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09/12/2024

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05/12/2024

Mass retirement programme voluntary – CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that its Early Exit Package for staff of the apex bank is entirely voluntary and that participation is not mandatory.

05/12/2024

Travellers murdered as bandits plant explosives on Zamfara road

An unconfirmed number of travellers on Wednesday were confirmed dead after a vehicle conveying them ran on explosives planted along the Dansadau-Gusau Road in the Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

05/12/2024

Governor Abiodun proposes N1trn budget for 2025

Ogun State for the first time hits N1trillion mark for the preparation of annual fiscal estimates as Governor Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday presented a total of N1,054,542,020,147.47 to the State House of Assembly as the state’s proposed budget for 2025.

05/12/2024

Nigeria, South Africa create trade advisory council to boost economic ties

Nigeria and South Africa have created the South Africa-Nigeria Joint Ministerial Advisory Council on Industry, Trade, and Investment, a bilateral initiative to strengthen economic cooperation between two of Africa’s largest economies.

05/12/2024

Osun, Oyo people waiting to teach APC lesson, Makinde boasts

Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has declared that the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Ibrahim Ganduje, might have been a bit distracted when he said that his party would capture Osun and Oyo states.

05/12/2024

Tax Reform Bills: Senate meets FG’s team today to resolve grey areas

The Senate will meet with a delegation of the Federal Government today to resolve the criticisms on the proposed tax reform bills currently before the two chambers of the National Assembly.

04/12/2024

Senate approves MTEF, probes NNPCL N8.4trn withheld subsidy funds

The Senate, on Tuesday, approved the 2025–2027 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper submitted earlier by President Bola Tinubu.

04/12/2024

Consumers kick as POS operators raise charges over EMTL

Operators of Point-of-Sale terminals have raised their charges in line with the implementation of the Electronic Money Transfer Levy of N50 by the Federal Inland Revenue Services charged on any electronic inflow of N10, 000 and above.

04/12/2024

Akpabio threatens to replace committee chairmen over non-performance

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has warned underperforming committee chairmen, threatening to replace them if they fail to meet the Senate’s expectations.

04/12/2024

Tax Bills: Tinubu directs Justice Ministry, NASS to work on ‘concerns’

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Justice and the National Assembly to work on concerns raised over the tax bills.

04/12/2024

Family demands probe of arson on four relatives

The family of Kehinde Oduse has called on the police and other relevant authorities to probe the attack on their son, his wife and children by suspected arsonists at the Ita Marun community in the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State.

04/12/2024

Alleged N76bn fraud: Court orders arrest of former AMCON Boss, Kuru

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the former Managing Director of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, Ahmed Lawal Kuru, over an alleged fraud involving N76 billion and $31.5 million.

02/12/2024

Diaspora remittances hit $1.5bn in six months amid forex crisis

Nigerians in the diaspora have remitted a record $1.5 billion to the country in the first half of 2024, with an unprecedented $553 million sent in July alone, according to data analyzed by THE POINT.

02/12/2024

Controversy over Port Harcourt Refinery’s operational status

The Port Harcourt Refinery, long heralded as a solution to the nation’s dependency on imported refined petroleum products, is once again the subject of controversy.

02/12/2024

My wife used charm on me, made me impotent over alleged cheating - Police officer cries out

An Assistant Superintendent of Police in Osun State, Drambi Tizhe, has accused his wife of using charms to cause him erectile dysfunction.

02/12/2024

Police drag judiciary staff to court over armed robbery, possession of gun

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