The Imo Hoteliers Association has decried what it described as overtaxation of hotels in the state and called for the state government’s intervention. Chairman of the association, Mr Chima Chukwunyere, made the call while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Saturday. Chukwunyere thanked the state government for streamlining payment of taxes through the state’s Treasury Single…
To address the challenges of the education sector, the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) has called on the Government to make more budgetary provisions for the sector to meet the UNESCO requirement and at same time asked stakeholders to support goverment in funding the sector. The Coalition opined that the increase…
Guests at an event in Onitsha, Anambra State where entertained to some beautiful dance steps on Saturday, July 20, as the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo took to the stage to dance to a popular ‘Buga’ song Tagged the “Good Olden Days Are Back”, the event, which held at the Achebe Stadium, Fegge…
Africa’s wealthiest man Aliko Dangote said he is willing to give up ownership of his multibillion-dollar oil refinery to the state-owned energy company NNPC Limited. The billionaire spoke as a new dispute with one of the key equity partners in the plant heats up in the latest phase of a bitter row with regulatory…
Some news just in say US President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the US Presidential race saying “it is in the best interest of my party and the country”. It comes four months before Americans go to the polls, ending his chances of getting re-elected It follows weeks of intense pressure from fellow Democrats after…
Few days after landing Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood, French club Marseille are set to sign another premier league star advanced talks to sign in Denmark’s midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg from Tottenham Hotspur The 28-year-old is believed to be ready to leave north London and is available for about £17m. Discussions are continuing over payment terms,…
A member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Yusuf Gagdi, has gifted his daughter, Aisha, a new Sport Utility Vehicle as a gift on her graduation from a secondary school, Lead British International School Abuja. Aisha was said to have excelled in her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, and to mark the achievement, her…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to hold state governors, their deputies and others to account over cases of electoral violence, bribery, vote-buying, and conspiracy during the 2023 general elections. According to a statement issued by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, on…
At least one person has been confirmed dead in an accident that occurred along the Nteje-Awka-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra State. According to FRSC in the state, the incident happened on Saturday opposite its Unit Command in Nteje. Those directly involved in the crash were a driver identified as Chinweuba Chidiebere with a Toyota Camry number…
Another group of 58 Nigerian women and children have been rescued from human traffickers in Ghana, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said. The Chairman of Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Board of Trustees in Ghana, disclosed said this in Accra, Ghana when the NiDCOM boss, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, visited the trafficked victims The…
