Abia community threatens resettlement in A/Ibom
The people of Ntalakwu autonomous community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State have threatened to migrate to Akwa Ibom State to resettle.
The community, which shares boundary with Akwa Ibom State, have lamented persistent neglect by successive administrations in the state.
Ogun govt to launch mobile clinic
In its bid to bring quality healthcare service delivery to the doorsteps of the people, the Ogun State government has revealed its plan to launch mobile clinic
services in the state, particularly in rural areas. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, made the disclosure at the rounding-off ceremony of the February 2016 Immunisation Plus Days (IPDs) in Ifo Local Government Area.
Lagos sets up revenue court to tackle tax evaders, defaulters
The Head of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Olufolarin Ogunsanwo, has on Tuesday, said the agency had begun the process of tackling tax evaders and
defaulters. He spoke at the LIRS press conference held in Lagos. Ogunsanwo sated that Lagos State governor, Akinwumi Ambode, “has also recently approved the upgrading of this function of our operations to a full Directorate in appreciation of the enormity of work to be done and importance attached to it.
Ondo first female Speaker, Deputy impeached
THE first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mrs Jumoke Akindele and her Deputy, Mr Fatai Olotu have been impeached. Sources within the Assembly said they were impeached by 18 of the 26 lawmakers.
LASG shuts 2 companies for tax evasion
THE Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has shut two companies for alleged failure to remit a N4.01 million Personal Income Tax of their employees to the state
government. Mrs Ajibike Oshodi-Sholola, Head, Distrain Unit of the LIRS, said this after a state-wide tax law enforcement in Lagos on Tuesday.
C-River engages German firm for superhighway, sea port devt
As the grading of the 260 km superhighway nears completion, Cross River State Government and Liebherr Ltd, an earth moving and mining equipment company with
branches in Germany and Nigeria, have agreed on a pact.
Criminals on rampage in Imo
To say that these are not the best of times for people either living in or passing through Imo State, will safely translate to telling the truth. The criminals have not ceased from injecting new and deadly tactics in the criminal lexicon of the state.
Troops repelled Boko Haram’s attacks, killed 18 terrorists
Troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades, on Tuesday, repelled a daring attack by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on military locations at Pulka and Bitta in the fringes
of Sambisa forest, according to a statement by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations.
Oil spill: Environmentalist wants producing communities sensitised
AN environmentalist, Professor Sylvester Egwu, has urged the Federal Government to sensitise communities in oil producing areas on the dangers of oil spill on their
environment. Egwu, who is also an oil spillage remediation expert, made the call in an interview with journalists in Lagos, on Wednesday.
Imo workers to get only 70% of January salary
The 18-man joint committee comprising the state and labour, set up in Imo State, has unanimously agreed to pay only 70 per cent of workers salary across board, while
making reservations for pension. The state chairman of Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Austin Chilakpu, disclosed this yesterday at a press conference in Owerri.
Bomadi councillors move to impeach LG boss
The legislative arm of Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, has served an impeachment notice on the council Chairman, Chief Oluwale Karetimi, over alleged
financial impropriety and breach of provisions of the local government law. Thirteen out of 18 councillors who signed the resolution recommended to the state House of
Assembly to empower them to act in order to sanitize the council’s administration.
Impeachment Saga: Reps order IGP to shut Kogi Assembly
THE House of Representatives yesterday, finally took over the legislative activities of the Kogi State House of Assembly in line with section 11(4) of the 1999
Constitution, following the protracted crisis rocking the assembly. However, factional Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Umar Imam, has described the
resolution of the House of Representatives to take over the state assembly as illegal and unacceptable.
Fleeing Boko Haram members regrouping in Taraba — Senate
THE Senate, yesterday, said that fleeing members of Boko Haram sect have infiltrated towns and villages in Taraba State, in the North Central geo-political zone of the
country. Consequently, the Senate called on the Federal Government to urgently call on security chiefs to deploy securitymen in Taraba State to stop the killings and flush the insurgents out of the state.
Edo magistrate abducted
Police in Edo State have confirmed the abduction of Magistrate Hassana Garuba, wife of former Speaker of the state House of Assembly. Garuba, a serving magistrate in the state, was kidnapped at Obadan village near Ogbemudia Farms, on the Benin-Okenne-Lokoja Road, Tuesday morning.
Power generation drops to 1,580.6MW
Senior and junior workers unions’ action to protest the unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is already taking its toll as power generation
dropped to 1,580.6 megawatts, MW, in the early hours of yesterday. Recall that generation capacity had inched up to 4,387MW on Friday, after crashing to 2,800MW
prior to that from a peak of 5000MW due to gas pipeline vandalism, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.
3 dead, 10 infected in fresh Bauchi Lassa Fever outbreak
No fewer than three persons have died from a fresh outbreak of Lassa Fever, while 10 members of a family are currently infected with the virus in Bauchi State. The
Executive Chairman Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Ibrahim Gamawa, who said this yesterday in Bauchi, added that the 10 new cases were recorded
in a single family at Jaye village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state.
A-Ibom Fire Disaster: Two clans at daggers-drawn over compensation
TROUBLE is currently brewing between Efiat and Ukong clans in Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State following a fire disaster in the area. At the root of the
looming showdown is James Town community in Efiat clan accusing its neighbouring Ibaka community in Ukong clan of misinforming and misleading the state government on
the fire incident which they insisted actually occurred in two villages of Efak Okodi and Edak Edat popularly known as ‘James Town’ in Efiat Clan and not Ibaka community as claimed by Ibaka residents and widely reported in both the state electronic and print media.
Gunmen kill one in Buguma, set corpse ablaze in alleged reprisal attack
THERE has been a reprisal killing in Buguma, Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. Community sources alleged that supporters of late Ofinijete Amachree,
who was murdered on Tuesday, were behind the latest killing on Wednesday.
Apprehension in Kogi over murder of community leader
Uneasy calm pervades Mopamuro Local Government Area over the murder of a community leader and former Councillor who represented in Okagi/Ayede Amuro Ward, Hon. Oluwole, a.k.a Serebe. He was murdered at Ahunrun, the ancestral home of the Okagi people. Sources informed Vanguard that the sad event happened in the early hours of Thursday March 10, 2016 when the former Councillor ran into a gang of daredevil Fulani herdsmen who were alleged to have been disturbing the peace of the communities in Mopamuro in the last few months.
New revenue bill should protect women, NGO tells A-Ibom Assembly
An Uyo-based non-governmental organisation, Policy Alert, has called on the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to ensure that the state’s proposed Internal Revenue Service Bill protects the rights of the most vulnerable taxpayers, especially women and others in the informal sector of the economy.
500 convicted for traffic offences in Edo
No fewer than 500 motorists have been convicted by 10 special mobile courts for traffic offences in Edo State. The Executive Director, Tax Compliance, Edo State Internal Revenue Service, Felix Isuku, who stated this on Tuesday in Benin, added that the convictions followed a joint operation carried out by the revenue service, the police, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Vehicle Inspection Office and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
INTERNATIONAL
Sierra Leone News: Inflation Increases to 8.86 Percent in January 2016
The annual inflation rate increased in January 2016 to 8.86 percent from 8.85 percent in December 2015, the statistics agency has stated in a release. The depreciation of the Leone has been the major reason for the increase in prices of all the commodities in the consumer pricing index across the country.
Sierra Leone News: Sierra Leone Provides Tax Incentives for Investors -Tax Director Says
Sierra Leone provides tax incentives for investors in every sector of the economy from agriculture to tourism, Director of Tax and Revenue Policy Idrissa Kanu in the
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development said on March 1. Many of these incentives are in the Finance Act of 2011, he stressed during a business forum at the
Bintumani Hotel. Some are general and some are specific to the various sectors. There are incentives for income tax exemption, income tax deductions, GST etc.
Forex: J$122.01 to one US dollar
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The US dollar on Thursday, March 10, 2016, ended trading at J$122.01, up by five cents according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily foreign exchange
trading summary. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar ended trading at J$92.26, up from J$90.84, while the British pound sterling ended trading at J$172.37, down from J$172.44.
Robinson takes charge of Ministry of Labour
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Shahine Robinson, the new minister of labour and social security, met with the staff and management of the ministry at its North Street office in
Kingston on Wednesday. Robinson, the second female to head the twinned ministry, following Portia Simpson Miller who held the position between 1989 and 2000, was greeted by Permanent Secretary Colette Roberts Risden and the chief technical directors – Dione Jennings (social security) and Damian Cox (labour) — as well as other senior directors and managers.
Environment portfolio should’t be ‘hidden’, Pickersgill argues
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change Robert Pickersgill today criticised Prime Minister Andrew Holness for not allowing
the environment and climate change portfolio to remain a designated ministry, accusing him of hiding the portfolio.