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…
MTN Nigeria has told its subscribers not to pay more than the amount printed on any of their recharge cards. The telecommunication’s Public Relations and Protocol Manager, Mr Funso Aina, said in a statement on Friday in Lagos that MTN…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has suspended its earlier directive on the implementation of cashless policy till further notice. The apex bank in a circular released on Friday, instructed banks to revert to old charges as deposit processing fee…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai a UN Messenger of Peace on Monday (April 10 2017) to promote girls education, more than four years after a Taliban gunman shot her in the head on her school…
…says Nigeria may lose over $2.1billion if excluded A non-governmental organization, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), has petitioned the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, requesting for the intervention of representation of Nigeria as an aggrieved party…
An estimated 325 million people are living with hepatitis B or C and few are aware of their condition, with death tolls from the viruses rising, the UN said Friday. The World Health Organization’s latest hepatitis report identifies the condition…
The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who fled the state at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency have returned home from Cameroon. Malam Abdullahi Umar, the Spokesman of the agency, said in…
Addressing climate change is a key priority for African countries as a region that is highly impacted and hence the need for urgent implementation of the various strategies at local, national and regional levels. The Eastern Africa is home to…
The President of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today welcomed the appointment of Achim Steiner as the Organization’s new Administrator. Mr Steiner’s nomination for UNDP Administrator was forwarded by Secretary-General António Guterres to the General Assembly,…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has banned the consumption of Coke, Sprite and Fanta at government functions in the state. The ban follows reports alleging that some soft drinks could be dangerous to health. The governor gave the…
