COVID-19 pandemic

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), in June 2021, raked in over N650 billion revenue. That was the highest revenue realised in a single month since the COVID-19 pandemic started and the assumption of office of the current…

Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State has given pardoned to 17 convicted persons based on the recommendation of the State Committee on Prerogative of Mercy under the leadership of Dr. Aisha Warshu Haruna. The inmates were…

Wole Adedeji, Ilorin Agricultural subsidy inputs that would give no less than 10,000 farmers access to 50 per cent market price slash has been launched, in Kwara State. Performing the launch, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on…

Singaporean non-profit group, Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI) has ranked Nigeria as the third-worst governed country in the world. The report ranked Nigeria very low in governance, leadership, and foresight, scoring the country 102…

Ayodele Olalere A total of 125,058 Lagosians are to benefit from the LAGOS CARES Initiative launched on Wednesday by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to cushion the effect of COVID-19 pandemic. The launching of the initiative took place…

By Emeka Okoroanyanwu The Federal Government has extended the implementation timeline for the 2020 Budget to May 31, 2021. This is against the March 31, 2021 earlier deadline issued by government. According to a circular to Ministries,…

Senate President Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, said that for Nigeria to provide ‘herd immunity’ for its over two hundred million population, efforts must be made by the Federal Government to collaborate with international bodies to develop and…

Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Government has directed workers from grade level 02 to 12 to resume work on Monday, March 8, following the curtailment of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. The state government had, as part of…

Anthony Iwuoma Nigeria has recorded additional three deaths and 501 new infections, even as it gets set for a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This disclosure was made by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its…

Former Vice President and the presidential candidate of the PDP in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Federal government to levy 15 per cent tax on the super rich and luxury items. This way, he said, Nigeria will…