The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has announced Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate. Atiku made the announcement at a meeting attended by PDP executives at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, said a 17-member committee had been set up by the party…
The Director General, DG, of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Lamido Yuguda, will lead key financial sector experts stakeholders in a robust round table discussion on governments key policy which centers around inclusive financial system that will cover all strata of the society. The experts drawn from key private sector organisations and regulatory agencies…
Okowa stands tall among all those scheming to be vice-presidential candidate, reckons Ifeanyi Maduako Former Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has for the second time, emerged as the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku polled 371 Votes from the 767 delegates to beat his closest rival,…
In May, Jeune Afrique published an article profiling the inner circle of Chad’s military ruler Mahamat Deby – who took over after his father, Chad’s longtime ruler Idriss Deby (in power 1990-2021) was killed on the frontlines of a battle against rebels. The piece made me wonder about the fate of Hinda Deby, one of Idriss Deby’s wives and…
● As Kolapo Alimi Receives Star Reception in PDP As the Governorship Campaign Council of Osun state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to commence state-wide local government campaign on Monday, the governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke said he is bringing something new to governance space in Osun state. The local government campaign to be…
Visits to include MDAs, NGOs, other corporate bodies… The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that it would embark on a nationwide Value Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Tax (WHT) compliance exercise from July, 2022. This information is contained in a public notice announcing the compliance monitoring exercise, and signed by the FIRS Executive…
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has said that the new tax pact with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) was aimed at enhancing better understanding of the Free Trade Zones Scheme’s tax-exempt index so as to end the long years of unbridled suspicion over its implementation….
As part of its support activities for the Armed Defense and Security Forces (FDS), and even the authorities of the pan-African transition of Mali under the leadership of Colonel Assimi Goïta, the Collectif pour la Défense des Militaires (CDM) celebrated the YEAR 1 of the investiture of the president of the transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta…
The Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), Amb. Mariam Katagum has inaugurated the Focal Persons Group for the Implementation of the Revised National Policy on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) 2021-2025. Inaugurating the group at the Ministry’s head office today she said the revised National Policy on Nano, Micro,…
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today accused the Federal Government of encouraging attacks against journalists and media organizations by its failure to take measures to protect journalists and punish perpetrators of such attacks whom it noted are frequently security agents or other government officials. Observing that at least seven media professionals and a media organization had…
