By Our Correspondent The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it generated N10 trillion in revenue in 2022, the highest in its history. The Service gave the figures in its “FIRS 2022 Performance Update” released in Abuja on Monday. The CEO of FIRS, Muhammad Nami, released the document to the public after a briefing […]
The Lekki Deep Sea Port, inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, will contribute over $8 billion to the Nigerian economy annually. The inauguration is part of the president’s activities during his two-day official tour of Lagos State. The president, at the end of the state visit, will depart for Dakar, Senegal today (Tuesday). […]
By Oluwashina Iyanda Policymakers and stakeholders in the digital economy ecosystem in the West African sub-region will converge in Abuja from Jan. 31 to Feb. 1 for the Digital Economy Regional Conference. Reuben Muoka, Director, Public Affairs in the ministry in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the conference would discuss the future of […]
Findings of a study, on Monday, showed that 93 per cent of Pakistanis agreed that the sale of cigarettes should be banned. A Gallup and Gilani Pakistan survey reported that a nationally representative sample of adult men and women across the country took part in the study. Respondents were asked: “Do you think the sale […]
The APC governorship candidate in Kano State, Dr Nasiru Gawuna, has promised to prioritise security, health and agriculture among others if elected. Guwuna, who is also the state deputy governor, made the promise in a statement on Monday in Kano. He said he would consolidate the security and relative peace enjoyed in the state. “Security […]
Four people died and six others sustained injuries in a blaze at a resort in the northern Azerbaijani city of Qusar on Sunday, emergency authorities said. Although authorities sent fire and emergency crews to the area, the blaze destroyed a two-storey wooden cottage with an area of 240 square meters at the local Park Qusar […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation has called for restraint over the ongoing industrial dispute between the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) and its workers. The committee chairman, Mr Nnolim Nnaji, made the call on Monday in Lagos. Nnaji, advised the management of the company to dialogue with the union leaders. He said this […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the Warri-Itakpe rail service after a train derailed at kilometre 30 Ajaokuta-Itakpe section of the track. One hundred and forty-eight passengers and 30 crew were in the train which derailed on Sunday inside the Kogi forest. There was no fatality or casualty, but passengers said they were stranded […]
Thirteen people died when a residential building collapsed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Sunday as rescue workers are still searching for people believed still buried under the rubble, state media said. The five-storey building, in the Sheikh Maksoud district of Syria’s second-largest city, collapsed due to water leakages that weakened its foundation, government officials said. […]
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday, dismissed a senior cabinet ally to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified the minister from serving. Netanyahu fired Aryeh Deri, the Minister of Health and Interior Affairs, during his weekly cabinet meeting, the PM’s office said in a statement. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling […]