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The battle for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the chairmanship of the party has swung back in favor of the Independent National Electoral Commission-recognized candidate, Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji and Chief Jude Okeke. This is following the landmark ruling of the High Court of Owerri today which struck out […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to submit receipts of the tax payments made by MTN to the agency for 2007 and between 2010 and 2017. The request comes as the committee observed during its interaction with the agency on Wednesday that MTN is indebted to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja said Nigeria lost an estimated $50billion worth of investments in 10 years. This, according to him, was a result of the uncertainty of the non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), lack of progress and stagnation in the petroleum industry. In his remarks at a ceremony on passage […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a committee to immediately commence the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The steering committee, which has 12 months duration for the assignment, is headed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. President Buhari gave the approval on Wednesday while giving a remark on the Act […]
Recently evicted Big Brother Naija housemate, Princess Francis has debunked reports that she got a car gift from her fans after her eviction from the show. The reality star debunked the report in a post on her Instagram page on Tuesday, describing it as fake news. After her exit from Big Brother’s house on Sunday […]
Governor of Imo State Hope Uzodinma has said that the signing of the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 into law will help to regulate environmental hazards such as oil spillage. “All the hazards that follow the production of oil, mostly environmental hazards, are as a result of the absence of regulatory environments,” he said on Channels TV’s […]
The 36 states of the country have filed a suit at the Supreme Court against the Federal Government on the status of recovered funds and failure to remit same to the federation account. Through their Attorneys-General, who are listed as plaintiffs in the suit, the 36 states instituted the action against the Attorney General of […]
The abductors of the students and staff of the College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Bakura in Zamfara State are demanding N350 million for their release. The provost of the college Habibu Mainasara confirmed this to Channels Television on Tuesday. He said a total of 20 people were abducted, including 15 students, 4 staff, and […]
The Deputy Governor, Corporate Services Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Edward Adamu, has attributed the depreciation in the value of the naira to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, newsmen report. Adamu stated this at an interactive session with the House Committee on Finance on the 2022-2024 Medium-Term […]
Tammy Abraham has completed his move to Serie A side AS Roma for a fee of £34m and will now work with former Chelsea coach, Jose Mourinho. Abraham was not able to hold down a starting position after Chelsea parted ways with Frank Lampard who had faith in the striker. He joined Chelsea academy at […]
