Kaduna state government has confirmed the killing of two military personnel and 32 other persons as well as injuring seven other people in the attack on communities in Kaura local government area of the state. It also confirmed that over 200 houses and 32 shops were burnt, seven people while three vehicles and 17 motorcycles were vandalized in Tsonje, Agban, Katanga and Kadarko communities of the local government area. The Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affair, Samuel Aruwan in a statement on Tuesday said the number deaths, destruction and vandisation was ascertained after search operations by security agencies.…
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The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) says it shared a total sum of N590,546 billion for the February 2022 revenue to the federal government, states and local government councils. According to a communiqué issued at the end of the committee meeting held for March 2022, the N590,546 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N337,432 billion; distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N165,635 billion and Excess Bank Charges of N7,479 billion and Non Mineral Revenue of N80,000 billion. The communiqué said in the month of February 2022, Petroleum Profit Tax (PPT) increased significantly while Oil and Gas…
An independent investigation panel on fixed March 30 for the suspended DCP Abba Kyari to appear in a petition of alleged unlawful arrest filed by three persons. The Panel is investigating the allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigerian Police. The petitioners, Ambrose Mairungu and Blessing Dung in a petition marked 2020/IIP-SARS/ABJ/205 alleged that Yakubu Danjuma, Ibrahim Daniel and Choji, Dung’s husband were unlawfully arrest, detained, tortured and received inhuman treatment by Kyari. The panel on March 11 ordered the Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa…
MultiChoice has increased the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages in Nigeria effective from April 1. The entertainment channel, which announced this in a statement on Tuesday, attributed this to the rising cost of business operations in the country. The DStv package will now cost as follows: Premium (N21,000), Compact + (N14,250), Compact (N9,000), Confam (N5,300), Yanga (N2,950), Padi (N2,150), Business (N2,669), Xtraview + PVR access fee (N2,900). While the GOtv packages are as follows: Gotv Max for N4,150, GOtv Jolli for N2,800, GOtv Jinja for N1,900, GOtv Lite for N900. “In light of the rising costs of inflation…
The Senate will debate the ruling of Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia state that nullified the controversial Section 84 (12) of the amended Electoral Act. Justice Evelyn Anyadike held on March 18 that the section “was unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever”, further holding that it was a violation of the provisions of the Constitution. The section requires ministers, head of agencies and other political appointees to resign before participating in primaries, convention and other electoral activities. But Sen. George Sekibo (PDP-Rivers) raised a point of order during plenary on Tuesday and invoked Senate Orders…
Nigerian government says fully vaccinated travellers coming into the country will no longer be required to take a pre-departure PCR COVID-19 test. The chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, Boss Mustapha made the comment during a briefing of the PSC announcing a revision of International Travel Protocols on Monday. He however said that passengers who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated are still expected to take a COVID-19 PCR test 48 hours before departure, or do a Day 2 and day 7 test on arrival. Such passengers, he said, will be expected to pay for their PCR tests through the Federal…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the $2.5 billion worth of three million metric tonnes per annum Dangote Fertiliser Plant. The president, who inaugurated the plant at the Lagos Free Trade Zone, Lekki in Lagos on Tuesday, said the project is in line with the government’s drive to ensure food sufficiency in the country. “This is a demonstration of enhancing the socio-economic development of the country,” he said, while also commending the Dangote Fertiliser team. The President assured Nigerians that his government is focused on providing enabling environment for the private sector to thrive. “We are partnering with the private sector…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Bayelsa, Anambra, Imo, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom still rank low in the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination compared to other states. The Director For Disease Control and Immunisation, NPHCDA, Dr Bassey Okposen disclosed this during the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 national briefing in Abuja on Monday. “As at March 21, Nigeria vaccinated 20,259,242 eligible persons. “Out of this number, 11,031,267 representing 9.9 per cent are fully vaccinated. “The state performance data shows that Nasarawa, Jigawa, Ogun, the FCT and Kwara vaccinated the highest number of their eligible population. “We met with the…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Mrs Aisha Mohammed and wife of Bauchi state governor has advised Nigerian women to inculcate the values of respect for girl-child and women in their male children. She gave the advise at the commemoration of International Women’s Day held at the Banquet Hall of Government House in Bauchi on Tuesday. According to her, “disrespect for women starts from the home-front where parents discriminate in household chores; making the girl-child to do most of the work while the male-child walk around the house without any specific chores assigned to him thereby giving the impression that they are…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced a retention of the country’s Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5 per cent for the upteenth time. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, who announced this on Monday in Abuja while reading a communique from the apex bank’s second MPC meeting for 2022, said that the committee also decided to hold all other parameters constant. The Assymetric Corridor of +100 -700 basis points around the MPR was retained, Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) retained at 27.5 per cent; and the Liquidity Ratio retained at 30 per cent.…