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LCCI advises FIRS to deepen tech adoption

12.11.2024

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the Federal Inland Revenue Service to boost its technology adoption to enhance its operations. Speaking during the FIRS Special Day at the Lagos International Trade Fair themed ‘Connecting Businesses, Creating Value’, the LCCI President, Gabriel Idahosa, said targeted outreach, especially within the informal sector, could foster...

Probe alleged illegal demolitions in Abuja, REDAN tells Wike

12.11.2024

The Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria has called on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to clear his name and urgently set up a panel of enquiry into the alleged illegal demolitions in Sabon Lugbe, Abuja. In a statement, the association raised concerns about the recent allegations from various quarters against...

Building collapse cases rise to 635 – Report

12.11.2024

The Building Collapse Prevention Guild has said that Nigeria witnessed 635 building collapse cases between 1974 and November 5, 2024. It disclosed this in its latest report, stating that Lagos State had recorded the highest cases with over 351 buildings caving in the last 50 years. The report showed that the 351 collapsed buildings in...

S’South Wins 2024 NILDS National Quiz Competition On Legislature, Democracy

12.11.2024

…program aims to deepen knowledge on democracy- Prof. Sulaiman The Enitona High School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, won the 2024 National Quiz Competition, organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), at its permanent site in the nation’s capital, Abuja. This was as the Director General of the Institute, Professor...

Boat Drivers Lament Piracy Along Abuloma-Kalioama Waterway

12.11.2024

Boat drivers and passengers plying Abuloma jetty to Kalio-Ama in Okrika Local Government have decried the rising level of piracy along the waterway, lamenting that pirates have made life unbearable for them. Some of the boat drivers claimed that the level of piracy on the route has drastically affected their operations because only a few...

Let’s Give Local Contractors A Chance, Lawmakers Tell FG

12.11.2024

Senators and members of the House of Representatives on Monday urged the executive to include local contractors in the country’s construction sector, saying it would help stimulate economic growth and foster sustainable national development. The lawmakers made this call at a summit organised by the National Assembly’s Committee on Works in partnership with Optimum Horizon...

LFT, Others Form Shipping Alliance Services At Lekki Port

12.11.2024

Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (LPLEL), Lekki Freeport Terminal (LFP) and the Lagos Free Zone (LFZ) have launched the COSCO, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and ZIM alliance services at Lekki Deep Sea Port. The launch of the services was signalled by the arrival of the E A Centaurus with an overall length of 277m and...

Delta EXCO Approves N936bn Proposed Budget For 2025

12.11.2024

The Delta State Executive Council (EXCO), on Monday, approved a proposed budget of N936 billion for the 2025 fiscal year. Briefing newsmen after the Exco meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, the State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Mr Sonny Ekedayen, said the proposed budget comprised N587.4 billion, representing 62.75 per cent for Capital Expenditure,...

Court Upholds Osun Govt’s White Paper

12.11.2024

Justice Segun Agboola of an Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, on Monday, dismissed the suit filed against Governor Ademola Adeleke and the Osun State government over the Ikirun royal Matter. The suit was filed by Chief Rasheed Diekola Toogun (Odofin of Ikirun) Chief Atoyebi Oluwole (Ojomu of Ikirun) Chief Raheem Okunola (Jagun of...

Osun PDP To APC: Stop Using COAS’ Death To Play Your ‘Usual Irresponsible Politics’

12.11.2024

The Osun State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC) for its immoral act of using the unfortunate loss of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), to play its usual irresponsible politics. This was as they said the party has become so...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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