The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the Federal Government generated N424.71 billion as Value Added Tax (VAT) in the third quarter (Q3) of the year as against N327.2 billion generated in the second quarter (Q2). NBS made this known in its “Sectoral Distribution of Value Added Tax Data for Q3 2020”, released on Monday in Abuja. The report said that N275.12 billion was generated in Q3 2019, adding that the 2020 figure represents 29.80 per cent increase Quarter-on-Quarter and 54.37 per cent increase Year-on-Year. It said that manufacturing generated the highest amount of VAT with N47.07 billion, closely followed…
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Mr Ibrahim Imam, Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), says plans are underway to construct facilities with provision for 2000 bed spaces across Nigerian universities. This is to cushion the effect of inadequate student accommodation. Imam disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of the BOT engagement with beneficiary institutions of the Academic Publishing Centre in the South West geo political zone at the University of Lagos on Monday. According to him, accommodation remains one of the most critical components of tertiary education system that must be supported to bring out the best…
The Presidency has again expressed concern over the circulation of fake news and misleading information occasioned by the EndSARS protests aimed at causing social discontent and disunity in the country. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this at a Media Parley with international journalists organized by Presidential Media Team at the old Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja, on Monday. Adesina condemned what he described as deliberate misinformation and incorrect reports by some international media outfits who reported the protests in some part of the country. He explained that the meeting was…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed engagements with Governors, traditional rulers, the youths and other critical stakeholders across the geo-political zones in the country following the #EndSARS protest and its aftermath. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Kaduna after a closed-door meeting of the Federal Government delegation with the 19 Northern State Governors and traditional rulers. The Federal Government delegation to the meeting was led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. Other members of the delegation are the Minister of Information, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed…
Everyone knows by now that due to a combination of leadership, environment, social ecology, demographics and as yet unknown biological and other factors, Africa has been spared the worst of the havoc that COVID-19 has wreaked on other parts of the globe and was predicted to do here too. As of 15th October 2020, the continent has a remarkably low 4.2% of the global burden of the disease and just a little above 3.5% of deaths. Compare this against Africa’s share of the world’s population at 17%. Or the fact that Africa has nearly 5 times the global prevalence of HIV…
In furtherance to its resolution to further engage with the critical stakeholders of the North, the Northern States Governors Forum held a meeting today Monday 2nd November, 2020 at the Council Chamber, Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna. The meeting was attended by His Excellency, the Senate President, of the Federal Republic, the Honourable Deputy Speaker and other members of the National Assembly, the Chief of Staff to the President, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, the Minister of Information and Culture, the Inspector General of Police, Principal Officers of the National Assembly, Chairmen of the Northern States Traditional Rulers Council…
Photography has grown to become one of the most important and accessible way of capturing and sharing memories over the decades. Memories that are made every day whether it is fun and special family moments or documenting important world events. Occasionally we should take time to go back to our photographs and think about how we can organize, protect, and share our memories better. It used to be that we were able to capture one moment at a time and share it on piece of paper as a photograph. Part of the excitement was being able to hold a slice…
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has threatened Rivers governor Nyesom Wike will not escape the judgment of God and people over the killings in Obigbo area of the state. He issued the threat in a statement he personally signed on Monday. “Everybody that has a hand in the ongoing Obigbo genocide must know that vengeance is coming, it’s not a matter of if but when. And when it does come, apologists of Wike and the army must remember what happened at Obigbo. “There were riots and disturbances all over Nigeria. Nigerian army and police…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has condemned the attacks on Muslims in Igboland and called for a halt to the burning of mosques in the South East and South South. The organization in a statement by its Director, Prof. Ishaq Akonila on Monday, also appealed to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, to protect Muslims as well as their corporate and individual properties in the region. MURIC claimed that two mosques were set ablaze by the Igbo in Enugu on Saturday, 31st October, 2020, adding that the Islamic School, Afikpo, Ebonyi State has also received threats of impending invasion. “It…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the Consolidated Federal Capital Territory Courts Sentencing Guidelines and Practice, will accelerate decongestion of Correctional Centres nationwide. According to a statement by Dr. Umar Jibrilu Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, made available to AsheNews on Monday, the Minister made the remark at the signing of the Consolidated Federal Capital Territory Courts (Custodial and Non – Custodial Sentencing) Practice Directions, 2020. He said introduction of non-custodial sentences by the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 and more recently, the provision of a clear legislative and…