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The Katsina State Revenue Services (KRS) has given banks and other agencies in the state a two-week ultimatum to remit tax collected on behalf of the state government or face the wrath of the law. The Executive Director, of Katsina Revenue Services (KRS), Alhaji Sirajo Mohammed, in the company of …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a message of commiseration to the government and people of the Republic of India over a multiple train crash in the country which killed over 280 passengers. The fatal crash involving two passenger trains and a goods train in the Indian city of Balasore, …

Honourable Bamidele Oloyelogun has said that reports making the rounds suggesting that he has resigned as Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, are all false. In a statement on Friday, the lawmaker said the purported letter of resignation which is in circulation is the handiwork of the fifth …

President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of the former Benue State Governor, Senator George Akume as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. The President also appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff, and Senator Ibrahim Hadejia, a former Deputy …

The court has admitted some presidential election results presented by the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to support its claim against the victory of President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lead counsel to Obi on Friday informed the court sitting in Abuja that he …

President Bola Tinubu has received in audience members of the Progressives Governors Forum at the State House. The governors were led by the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, who only recently was elected Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum. Those in attendance include governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Abdullahi Sule (Nasarawa), …

The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyeloogun, has resigned from his position as the head of the state legislative arm. This development came a few days to the expiration of the ninth Assembly . The speaker’s resignation was contained in a letterhead of the House, signed …

The Senate, on Wednesday, passed the Gender Bill for second reading. The bill aims to eliminate every form of discrimination against women and people living with disabilities. The sponsor of the bill, Senator Biodun Olujimi representing Ekiti South noted that if the bill is signed into law, it will motivate …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has dismissed five of its personnel, including a Deputy Director, for various offences. The Press Officer, NAPTIP, Adekoye Vincent stated this in a press statement on Wednesday. The offences ranges from corruption; demanding and receiving bribes from suspects and …

Oil marketers, on Wednesday, confirmed the hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol to over N500 per litre depending on the location of purchase. A document that allegedly emanated from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, according to marketers, which contained figures that were described …