President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed an executive order aimed at increasing local production of healthcare products. The order removes tariffs, excise duties, and value-added tax (VAT) on imported pharmaceutical inputs, including active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), excipients, and other essential raw materials. This move is expected to reduce production costs and enhance the competitiveness of…
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has clarified that he is not fighting anybody but rather defending the State against predators and protecting supporters of the interest of Rivers State against those who feel they own the life of others. He made this assertion when he received a delegation of the Senate Committee on Privatisation…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have apprehended a syndicate of individuals impersonating State House staff in Abuja. The suspects are accused of engaging in criminal conspiracy, false representation, and an employment scam that defrauded victims of a total of N22,350,000 (Twenty-Two Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira). The suspects, identified…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered civil servants who fraudulently received salaries to refund the money. In his speech at the 2024 Civil Service Week award and gala night, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu emphasized the need for accountability and restitution. He commended the Head of the Civil Service for taking measures to address the issue…
The Honourable Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, and the Honourable Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, His Excellency Abdullahi Tijani Gwarzo, are poised to launch a landmark housing initiative. The groundbreaking ceremony marks the beginning of construction on 2,000 additional housing units across eight states in the South…
The Governor of Sokoto state, Ahmed Aliyu, has donated a sum of N100 million to support the victims affected by the recent fire outbreak at the well-known Kasuwar Mashin market in Sokoto. This donation is aimed at providing relief to the affected marketers who lost their goods and properties in the fire. The Governor’s donation…
The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) took decisive legal action on June 11, 2024, by arraigning Usman Mallam before Justice TG Ringim of the Federal High Court in Gombe. Mallam, identified as a desk officer responsible for managing official correspondences in the office of the Secretary to the State…
The ravaging effects of insecurity in northern Nigeria are well-known and well-documented. For decades, the region has grappled with a series of existential challenges, including cattle rustling, insurgency, and banditry. While cattle rustling has been subdued and insurgency defeated in large part, the menace of banditry keeps rearing its head like a demon, leaving tales…
The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition has summoned AGIP Oil Company to appear before it on June 26, to answer questions over an alleged N80 million debt owed to De Cooon Services Ltd. The House of Representatives Committee’s chairman, Michael Etaba, criticized AGIP for its non-payment and absence at the hearing, stating that…
Minister of Works David Umahi has provided an update on the agreement reached with Julius Berger to resume work on the Bodo-Bonny road. David Umahi noted that Julius Berger has shifted grounds on other road projects, including the Abuja-Kano road, Second Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan expressway, and Odukpani-Itu road in Cross River State. David Umahi expressed…
