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Completion of 2.3 km Osusu Road excites Aba residents

Residents of Aba, the industrial hub of Abia, have expressed joy over the successful rehabilitation of the 2.3km Osusu Road in Aba South Local Government Area. Speaking in separate interviews with journalists in Aba on Wednesday, the people described the…

Grant: FG disburses N52m to 2,600 rural women in Nasarawa

The Federal Government on Wednesday disbursed the sum of N52 million  to 2,600 vulnerable rural women in Nasarawa State to uplift their socio-economic status. The  Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq while flagging off…

Gov. Tambuwal swears-in new Head of Service

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday swore-in Alhaji Abubakar Muhammad as substantive Head of Civil Service (HoS) in the state. Tambuwal, according to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Muhammad Bello, said…

FG removes VAT on commercial flight tickets

The federal government has exempted commercial flight tickets from value-added tax (VAT). This is contained in the 2020 finance bill, which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on December 31, 2020. The bill exempts “airline transportation tickets issued…