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. […]
Amazon has offered to cover the cost of college tuition of all 750,000 of its frontline workers in the US. It comes as the online shopping giant struggles to attract and retain staff amid an industry wide labour shortage. The firm said it would invest $1.2bn in the scheme, with workers able to access the […]
By Nathan Nwakamma The change in defence counsel to John Idumange, who raised an alarm over alleged diversion of N3 billion Agriculture loan by government officials was on Friday stalled in a Yenagoa High Court. When the case was called, a new counsel, Ms Ebiye Enegi who announced her appearance for Idumange prayed the court […]
British teenage tennis star Emma Raducanu is on track to become the UK’s highest-paid sportswoman this year, experts say, after her stunning run to the US Open final. The 18-year-old will earn $1.2m (£864,810) for reaching the final, which is four times the $303,000 she has earned during her entire career so far. But marketing […]
Major US game maker Epic Games has asked Apple to restore its flagship game “Fortnite” on the South Korean app store after Seoul passed a law curbing the monopolistic power of platform operators, it said Friday. Apple and Epic are at the forefront of a global contest between delivery platforms and content creators on how […]
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC ), Brig.-Gen. Shu’aibu Ibrahim, says it plans to partner with the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN ) on talent hunt and movie production. The plan was disclosed by Ibrahim on Wednesday when he played host to the President of the Guild, Mr Emeka Rollas, in […]
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