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The southeast Governors Forum (SEGF) has promised to provide the Federal Government details of its joint security programme at the appropriate time. Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi, the Chairman of the forum, disclosed this on Sunday in Enugu while briefing newsmen after a meeting. Umahi said that the forum had on July 28, 2019, formed the South East Joint Security Forum and inaugurated a committee to work out the modalities on Aug. 31, the same year. He said the forum had been briefed by the committee and was satisfied with the progress so far made in that regard. “We took…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Department For International Development, DFID, Financial Conduct Authority, FCA and the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC have agreed to collaborate to develope the Fintech space in Nigeria. Speaking when she received officials of both organisations in Abuja weekend, Acting Director General of SEC, Ms. Mary Uduk said SEC was enthusiastic about the collaboration as it would encourage responsible use of new technologies and digital finance in the capital market, influence increased international participation & cooperation, and also provide investors with more choices in the Nigerian Capital Market. She said SEC is looking to adopt regulatory and…
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured researchers and eggheads at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) that the Federal Government would need their expertise in the preparation of a long-term national development plan that would begin next year. Agba gave the assurance at an interactive session with the Director-General of NISER, Dr Folarin Gbadebo-Smith, and top management staff members during his official visit to the institute in Ibadan, at the weekend. NISER is a parastatal under the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, which has been saddled with the…
ADO-EKITI – Residents of Ado Ekiti were on Saturday shocked as an Explosive Ordinance Device rocked the state capital. The scene of the explosion was the EOD office of the Nigeria Police Headquarters located on the Old Governor’s Road. Confirming the development to CHANNELS TV, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Amba Asuquo linked the explosion to some bomb detection devices kept in the area which may have exploded by a technical occurrence. Gov Fayemi at the scene of the explosion. Photo by: Channels TV “These demolition accessories, in case there’s a bomb blast and they want to rescue…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Nigeria stands at the threshold of a new, transparent, accountable and fair tax regime in which those who make more from the system pay a more equitable share of their income as a tax towards the public good. This was the position of tax experts on the second day of the Federal Inland Service FIRS Management Retreat in Abuja. According to them, the move is targeted at lifting about 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years as envisioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement by the FIRS Director of Communication, Abdullahi…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, has put a lie to the persistent claim by the immediate past administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, that it built a modern Oyo State. He stated that the claim was unjustifiable bogus, noting, however, that his government was determined to lift the state out of the mess left behind by the previous administration. The governor, who was speaking at the sensitization programme on the new waste management system in the state, said his administration inherited a decayed system in the governance of Oyo State in May 2019. A statement by…
Oba Kayode Adenekan Afolabi has been crowned ad the new Alapomu (King) of Apomu. He was crowned on Friday, February 7, 2020, by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, who described Apomu as a very important part of Yorubaland with Ile-Ife as its source. Ooni said, “This town remains a very important part of the Oduduwa’s territory, not only because it’s a direct creation of Ife-Ife but also for the strategic roles Apomu played in the past. Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and the Alapomu of Apomu, Oba Kayode Afolabi As special guests of honour were Alaafin of…
Ema Edosio’s well-traveled debut Kasala! is now on Netflix. The comedy has played in several film festivals home and abroad and is one of several amazing Nollywood films to have gone unnoticed because of the industry’s distribution challenges. Initially rejected by cinemas, this criminally underseen movie was finally accepted in December 2018. Unfortunately, the showtimes were unfair and higher budget blockbusters overshadowed it. This is the first time the film will be available to viewers worldwide. Kasala!, set in a Lagos slum, follows Tunji, a fast-talking teenager, and his friends Chikodi, Abraham, and Effiong as they go on a joyride…
An Army corporal has killed a Mobile Police Officer with an Anti-Aircraft Gun (AAG) after an altercation at Makara Area of Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA), in Borno State. The unnamed Army corporal extra-judicially killed Sergeant Rowland Tafida who was among the MOPOL Special Forces Team deployed to Gwoza last August, on counter-insurgency operations. According to PRNigeria, the late Police officer would have completed his six months of anti-terrorism operation on February 8, 2020. It was also learned that Mr. Rowland, a father of two young girls, had already planned to depart Borno this coming Saturday before he was ‘callously’…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Nigeria is said to be losing about $10 billion of tax through illicit profit shifting by multinational corporations operating in the country according to Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Mr Muhammad Nani. The Executive Chairman who disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at the start of the Service’s 2020 Management Retreat held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel said the amount would have been applied to critical infrastructure development by the three tiers of government. Quoting the African Union Illicit Financial Flow Report, Nami said: “Africa is losing $50 billion through profit shifting…