The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked Nigerians to ignore reports that domiciliary account operators have been directed to convert their holdings into naira. In a statement on Saturday, CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisobi, said the purported directive was not from the bank. According to him, the nation’s financial regulator is aware […]
The UEFA head has once again censured Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus – remaining clubs of the breakaway European Super League (ESL). “I wouldn’t mind if they left,” Aleksander Ceferin said in an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel on Friday. “These people tried to kill football with their incompetent directors,” he added. In April, a […]
As Beijing cracks down on its entertainment industry, from storied stars to their fan clubs, some non-Chinese filmmakers are scaling back projects they hoped would attract audiences in what has been a lucrative market. In February 2020, Chinese authorities released “Detailed Rules for Reviewing Internet Variety Program Content.” Addressing TV and internet program makers, the guidelines say […]
A Tunisian man died in a hospital Saturday after setting himself on fire, witnesses and medics said, days after another burned himself alive to protest living conditions. Both acts recall the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, the street seller whose suicide by fire on Dec. 17, 2010, launched Tunisia’s revolution that in turn sparked the Arab […]
By Lucy Ogalue The Federal Government says Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) mandate, is not to generate revenue. It said the mandate of the agency was to act as regulator of maritime safety and security. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, explained this in a statement by the ministry ‘s Director of […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated a four-man Tax Appeal Commission. The governor charged the members of the commission with promoting a new culture in which taxable persons and entities will comply with the relevant tax laws in the state without hesitation. He gave the charge on Friday, after swearing in the Rivers State […]
New U.S. studies released Friday show that COVID-19 vaccines provide strong protection against hospitalizations and death, even in cases involving the highly contagious delta variant. One study, which followed 600,000 people from April through mid-July, found that people who were not vaccinated were more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times […]
A video analysis shows the United States may have mistakenly targeted an aid worker rather than Islamic State fighters in its final strike in Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians, The New York Times said Friday. The Pentagon has said it disrupted a new attack planned by the Islamic State extremist group through a Reaper drone strike on […]
The United Nations secretary-general and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth both issued statements marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people. Statement by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonia Guterres on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States […]
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has ordered all parties to maintain status quo and refrain from taking action that would give effect to the judgement of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt that allowed the Rivers State government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT), pending the hearing and determination of the instant suit. […]
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