Media mogul Mo Abudu and the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have been included in Forbes’ annual 100 Most Powerful Women in the World list. EbonyLife Media Founder Abudu ranked 97th while Okonjo-Iweala came in 89th position Read more…
Environmental experts including, researchers, farmers and Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, and medical practitioners have called on the Federal Government, FG, to place a ban on Genetically Modified Organisms, GMOs, following their health, environmental and economic hazards. They also urged the Read more…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N1.727 trillion, being November 2024 Federation Accounts Revenue to the Federal, States and the Local Governments. The revenue was shared at the December 2024 meeting of the Federation Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze Anambra State Markets Evangelism Coordinators Committee (ANSMECC), a group saddled with the responsibility of Cordinating evangelism and prayer in major markets in the State has elevated the President General, Building Materials International Market (BMIM) Ogidi, Chief Jude Read more…
President Bola Tinubu will present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly on Tuesday, December 17, 2024. The announcement was made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the Thursday plenary on the floor of the Senate. “The president has Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Anambra State Director of National Orientation Agency,(NOA) Mr Edozie Ajaegbu, said the new tax reform bills of the federal government were designed to reduce companies income tax from 30 percent to 25 percent in the country. Mr Read more…
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has strongly opposed President Bola Tinubu’s contentious tax reform bills, which are currently before the National Assembly for consideration, citing alleged constitutional breaches. In a comprehensive nine-page memorandum obtained by Economic Confidential, Read more…
Hoodlums, Fire Outbreak By Uzo Ugwunze The Caretaker Committee Nkpor Main Market led by Chief Paul Okafor (Ugochimereze) has installed 22 Solar powered Street Lights around the market and also embarked on serious security measures to secure the market from Read more…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) Sokoto State chapter has called on President Bola Tinubu to suspend the reform bills currently before the National Assembly as a matter of national interest. In a statement signed by its coordinator in Sokoto, Read more…
As crisis along regional lines looms over President Bola Tinubu’s four tax reform bills before the National Assembly, some northern leaders have changed strategy to ensure that the North was not hurt by the reform. With some northern lawmakers locked Read more…
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association has concluded arrangements with the Dangote Petroleum Refinery to directly lift petroleum products for distribution to depots and retail outlets of PETROAN members nationwide. PETROAN announced this on Saturday as the Port Harcourt Read more…
The Senate on Thursday clarified its stance on the proposed tax legislation, the Tax Reforms Bills, declaring that it has not suspended action on them. Leader of the Senate, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, expressed strong reservations about media reports suggesting that Read more…