THE Federal Capital Territory Administration under the leadership of Minister Nyesom Wike has sealed off the premises of Residency Hotel, Area 11, Deogratia School, Games Village, Kaura and four other firms for non-compliance with the tax law. Other firms sealed are Odyssey Educational Foundation, Gwarimpa, Rural Homes Limited in Utako, Trevari and Phenomenon shops at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The Leader of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) Task Force Team and the Director Legal Service, Festus Tsavsar, said the team was out to effect court order for non-compliance with tax laws particularly filing of annual tax returns…
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THE Senate has approved the death sentence as a penalty for drug traffickers in the country, as it passes through the third reading, the 2024 NDLEA Act (Amendment) Bill. The proposal was adopted on Thursday when the Senate dissolved into a committee of the whole for a clause-by-clause consideration of a report of the Chairman of the Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights & Legal Matters and Drugs & Narcotics National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Senator Tahir Munguno. In a review of the penalty provisions of the amendment bill towards strengthening the operations of the agency,…
THE House of Representatives has passed a resolution to investigate the procurement process in the award of the contract of the ₦15trn Lagos-Calabar coastal road. The motion was moved by Honourable Austin Achado on Thursday as a matter of urgent national importance. The House said the 2007 Procurement Cct was violated and that certain approvals by the National Assembly as required by the law were not given. In light of the above, the House has asked the minister of works, finance, attorney general, and minister of justice, to avail the National Assembly copies of the documents for award of the…
THE presidency has announced that President Bola Tinubu and his aides will return to Nigeria from Europe on Wednesday. The special adviser on information and strategy to the president, Bayo Onanuga, announced in a post on his X handle on Tuesday. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, along with his aides, will return to Nigeria tomorrow from Europe,” Onanuga wrote. On April 22, Tinubu left Abuja, the country’s capital, for the Netherlands on an official visit. The presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, stated that the president was visiting The Netherlands at the invitation of Prime Minister Mark Rutte. After the engagements in the…
TODAY, Muslim faithful in Nigeria will join two billion other Muslims throughout the world to celebrate the festival of Eid al-Fitr, known as Ramadan Sallah. Eid al-Fitr, also known as the Festival of Breaking the Fast, is a joyous occasion celebrated by Muslims around the world. It marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, and signifies a time of spiritual renewal, gratitude, and community. Understanding the importance of Eid al-Fitr requires delving into its spiritual, cultural, and historical significance and its roots in the teachings of Islam. Eid al-Fitr holds deep spiritual significance for Muslims. It serves…
TERRORIST group, Islamic State, has promised to launch an attack against the four stadiums hosting the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. The fixtures are scheduled for this week Tuesday and Wednesday. Daily Mail quoted the Al Azaim Foundation, a media outlet that is responsible for spreading messages from the Islamic State (Daesh, ISIS), to have confirmed their intentions with a poster. The foundation, with the message, ‘Kill them all’, shared an image threatening to attack the Parc des Princes, the Santiago Bernabeu, the Metropolitan and the Emirates Stadium, This came shortly after the ISIS-affiliated media outlet Sarh al-Khilafah…
THE moon sighting committee in Saudi Arabia declared that the Shawwal crescent could not be sighted in the Kingdom today. As a result, the holy month of Ramadan will continue until April 9, lasting 30 days. Eid Al Fitr will, therefore, be observed on April 10. The Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia had called on all Muslims across the Kingdom to sight the Shawwal crescent on the evening of Monday, Ramadan 29. Earlier, the International Astronomical Center had said that some countries that marked the beginning of Ramadan on Monday, March 11, would expect a crescent sighting on Monday, April…
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office & corruption against the immediate former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, April 8 on counts bordering on accepting gratification, accepting gifts through agents, corruption, receipt of property fraudulently obtained, and conferring corrupt advantage on his associates contrary to the Corrupt Practices Act of 2000. This newspaper obtained a copy of the charge sheet which was filed on April 3rd by the…
FORBES has listed Nigerian businessmen, Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Abdulsamad Rabiu and Femi Otedola, as the top richest Nigerians in 2024. Dangote’s fortune rose to $13.4billion, Adenuga fortune stood at $6.7 billion, while Rabiu and Otedola achieved a fortune of $5.2 billion and $1.4 billion in 2024, respectively. Aliko Dangote is the richest man in Africa and the richest Black man in the world, with an estimated networth of around $13.4 billion in 2024. His business empire, Dangote Group, is one of the largest private-sector employers in Nigeria as well as the most valuable conglomerate in West Africa. Mike Adenuga…
THE MEMBER representing Musawa/Matazu Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Hon. Abdullahi Aliyu Ahmed, has threatened to take legal action against the management of Air Peace Limited over irregularities. The lawmaker, while addressing reporters on Sunday, noted that, the Nigerian airline changed his flight from Business class to economy class after paying about N12 million from Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport to Jeddah. Ahmed, who boarded flight P4752 alongside his family to King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah for Umrah (Lesser Hajj), said the flight was supposed to depart Kano airport on 27 March 2024, but it was delayed till the…
SENATOR Seriake Dickson representing Bayelsa West in the National Assembly has alleged that bigwigs from Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are masterminds of the oil theft on Niger Delta soil. The lawmaker, who has been in the red chamber since 2020, was a guest on Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme which was aired on Channels Television on Friday. Dickson, a two-term governor of Bayelsa State in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, said the official system and oil companies are beneficiaries of oil theft in the Niger Delta and lamented the absence of national values…
JUSTICE Abubakar Kutigi of the FCT High Court in Jabi, Abuja, has dismissed the charges of fraud, bribery and conspiracy filed against a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ruling on the no-case submission made by Adoke, Justice Kutigi said the EFCC failed to prove its charges of fraud, bribery and money laundering and ruled that the defendant has no case to answer. He discharged and acquitted the former minister on all counts. The judge said the allegation of illegal tax waivers granted to Shell and Eni was not corroborated by…
THE National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) has stated that the non utilisation of visas earlier approved by Saudi Arabia for some Nigerians to visit the country is the reason for the hardship in getting new ones for those planning to perform Umrah in the month of Ramadan. This newspaper had reported how Nigerians faced difficulty in getting visas to perform Umrah in the holy month of Ramadan. A statement by NAHCON’s Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara, on Tuesday, stated that Umrah visas were allocated to countries based on quotas with Ramadan Umrah visas usually more expensive. While stating that…
NIGERIANS may spend over N725.1bn on the 2024 edition of the annual Hajj exercise to the Holy lands of Makkah and Madina, the highest paid in the history of the pilgrimage. This is following a directive by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, urging pilgrims to pay an additional N1.9m balance in accordance with current foreign exchange rates, before the deadline of March 29, 2024. NAHCON, in a statement signed by the Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Fatima Usara, on Sunday, explained that late and non-remittances of fares, pushed the commission beyond the deadline given by the Saudi Ministry of…