Month: August 2023

Meet 400L Student In Tinubu’s Presidential Tax Reforms Committee

ADEOLA YUSUF

A 400-level Economics student at the University of Ibadan, Orire Agbaje, has been appointed to the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms. The committee was inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday. Agbaje is a highly accomplished student with a strong interest in tax policy and will be working closely with Taiwo Oyedele Oyedele, a former Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), who was named chairman of the committee. She is the President of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club and holds an Association of…

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Niger Coup Plotters Name Former Economist As New Prime Minister

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nearly two weeks after the military took over power in Niger, the coup plotters have named former economy minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the country’s new prime minister. A spokesman for the military junta made the announcement on television late on Monday night. Lamine Zeine was formerly the minister of economy and finance for several years in the cabinet of then-president Mamadou Tandja, who was ousted in 2010, and most recently worked as an economist for the African Development Bank in Chad, according to a Nigerien media report. READ…

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Naira Drops Against Dollar At Investors, Exporters Window

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Naira on Monday depreciated against the dollar, exchanging at N774.78 at the Investors and Exporters window. The Naira lost by 4.27 per cent when compared with N743.07 for which it exchanged for the dollar after the close of business on Aug. 4. The open indicative rate closed at N771.64 to the dollar on Monday. READ ALSO: Callous, Unfair; Lagos Muslims Reject Sanwo-Olu’s Commissioner List Nigerian Govt Paid N36bn For Electricity Subsidy In 3 Months – NERC I Apologise- Super Falcons’ Oparanozie On Penalty, Team’s Losses To England A spot…

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Callous, Unfair; Lagos Muslims Reject Sanwo-Olu’s Commissioner List

ADEOLA YUSUF

  . Over 30 Islamic groups, leaders petition lawmakers, say 8 Muslims to 31 Christians on the list of 39 shows oppression, insensitivity, pathological hatred   The Lagos Muslims community has rejected the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s commissioners list, declaring that the 8 number of Muslims to 31 number of Christians on the list of 39 men and women shows oppression, pathological hatred, callousness. Insensitivity, and unfairness. Rising under the auspices of the Joint Muslims Forum (JMF), an umbrella of over 30 Muslim groups, the community, at an international press conference…

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Nigerian Govt Paid N36bn For Electricity Subsidy In 3 Months – NERC

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) has said the federal government paid the sum of N36bn to subsidise electricity consumption in the first quarter of 2023. In its quarterly report, NERC said the money amounted to the payment of N12bn monthly which was paid to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET). With the NBET charged with the collection of revenues due to generation companies and the Transmission Company of Nigeria from the DisCos, the sum of N141.5bn was paid to the NBET from the N209.2bn invoice given to the DisCos.…

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I Apologise- Super Falcons’ Oparanozie On Penalty, Team’s Losses To England

ADEOLA YUSUF

Super Falcons forward, Desire Oparanozie, has apologised for not being able to convert her penalty into a goal. Following the team’s defeat to England via penalty shootout in the Round of 16 on Monday morning, Oparanozie shared a picture of herself in tears on her Instagram account and apologised to Nigerians. READ ALSO: Gov Bago Appoints 26 Special Advisers EKEDC Partners Elektron Energy On 30MW Embedded IPP In Lagos We Gave England Run For Their Money At Woman’s W’Cup – Tinubu NCS Announces Closure Of All Borders With Niger Republic…

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Gov Bago Appoints 26 Special Advisers

ADEOLA YUSUF

MINNA: The Governor of Niger State, Rt. Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago has one Monday approved the appointment of 26 more Special Advisers (SAs) They are: Alh. Mohammed Nma Kolo, S .A on Political Matters, Hon. Mohammed Bello Mariga, S.A on Legislative Matters, Barr. Manko Bagudu S.A on Legal Matters/Government House Counsel, Alh. Mohammed Nda S.A on Economic Matters, Mall. Isah Audu S.A on Public Service Matters, Com. Adams Mohammed Erena, S.A on Labour Matters, Dr. Isah Adamu S.A on Governance and Reform, Hon. Abdulmalik Usman Dakachi, S.A on Traditional Institutions.…

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EKEDC Partners Elektron Energy On 30MW Embedded IPP In Lagos

ADEOLA YUSUF

The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC, and Elektron Energy has unveiled 30 megawatts embedded independent power plant to boost electricity supply within Victoria Island in Lagos. This came as the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, commended the companies for the bold step to provide uninterrupted power supply in the state. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony for the power plant in Victoria Island, the Chairman, EKEDC, Mr. Oritsedere Otubu, said the project would enable more power supply to Lagos at cost reflective tariff. According to him, “Currently, the…

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We Gave England Run For Their Money At Woman’s W’Cup – Tinubu

ADEOLA YUSUF

“The match wasn’t easy for England, and, so we will be waiting to receive them (super Falcons).”   Wife of Nigeria’spresident, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has said that the Super Falcons gave England’s side a run for their money after the Women’s World Cup defeat. Platforms Africa reports that England defeated Nigeria 4-2 on penalties in Brisbane on Monday. READ ALSO BREAKING: ECOWAS Fixes Fresh Meeting Over Niger for Aug. 10 Elevator Tragedy: Lagos Sacks Facility Managers, Suspends Agency GM PROCRASTINATION: People That Procrastinate Are In Danger Of High Levels Of…

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BREAKING: ECOWAS Fixes Fresh Meeting Over Niger for Aug. 10

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian President, and chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Bola Tinubu has convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority on the political situation in the Republic of Niger.m, Platforms Africa reports. “The Summit will hold in Abuja, on Thursday, August 10, 2023,” a statement published on the website of the West African regional bloc said on Monday. “The ECOWAS Leaders will be considering and discussing the political situation and recent developments in Niger during the Summit.”…

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