The House of Representatives on Friday narrowly rejected a controversial defense spending bill amendment that would have required the Pentagon to determine which Islamic religious doctrines, concepts or schools of thought could be used by terror groups. The measure, introduced by conservative lawmaker Trent Franks, was defeated 208-217. It would have also required the Defense […]
The Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris has said the police would recruit 155,000 personnel within five years to bridge the gap of manpower shortage in the organisation. Idris, who made the disclosure Friday in Kano while briefing newsmen at Government House Kano, said 31,000 personnel would be recruited every year. He said the […]
Truecaller Insights Special Report on Friday rated Nigeria as the 9th most spammed country in the world. The Marketing Manager, Truecaller, Ms Lindsey Lamont made this known in the report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Truecaller is an identification solution application company aimed at ensuring safety of mobile users. Lamont […]
Insurance and reinsurance companies have raised alarm over multiple penalties for same infraction by regulatory authorities in Nigeria. Commissioner for Insurance, Alhaji Mohammed Kari, disclosed this at the just concluded National Insurance conference organised by all the arms of the sector and the Commission in Abuja. He said that insurance companies have expressed the burden […]
Federal Government yesterday, said that the recently-launched Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) will attract over $1 million into the nation’s coffers. Speaking during a sensitization workshop on the scheme organised by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) in Lagos, Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said that the Federal Government has a target of about $1 billion […]
The Federal Government Thursday revealed that the planned revamping of the Port Harcourt refinery would cost the country about $300 million. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, made the disclosure at a sitting of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on “the planned concession of the Port Harcourt Refinery to Agip/Eni and Oando Plc.” […]
The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Board (CDFIPB), at the end of its meeting held on Tuesday approved the regularisation of the dichotomy between holders of University degrees and Higher National Diploma (HND) in all the Services. CDFIPB, at the end of its meeting held on Tuesday, 11th July 2017, under the chairmanship of […]
The federal government has resolved to take critical steps to advance leather production in Nigeria, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has said. Onu spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the matriculation of trainees and inauguration of Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST), North Central Leather cluster extension centre as […]
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “A”, the anti-smuggling unit of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, raked in over N229 million between June 13 and July 10, 2017. Controller of the zone, Mohammed Garba, said in a media briefing in Lagos that, it impounded various contraband goods with Duty Paid Value, DPV, worth N200,995,641.8 within […]
A French court ruled on Wednesday that Google was not liable to pay 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in back taxes demanded by the French authorities. The Paris administrative court ruled that Google Ireland Limited was not subject to corporate and value-added taxes for the period 2005-2010, striking down the tax administration’s demands for back […]