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Monday, 10 January 2022 05:51

FG tells states, LGs to make Covid-19 vaccine compulsory for their workers

National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has urged state governments to step up mass vaccination against Covid-19 as part of moves to combat the virus. The agency, in its latest advisory obtained by one of our correspondents in Abuja, also urged state governors to enact and enforce vaccination mandate for local and state government workers. This came to fore as the percentage for fully vaccinated Nigerians stalled at 4.2 per cent while those that had taken their first dose remained grounded at 9.8 per cent as of Sunday, January 9, 2021. NCDC in its daily updates continued to report increase in…

Monday, 10 January 2022 05:48

ECOWAS imposes tougher sanctions on Mali over military rule elongation

West African nations will close their borders with Mali, sever diplomatic ties and impose tough economic sanctions in response to its "unacceptable" delay in holding elections following a 2020 military coup, the 15-state regional bloc said on Sunday. The fresh measures from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) represent a significant hardening of its stance towards Mali, whose interim authorities have proposed holding elections in December 2025 instead of this February as originally agreed with the bloc. In a communique issued after an emergency summit in the Ghanaian capital Accra, ECOWAS said it found the proposed timetable for…

Sunday, 09 January 2022 06:28

FG threatens further increase in VAT as it misses revenue target by almost N2trn

Federal Government recorded a revenue shortfall of N1.93tn in a period of 11 months, according to data from the Budget Office. The Budget Office, in a document containing an overview of the 2021 budget implementation, said Federal Government’s aggregate revenue projection in the 2021 Appropriation Act and Supplementary Budget was N8.13tn. It said N7.4tn was the prorated budget for January-November 2021 but the government generated only N5.51tn in the period, resulting in a shortfall of N1.93tn. The government has a track record of failing to achieve its revenue projections as it grapples with revenue challenges. Minister of Finance, Budget, and…

Saturday, 08 January 2022 06:08

Nigeria working on Covid-19 vaccine - Buhari

Nigeria is working to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a televised interview on Thursday, as the country battles growing cases of the virus. Health experts say Nigeria needs to triple its vaccination drive from just over 100,000 doses a day to meet its target of inoculating more than half its population by the end of next year. The West African country has been exploring options to acquire or purchase vaccines through the COVAX facility to enable it inoculate at least 70% of its population. "We are working very hard with the ministry of health to develop…

Saturday, 08 January 2022 06:07

FIRS, Customs made combined revenues of N8.6trn in 2021 - Report

Federal government has realized N8.6trn as taxes and customs duties for 2021. Data released by Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) disclosed that both agencies generated N2.2 trillion and N6.4 trillion respectively. Executive Chairman, FIRS, Muhammad Nami, gave the figure in Abuja at a public presentation and breakdown of highlights of the 2022 Appropriation Act. Nami said: “We collected more than 70 per cent of the target set for 2021 with the help of technology and I assure Nigeria that we will do better in 2022. “The figures will be fully published soon.’’ NCS said the…

Saturday, 08 January 2022 06:05

Buhari appoints replacement for dead chairman of Federal Mortgage Bank

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Mortgage of Bank of Nigeria (FMBN). A Chartered Accountant and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Gbeleyi is a well-known financial expert who was once a Commissioner for Finance in Lagos State as well as a player in the aviation sector. He replaces Adewale Adesoji Adeeyo who passed on recently. Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) January 7, 2022

Friday, 07 January 2022 06:30

Pre-departure travel Covid tests no longer necessary to enter UK on one condition

The current Covid testing system for people travelling to England has "outlived its usefulness", Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says, as Omicron is now "widespread and worldwide". Ahead of a rule change later this week, he said the system - introduced to slow Omicron's spread - had "done its part". Pre-departure tests will end for fully vaccinated travellers and day two PCRs will be replaced by lateral flow tests. Mr Shapps said ministers would "ensure a stable system is in place for 2022". The shake-up, announced on Wednesday, came after travel firms said the measures were not effective now Omicron was…

Friday, 07 January 2022 06:26

Russia sends troops to put down Kazakhstan fuel subsidy uprising as fresh violence erupts

Fresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan's main city of Almaty on Thursday as Russia sent in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow's closest former Soviet allies. Police in Almaty said they had killed dozens of rioters overnight into the early hours of Thursday morning. Authorities said at least 18 members of the security forces had died, including two found decapitated. More than 2,000 people were arrested. After a night of running street confrontations between protesters and troops, a presidential residence in the city and its mayor's office were both ablaze, and burnt out cars littered the…

Friday, 07 January 2022 06:25

Buhari receives briefings from Jonathan on Mali crisis

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja received a briefing from former President Goodluck Jonathan on the latest political developments in Mali. Jonathan is the current ECOWAS Special Envoy to Mali. An ECOWAS special meeting on Mali holds in Ghana on Sunday to deliberate on the political situation in that country. Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesperson, stated that Sunday’s meeting was the subject of the parley between his principal and Jonathan. He stated that Buhari repeated his earlier avowal that whatever Nigeria would do on the Mali situation would be done within the ambit of ECOWAS. Buhari had earlier received, in…

Thursday, 06 January 2022 06:38

Buhari states reasons why state police ‘is not an option’

President Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out the suggestions to strengthen the country’s security architecture with a state police system. Buhari in an interview aired on Channels Television Wednesday, January 5, said state governments are guilty of causing an imbalance in their respective domain. “State police is not an option… Find out the relationship between local government and the governors. Are the third tier of government getting what they are supposed to get constitutionally? Are they getting it?,” Buhari asked. “Let the people in local government tell you the truth, the fight between local governments and the Governor.” Buhari’s comments are…

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Thursday, 06 January 2022 06:37

FG gazettes court order proscribing bandits as terrorists

Federal government has released a gazette proscribing bandits as terrorists in Nigeria. On November 25, a federal high court in Abuja declared the activities of all bandit groups in the country as acts of terrorism. Speaking during a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme on Tuesday, Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), had said the government is trying to ensure that it operates within the confines of international best practices, adding that the gazette would be ready in a few days. On Wednesday, Umar Gwandu, Malami’s spokesperson, announced release of the gazette. “Notice is hereby given that by the Order…

Thursday, 06 January 2022 06:35

Buhari constitutes new boards for NNPC, others

President Muhammadu Buhari has dropped Ifeanyi Ararume as chairman for the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited naming Margaret Chuba Okadigbo as chairman instead. On September 19, 2021, Buhari had approved the constitution of a board for the NNPC with Ararume as chairman in accordance with Section 59(2) of the PIA 2021. However, on November 23, 2021, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, a day before inauguration of the board, announced Buhari’s approval of the indefinite suspension of the inauguration of the newly constituted board. A statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina,…

Thursday, 06 January 2022 06:31

Malami carpets Southwest govs’ over reaction to Magodo incident

Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, says he “takes exception” to Wednesday’s reaction by Southwest governors to the Magodo Estate incident during the visit of Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to the estate. Southwest governors had earlier reacted to what they described as a “disrespect” to Sanwo-Olu. A chief superintendent of police officers had openly defied the order of Sanwo-Olu to withdraw his colleagues who had invaded the estate. The unidentified officer told the governor that he only answers to the instructions of his superiors and had yet to get an order to leave the estate from the inspector-general of…

Thursday, 06 January 2022 06:30

Lagos govt met with stakeholders in the Magodo land tussle and made these resolutions

PRESS RELEASE At a meeting chaired by Mr. Governor, Babajide Olusola-Sanwo-Olu, at the State House Alausa, on the 5th of January 2022 with the Judgment Creditors (Shangisha Landlords’ Association), their lawyers, Commissioner of Police Lagos State Command, Policemen from the F.C.T Command and Police Headquarters, the Executive and Trustees of the Magodo Residents’ Association and senior Government Officials, the enforcement of Judgment of the Supreme Court delivered on the 10th of February 2012 in suit no. SC/112/2002 was deliberated upon and the following resolutions were arrived at: 1. That the Committee set up by the State Government to resolve the…

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