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The Federal Inland Revenue Service has sealed off two oil services companies in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The affected firms, Cetco Oilfield Services Company, located in the Trans-Amadi area of the city, and Aquashield Oil and Marine Services Limited, according to the FIRS, have tax liabilities of N9.7m and N49m, respectively. A statement by the […]

President Muahmmadu Buhari has said that the era of free and easy money in the country had gone for good. Bahari made this known when he inaugurated road and drainage projects in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. He said, “As the people of the state are aware the change agenda was central issue […]

The Lagos State Government says Nigeria spends $11bn (N3.1tn) annually to import wheat, rice, sugar and fish. The government stated this  at a capacity building workshop for heads of agriculture department in the 57 local government and local council development areas of the state in Ikeja. At the event, organised by the Ministry of Local […]

The Federal Government has appointed 18 professional accounting firms to audit the revenues remitted by 33 of its parastatals and agencies. The Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, disclosed this during a meeting with the firms in Abuja to signal the commencement of the audit. Idris said the move was in line with […]

The nation’s power grid recorded 21 collapses in the first half of the year, industry data obtained by The Punch showed. The national grid completely collapsed 16 times in the first six months of the year, while five partial collapses were recorded in the period. In the whole of 2015 and 2014, the grid collapsed 10 […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sealed off the office of the First Group company, a real estate firm located on the 7th floor of the Bank of Industry building in the Central Business District, Abuja. The company was implicated in a phony real estate deal in which innocent Nigerians were duped to the tune […]

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has inaugurated its $2 million Engineering Research Centre at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN). The centre is part of gas giant’s $12 million University Support Programme (USP). So far, NLNG has inaugurated four laboratories in varsities. The based at the Ahmadu Bello University Multi-user Engineering Laboratory, the University of Ibadan Engineering […]

Minister of Interior, Lt Gen Dambazau with members of Centre for Crisis Communication CCCc C … Special Force of Police, NSCDC for Deployment to Liberated Communities As part of measures to stave off further attacks on farmlands as well as reduce incidences of cattle-rustling in some parts of the country, the federal government has concluded […]

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has appointed Tony Attah, as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. He takes over from Babs Omotowa, who has been in office since December 2011. In a statement signed by the NLNG General Manager, External Relations, Kudo Eresia-Eke, the company’s Board of Directors approved Attah’s appointment to replace […]Read More

This article takes a critical look at the motives for the Bring Back Our Girls Group which was founded by members of the All Progressives Congress to discredit the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan leading up to the 2015 elections.  by Jacob Dickson When former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan’s reaction to the intrigues that […]Read More

Reuben Abati writes on new UK Prime Minister Theresa May, and the politics of the Britain, as well as the hot topic of the week in Nigeria, the Dino Melaye and Remi Tinubu spat and the politics of Bourdillion.  ave you been to Bourdillon? Or rather I should ask when are you going to Bourdillon?” […]

A truck drove into a crowd at Bastille Day ceremonies late Thursday, July 14, 2016 in Nice, France, killing dozens of people, Regional President Christian Estrosi tweeted. French President Francois Hollande has called the attack “an act of terror”. Here’s what we know: • Regional president, Christian Estrosi tweeted, “It’s the worst tragedy in the history […]Read More