By Ogaga Ariemu The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami has approved the setting up of a National Identity Number (NIN) enrolment centre at the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Newsdirect learnt that the desk is to…
By Ogaga Ariemu The federal government on Saturday ordered immediate closure of the headquarters of the National Identity Management Commission in Abuja for enrolment. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, who gave the order, also directed…
Akinlabi Afolabi, Ibadan The Supreme Archbishop Emmanuel Ojo Powerson, General Overseer of Holy Ghost Royal House of Restoration Church, has advised Nigeria leaders at various levels of government to motivate talented Nigerians as they are needed for the progress of…
The suspension of the nine months old Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike on December 24, 2020, had since open fresh wounds within the University system in Nigeria. While some ray of hope was splashed with the announcement of…
In an effort to consolidate on the gains recorded in the Micros Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) space in the past few years, the Federal Government has said it would continue to support innovation and interventions to boost the growth…
…SERAP warns FG to shelve plan …Loan proposal to cripple banks- President, BCAN By Kayode Tokede Shareholders of listed companies on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have vowed to sue the federal government over proposed plan to borrow N895billion from…
By Ayo Fadimu The Special Task Force on Monitoring and Enforcement of Nigerian Expatriate Business Permit and Expatriate Quota Administration has announced its readiness to sanction companies that fails to comply with the law guiding the employment of qualified Nigerians…
…the suspension a relief – DG, MAN The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the recently-adjusted electricity tariff. The Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.…
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…
The Finance Act 2020 recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari clearly provides that the federal government can borrow from the unclaimed dividends and dormant account balances under the Unclaimed Funds Trust Fund. The funds are made available as…
