Day: May 24, 2021

Why Buhari Absent At Late COAS Attahiru’s Burial, Presidency Breaks Silence

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Presidency has on Monday speak on the absence of President Buhari at the Funeral Ceremony of Late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others in Abuja on Saturday, May 22nd. According to the Presidential Spokesperson, Lauretta Onochie, Buhari needed at least 48 hours clearance before he would depart Presidential Villa to any event. She wrote on her social media page;   READ ALSO: REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor Kaduna Crash: Co-Pilot Dies 2 Months After Wedding, Pilot weeks to…

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Too early to hike key interest rate from 11.5%, Experts caution Nigeria

Damilola Olonade

Nigeria records economic growth pick up first time in One Year as Oil, Factory Output Rise   Nigeria’s economic growth quickened in the first quarter as oil output started to recover and manufacturing production increased for the first time in a year. This, however, come with a caveat from experts who stated that despite the pickup in growth, it is still too early to increase the key interest rate from 11.5%. This same view was raised by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.   READ ALSO: Nigerian…

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TJNA strengthens anti-tax evasion struggle, joins Addis Tax Initiative

Adeola Yusuf

  Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) becomes the 25th member organisation of the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI). Both institutions officialised the membership deal   Tax Justice Network Africa has strengthened its fight against tax defaulters through a collaboratio  with the Addis Tax Initiative on domestic resource mobilisation and advance the Sustainable Development Goals. Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) becomes the 25th member organisation of the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI). Both institutions officialised the membership agreement this Wednesday, 19th May 2021. READ ALSO: Casualty Figure Uncertain as DR Congo Volcano Erupts, Thousands flee…

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Bridging Nigeria’s Housing Deficit through Mortgage, By Yemi Adefisan

Yemi Adefisan

In this piece, Group Chief Executive, Cititrust Holdings Plc., Yemi Adefisan, takes a beneath-the-surface look at Nigeria’s 22 million Housing Deficit with practical steps on how this can be fixed through Mortgage   With an estimated population of 198 million as at December 2018, and a housing deficit projected at between 17 and 22 million housing units, Nigeria’s private sector needs to participate actively and work with the government in tackling the deficit. While it is important for companies in the private sector to innovate and facilitate change within the…

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Meet Ajoke, A Consequential Matriarch of Muritala Muhammed Dynasty at 80

Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode

  This revealing article about the widow of Nigerian ex-military head of state, originally headlined “Ajoke Muhammed: A Consequential Matriarch at 80,” and sent to Platforms Africa, is written by Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode     Today, Sunday, May 23, 2021, Dr. Ajoke Murtala Muhammed the wife of the late Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, is 80 years old. She was born on May 23, 1941 and started her professional journey as a Dental Therapist before she married late Murtala in 1962 and they settled down into matrimonial life. On…

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