The federal government, states and local government councils have received N675.946 billion from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC, for the month of November. A communiqué issued at the end of December meeting of FAAC, said the N675.946 billion distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of N488.674 billion; distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N182.678 billion, Exchange Gain of N4.156 billion and Excess Bank Charges Recovered of N0.438 billion. In November 2021, the total deductions for cost of collection was N30.957 billion and the total deductions for statutory transfers, refunds and savings was N136.908 billion. The balance in the Excess…
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The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that undemocratic takeover of government in some West African sub-region has created a great challenge for Electoral Commissions. He spoke at the plenary of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions’ (ECONEC) 7th Biennial General Assembly holding in Accra, Ghana. According to Yakubu, the development as a democratic and electoral retrogression, underscores the need for free, fair, and credible elections. “We are facing great challenges. We are having democratic and electoral retrogression in the sub-region, and we have had undemocratic takeover in one or two places.…
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja on Friday, nullified the local government congress conducted by governor Abdullahji Ganduje’s faction of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Solacebase reports that presiding Justice Hamza Muazu, upheld the local government congress of Senator Ibrahim Shekarau’s faction. The court on November 30th had declared Ganduje faction’s ward congresses illegal. Details later…
First Bank of Nigeria has unveiled the calendar of events for its yearly DecemberIssaVybe campaign which, it says, will impact much on the entertainment industry. The Group Head of Marketing/Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Folake Ani-Mumuney made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Ani-Mumuney said that the campaign which started in 2018 had been full of excitements for Nigerians. According to the official, the 30-day event would feature musical shows and concerts, comedies, fashion, arts and food fairs aimed to evoke joyful moods as Christmas and New Year celebrations approach. “We are delighted to be back with DecemberIssaVybe. The…
Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar has warned political and religious leaders and all Nigerians against politicising insecurity in the country. Criminal activities including banditry, terrorism and others have been on the increase, especially in the Northwest, Northeast and other parts of Nigeria. Speaking in Abuja at a retreat on inclusive security organised by the Global Peace Foundation in collaboration with Vision Africa, the Sultan assessed the nation’s security situation and said all was not well with the nation. “We must not politicise insecurity because hunger does not know politics, religion. Everybody has been complaining of hunger in the land and it is…
A divorce-seeking man, Olanrewaju Adeniran has told a Grade A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan that he stopped sleeping with his wife, Fatima, because she says he smells. Testifying on Friday, Adeniran, a retired civil servant also sought for divorce on grounds that his wife was rude and was becoming a threat to his life. “After our wedding in May 1995, Fatima started misbehaving. She is rude to my mother and relatives. “She beats me and grabs my private parts. Fatima calls me bastard, lazy man and so many other unprintable names,” he said. The petitioner further said that…
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of CSOs on Friday in Abuja called on President Muhamadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law as an end of the year gift to Nigerians. The coalition made the appeal at a news conference addressed by Ms Ene Obi, the Convener of the group, on behalf of other co-conveners. According to Obi, the Bill has provisions that will address gaps in the current law on use of technology, electronic voting, collation and transmission of election results. She said that it would also address the cost of campaigns,…
President Muhammadu Buhari says in furtherance of sustained efforts at keeping Nigerians safer, Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in dealing with the current security challenges facing the nation. The president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja, said the Nigerian leader stated this while speaking at a bilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey shortly before the official commencement of the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, on Friday. President Buhari acknowledged that Turkey had garnered a lot of experience dealing with security challenges of various kinds and Nigeria would latch onto…
The hope of some patients at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, has been rekindled by the humanitarian gesture of an NGO, Divine Motivation for Positive Impact Initiative (DMPII). The patients, who had almost given up hope due to inability to pay their hospital bills, smiled again as the NGO came to their rescue. Some of the 13 beneficiaries had their total medical bills defrayed, while others got part-payments, a situation they described as great succour and relief. The leader of the NGO, Mr Gbenga Emiloju, while presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries, said about N1.5 million were…
The Nigerian Air Force School of Air Intelligence (NAFSAINT), Makurdi on Friday graduated 102 students from its Basic Intelligence Course 28/2021 and Imagery Intelligence Training Course 1/2021. The Commandant of the institution, Air Cmdr. Ernest Owai, said this during the graduation ceremony of the school held in Makurdi. “The graduating students assembled here in Sept. with a total of 120 students for the basic intelligence course. “However, a student was withdrawn due to health issues while 33 were withdrawn for poor academic performance during the conduct of the course. “I am glad to inform you that the Basic Intelligence…