Month: June 2024

CRD Lugbe Demolition: Again, Distressed Residents Cry Out To Tinubu, FCT Minister Against River Park

ADEOLA YUSUF

Distressed residents and property owners in Committee on Resettlement and Development (CRD) Layout, in Lugbe, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have sent a passionate appeal to President Bola Tinubu and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to save them from the continued harassment and demolition of their homes and properties by the developer of the River Park Estate, Paul Odili. Odili, a well known land grabber in the FCT, who is also known as Paulo, has been working in connivance with some officials of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) to…

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Tax Reforms Panel Proposes 1% ‘Cost Of Collection’ For Customs, FIRS, NPA, Others

ADEOLA YUSUF

Should the Federal Government approve the slash in the cost of collection proposal by the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Committee, all revenue generating agencies will henceforth earn one per cent on the revenue they generate. The agencies that will be affected most are: the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), which receives four per cent as cost of collection; Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seven per cent and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) five per cent. Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform Committee, Mr. Taiwo…

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Deputy Commissioner Of Police Slumps, Dies

ADEOLA YUSUF

A Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abubakar Guri, the DC in office of COMPOL MOPOL, Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday slumped and gave up the ghost. Sources said the late DCP, who was in uniform, slumped on his seat in his office and was quickly taken to the clinic inside Police headquarters for medical assistance, where he was confirmed dead. READ ALSO: Japa: Germany Has Jobs, Visas For Skilled Nigerians; 10 Things To Know Tinubu, On Wike’s Recommendation, Names Abuja Expressway After Wole Soyinka Nigerian Govt To Commission Nedogas 300…

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Japa: Germany Has Jobs, Visas For Skilled Nigerians; 10 Things To Know

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Government of Germany has introduced the ‘Opportunity Card,’ a new initiative aimed at attracting skilled workers from non-European Union (EU) countries. Here are 10 things to know about the portal and the opportunities therein for Nigerians. 1. Nigeria is featured prominently as one of the non-European Union (EU) countries where citizens are qualified to apply. The portal where applicants were asked to apply showed Nigeria as one of the countries of residence of intending applicants. READ ALSO: Woman Diagnosed With Rare Condition That Makes Her Appear Drunk 2. The…

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Tinubu, On Wike’s Recommendation, Names Abuja Expressway After Wole Soyinka

ADEOLA YUSUF

In celebration of his first year in office, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, approved the naming of the full-scope Arterial road N20 from Northern Parkway to the Outer Northern Expressway (otherwise called the Murtala Mohammed Expressway), as the Wole Soyinka Way. Prof Soyinka, a Nobel Laureate, is one of the staunchest supporters of President Tinubu and his administration. However, Tinubu said the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, recommended Soyinka for the honour. The president made the disclosure during his address at the inauguration of the road in Abuja on…

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All States Can Afford To Pay Minimum Wage — Falana

ADEOLA YUSUF

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that all 36 states in Nigeria can afford to pay minimum wage following the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy. “There is no state in Nigeria today that cannot pay more than the minimum wage because the government removed fuel subsidy last year and President Tinubu told Nigerians that the money made from that policy will be used,” Falana stated this in an interview on Channels TV’s The Morning Brief. “Any state government or employer of labour that does not pay the national…

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Nigerian Govt To Commission Nedogas 300 MMscfd Kwale Gas Gathering Facility

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nedogas Development Company Limited (NDCL), a Joint Venture company between Xenergi Limited and NCDMB Capacity Development Intervention Company, has in collaboration with the NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company (NGIC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, successfully completed the construction and technical commissioning of a 300 MMscfd Capacity Kwale Gas Gathering (KGG) and injection facility located in the Umusam Community, near Kwale in Delta State, Niger-Delta, Nigeria. The formal commissioning ceremony of the facility will be performed by the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt.…

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Labour Suspends Strike For Five Days

ADEOLA YUSUF

“Not yet uhuru,” what President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, wants Nigerians to know about the latest on industrial action Organised Labour has suspended its nationwide strike for five days to give room for uninterrupted meeting with the tripartite committee on the new national minimum wage. The President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, disclosed development this to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. Osifo spoke after the organs of Organised Labour met in Abuja on Tuesday following a position presented to it by the Federal Government team…

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Organised Labour Suspends Strike

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their industrial action – over a lack of consensus on a new minimum wage and the hike in electricity tariff – for about one week. The TUC president Festus Osifo said this on Tuesday in Abuja after a joint extraordinary national executive council meeting of the unions. A communique will be issued shortly, the labour chief said. Both unions downed tools on Monday to register their grievances over the hike in electricity tariff and lack of consensus…

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I Inherited 80% Infrastructural Deficit – Osun Gov

ADEOLA YUSUF

Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke said he inherited more than 80 per cent infrastructural deficit from the immediate past administration of the state. Adeleke disclosed this at a programme organised by the Osun Development Association in Lagos on Sunday. The theme of the programme was, ‘A Celebration of Founding Members, Inauguration of Council of Elders, Induction of New Members and Thought Leadership.’ Adeleke, represented by the Group Managing Director, of Odua Investment Company Limited, Lai Orilowo said that he worked assiduously to solve the problem, adding that the positive results…

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