRO). The Bill, which was passed by the 8th Senate on May 3, 2019 failed to receive assent of President Muhammadu...
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Lawmakers urge Buhari to intervene in Enugu airport repairs
Group slams FG for delaying job 46 days after closure The House of Representatives yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the immediate repair of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. Adopting a motion under matters of...
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Senate considers five-year jail term for lecturers over sexual assault
NILAG, UI move to tackle menace, Kano poly disowns teacher The Senate yesterday revisited the sexual harassment bill sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central) and passed by the Eighth Senate. It specifies a five-year jail term for...
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Police to recruit 10,000 constables annually
The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Dingyadi, has said 10,000 constables will be recruited yearly into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Dingyadi, who spoke on Wednesday during his maiden visit to the Inspector General of Police...
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Buhari inaugurates economic team, urges reliable data
• Promises inclusive administration, receives Tor Tiv President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday inaugurated members of the newly constituted Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) with a charge for reliable data that truly reflect the...
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Budget 2020: 10 Food Items Exempted From VAT
The Value Added Tax (VAT) Act in Nigeria exempts pharmaceuticals, educational items, and basic commodities. President muhammadu while presenting the 2020 budget at the National Assembly on Tuesday, stated that VAT exemptions are expanding under...
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The Quick Figures From 2020 Budget Proposal
An overview of President Buhari’s Proposed 2020 budget President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented the budget for the 2020 fiscal year to the joint session of the National Assembly. The budget...
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Why Buhari’s N10.33 trillion budget drew knocks, kudos
• President presents fiscal plan to N’ Assembly • Introduces finance bill to consolidate VAT increase • Fiscal proposal will increase poverty, say PDP, CUPP • Experts warn of worsening debt profile, bankruptcy Some analysts...
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Buhari presents N10.72 trillion for 2020 budget
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday formally presented N10.729 trillion for the 2020 fiscal year before a joint session of the National Assembly. Buhari said the 2020 budget is based on the proposed new VAT rate. The increased revenues...
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Buhari presents N11tr 2020 budget to National Assembly today
President Muhammadu Buhari will today present an appropriation bill of N10.729 trillion for the 2020 fiscal year before a joint session of the National Assembly.The Guardian learnt that the extraordinary Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided...
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Prepare for prolonged strike, union tells Nigerians
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday urged the nation’s workers and the citizenry to brace up for a prolonged nationwide strike as the ultimatum it issued to the Federal Government to implement the N30,000 new minimum wage has...
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Court seizes N315 million, hotel from NIMASA ex-DG, Invictus
Federal High Court, Lagos The Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday ordered the forfeiture of N280,555,010.65 “warehoused” in the bank accounts of Invictus Oil and Gas Limited and Invictus Investment Limited.The Economic...
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Few Nigerians control collective wealth, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday decried the distribution of wealth among Nigerians, lamenting that a significant proportion of the nation’s prosperity is concentrated in the hands of a few people, causing the migratory and security trends in...
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$9.6b judgment: CCB gets petition against ex-CJN Belgore
THE Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has received a petition on former Chief of Justice of Nigeria Alfa Belgore. Belgore was accused of testifying against the country in favour of Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), which secured a $9.6b...
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NASS on lockdown as Buhari presents 2020 budget
Security in and around the National Assembly Complex had been tightened ahead of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari for the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. Men of the Department of State Services, Nigerian Police Force,...
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Way out of economic crisis, by Dangote, Sanusi, others
PROMINENT Nigerians — economists, bankers, top industrialists and others yesterday listed the way out of the economic crisis. President Muhammadu Buhari urged them to proffer home-grown solutions. They spoke at the 25th edition of the...
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FG redeploys 254 senior officials, Senate begins agencies merger
The Federal Government has approved mass redeployment of senior government officials across ministries, departments and agencies in a move aimed at repositioning the civil service for efficient service delivery. A total of 254 top government...
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Ekiti releases results of teachers’ qualifying examination
The Ekiti State Government has said that it has released the results of the qualifying examination for candidates seeking employment as teachers in its public primary schools. The State Universal Basic Education Board announced the results in a...
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Confusion over customs’ clampdown on auto dealers
$8 billion market threatened • Anxiety over prices of vehicles The nation’s automobile industry is currently in the grip of confusion as the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) begins a major clampdown on car dealers in search of smuggled...
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Missing N35m: JAMB Officials Tried to Bribe Auditor, Says Witness
A witness, Patrick Obilo has revealed how two Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) officials tried to prevent an auditor from carrying out a financial audit of JAMB Makurdi zonal office by offering him a bribe. Obilo told the court...
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SUBEB frozen accounts: We’re not behind petitions to EFCC- Contractors
Contactors operating with the Ekiti State government have denied the allegation that they were behind the secret petition leading to the freezing of the operational accounts of the State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB). The group under the...
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NIPOST issues 200,000 stamps to celebrate India’s Mahatma Gandhi
The Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is issuing out 200,000 commemorative stamps to mark the 150th birthday of India’s peacemaker and nationalist, Mahatma Gandhi. NIPOST’s Postmaster General/Chief Executive Officer, Bisi Adegbuyi, disclosed...
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EFCC arrests four INEC officials over alleged diversion of N84.7m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Sokoto Zonal Office, has arrested four officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for alleged diversion of over N84.6 million for ad Hoc staff allowances. This was...
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Johnson prepares to unveil ‘final’ Brexit offer
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will submit “final” proposals for a new Brexit agreement on Wednesday, officials said, warning that if the European Union did not engage with them, Britain would leave the bloc this month with no divorce deal.Johnson...
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Police deploy 3,000 as tribunal rules on Kano guber poll today
The police have deployed 3,000 operatives to strengthen security in Kano State as the governorship election petitions tribunal delivers its judgment today.The Guardian yesterday observed an uneasy calm within the Kano metropolis while at the Kano...
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N2.1bn fraud: DSS to hand over Maina to EFCC for prosecution this week
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is expected to take over custody of the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, from the Department of State Services, this week. Maina, who had been on the wanted...
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Cashless policy implementation may hurt MSMEs, says MAN
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has said the implementation of the cashless policy may have negative impact on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The association gave the position in a statement released in Lagos on Monday...
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Governors, others see hope in Nigeria’s troubled nationhood
CAN defends visit to vice president The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) yesterday demanded that the Federal Government should brief Nigerians on the reasons for stripping Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of some of his statutory...
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Nigeria Re-Elected Into ICAO Council
Nigeria has been re-elected as a Part-II member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, for a new three-year term. The Federal Government disclosed this in a statement on Saturday by Mr James Odaudu, the Director of...
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We should set time for budget submission, passage as do US, others —Lawan
President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, on Friday, underscored the need to have a budget reform that will include a law on timeliness in budget passing. Lawan made the call at business meeting of the Institute of Directors’ Annual Conference...
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N90bn poll cash: Osinbajo can waive his immunity, says lawyer
A senior lawyer, Prince Ajibola Oluyede has said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has the constitutional right to waive his immunity. He said the immunity under Section 308 of the Constitution was a personal right which can be suspended by the...
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Nigeria Loses Five Trillion Yearly To Oil Theft, Reps Lament
The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to ascertain the quantity of oil stolen on a daily basis and the people responsible for the theft within the country. The Reps decision followed the adoption of a motion on...
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Fed Govt to reconstitute minimum wage panel
The Federal Government is to reconstitute its team on the Joint Public Sector Negotiating Council (JPSNC) on the implementation of the new minimum wage. It was learnt that the team, headed by former Head of the Civil Service of the...
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Sowore wants DSS boss jailed for flouting release order
The convener of #RevolutionNow protest and former presidential candidate, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday, commenced a contempt suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, for allegedly disobeying the...
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Nigeria Launches Integrated SDGs Model Report In New York
Nigeria Integrated SGDs Model Report was on Tuesday launched at the United Nations building, New York. The report, titled: Achieving the SDGs in Nigeria: Pathways and Policy Options had top government officials in attendance. President...
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Jeremy Corbyn asks Boris Johnson to resign after Supreme Court verdict
The United Kingdom’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after the Supreme Court ruled that Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending parliament in the run-up to Brexit. The ruling is a major blow to...
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World Bank, IFC pledge support to bridge infrastructure gap in Nigeria
The World Bank Group and the International Finance Corporation, have promised to continue to support Nigeria in bridging its infrastructure gap. Both organisations said this in a statement issued by the World Bank’s Senior...
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