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Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says his administration is committed to boosting the growth and development of the state’s economy. However, the governor stated this on Monday in Ibadan at the inauguration of a multi-billion naira commercial centre built by Gastab, a private firm. The governor said the economic …

COMPPART Foundation for Justice and Peace Building, has kicked against the plan by the National Assembly to give powers to the  Inspector General of Police, IGP, to recruit police personnel into the Nigeria Police Force. Speaking in an interview yesterday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital, the executive director of …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says Nigerians will pay stamp duties on WhatsApp messages, SMS, and messages via any electronic platform acknowledging receipt of funds. The revenue service, according to a report by TheCable, also stated that stamp duties would be paid on “POS receipts, fiscalised device receipts, Automated Teller …

Records first death, discharges 6 patients The Bayelsa State Task Force on Covid-19 has confirmed nine fresh cases of Coronavirus and one recorded death in the state, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 21. Confirming the new cases and death in a statement on Monday, …

Police in Katsina have confirmed the killing of the District head of Yantumaki, Alhaji Abu Atiku and APC Chairman, Alhaji Abdulhamid Mamman by armed bandits. Gambo Isah, SP, the state Police Public Relations Officer stated this on Monday in a statement made available to newsmen in Katsina. He said on …

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere Monday sentenced an EX- Exxon Mobil engineer, James Onuoha to 15 years imprisonment for raping his tenant’s 14-year- old niec Justice Adedayo Akintoye sentenced him without an option of fine. At the last adjourned date, on January 14, 2020, the court had adjourned …

A nighttime curfew will be imposed across the United States’ capital Washington on Sunday evening, the mayor of the District of Columbia said after protestors again gathered near the White House. Mayor Muriel Bowser said in a statement that the curfew would last from 11:00 pm until 6:00 am on …

The police in the Federal Capital Territory have urged the Court of Appeal in Abuja to affirm the death penalty imposed on Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death by the FCT High Court in Abuja for the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT …

Following the outcome of tests conducted on close family members of a late member of the Abia State Executive Council and member of the inter-ministerial committee on COVID-19, the Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed all those who might have recently come in contact with the late commissioner, …

As the second phase of eased lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic ends today, the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives has said the reopening of religious centres in the country should be gradual. Already, religious groups, including the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Nigerian Supreme Council for …