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A report by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed that a total of 2,233 Nigerians lost their lives in multiple road accidents across the country in the first four months of 2021. The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, in a virtual event to mark the fifth edition of the Babatunde Raji Fashola ‘GabFest’, with the theme ‘Arrive...

THE Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, has revealed that a new Revenue Allocation Formula among the three tiers of government (federal, states and local governments) would be ready before the end of the year. Chairman of the commission, Engr. Elias Mbam, revealed this while receiving members of the National Assembly Service Commission, led by Engr. Ahmed Khadi Amshi,...

THE Senate said, on Monday, that about N84 billion was mismanaged by the management of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, within four years. The revelation arose from 12 of the 50 queries investigated so far by the Upper Chamber. The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, led by Senator Matthew Urhoghide(PDP, Edo South), is carrying out the investigation, relying on the...

Chidinma Ojukwu, the 300-Level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who was arrested last  Wednesday, over the murder of Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in a service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos State, has revealed that she sees Usifo’s face in her dream. This is just as more facts have emerged on how...

Legal provisions will be utilised to collect taxes on profits made locally by global technology and digital firms not based in Nigeria, but with significant economic presence in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this during an interaction with a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, led by its President, Adesina Adedayo, at the Presidential V Osinbajo’s...

Eleven governorship aspirants on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), have rejected the party’s Anambra State primary election results. The aspirants, led by Chief George Moghalu, in a briefing, called for the cancellation of the exercise, noting that the process was hijacked by some enemies of the party in the country. They also called on the National Working Committee of...

A report by the Auditor-General of the Federation, submitted to the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, has uncovered another alleged N44.2bn non-remittance, N88.2bn frivolous spending and other infractions by the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority. The audit queries demanded full explanations from the management of the NPA on its audited accounts for the 2017 financial year. The committee,...

  Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, will tomorrow join the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), multiple sources have confirmed. This is just as PDP has instituted a legal action to stop the Zamfara governor from dumping their party. Barring any delay, it was gathered that the suit filed by some PDP chieftains against Matawalle’s defection would be...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) will begin sales of forms for its congresses on July 1. The APC Director of Organisation, Prof. Al-Mustapha Medaner, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Medaner said the decision followed the approval of activities by the party’s Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC). He said the purchase of forms for ward congresses would take place...

Following the issues around the Federal Government’s ban of Twitter in the country, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described social media as the most potent weapon for good and evil, which must be regulated. He said though the constitution had guaranteed freedom of speech and expression, it must not, however, be at the expensive of...