Police foil kidnap attempts, rescue 20 passengers in Katsina
Dec. 8, 2024 The Police Command in Katsina State, has foiled kidnap attempts and rescued 20 passengers in Jibia and Faskari Local Government Areas of the state. This is contained…
Troops Destroy Bandits’ Hideout, Recover Arms, Vehicle In Taraba, Benue
December 8, 2024 Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have recorded another success the continuation of the ongoing military operations aimed at restoring peace and…
PPP agreement signed without ICRC Act compliance illegal- FG warns
Dec. 8, 2024 The Federal Government has declared that all Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreements signed without adherence to the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) Act and its guidelines is…
Tax reform blues in despondent times
Tenacity, wisdom and empathy are required to push the much-needed reforms through, writes Monday Philips Ekpe The 19th Century French writer, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, was right. “Plus ca change, plus…
The tax of the matter and Oyedele’s taxmen, by Ken Ugbechie
The brewing storm over the National Tax Bills (NTB), an ambitious and courageous initiative to reform the nation’s extant tax laws, is normal. While some Nigerians have accused critics of…
Securing Delta and Oborevwori’s act of courage, by Ray Umukoro
Delta governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, is a man of few words. Neither showy nor given to vainglorious flamboyancy common among some politicians, Oborevwori has mastered the art of deploying…
NDLEA nabs Engineer, grandmother over drugs in multiple operations
– As operatives intercept 511,000 tramadol pills in Adamawa; 1,323kg cannabis in Ekiti; arrest grandma with opioids in Lagos Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have…