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The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) says it has sealed six companies for allegedly defaulting in remitting taxes to the tune of N17.9 million. Mrs Folasade Coker-Afolayan, the Head of its Enforcement Unit, told the News Agency of Nigeria (N...
All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) on Thursday decried the condition of prison inmates in the country. The party described the condition of the inmates as `worrisome,’ and that it needed urgent attention for the betterment of the country. The ...
The Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) is to sensitise its staff on the use of e-transact to enhance the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN's) new policy on cash-based transactions. The e-transact is a `one-time dynamic pin' ...
The Census Tribunal on Thursday declared as invalid the 2006 census figures of three local government areas in Taraba. A judgement delivered by Mr Habibu Ma’aruf, Chairman of tribunal `B’, voided the population figures of&nb...
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked Malian authorities to return the passports and equipment seized from two international Al-Jazeera journalists, who were attempting to cross into militants-controlled areas o...
The National President, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) Alhaji Balarabe Musa, on Thursday expressed concern over the high rate of unemployment in the country, saying there was need to adopt another approach to address the...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery suspect, alleged to have in company of others robbed a filling station at Obolo Afor in Udenu Local Government Area. The command’s spokesman, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in E...
The Kebbi Government would spend N76.7 million on the construction of three earth dams to promote livestock development and agricultural activities in rural communities. Alhaji Magaji Bunza, the state Commissioner for Water Resources, told the New...
A 26- year-old man, John Dantala was on Thursday arraigned before an Upper Area Court in Jos over alleged rape of his 12-year-old daughter. Dantala, who resides at Faringada area of Jos, was alleged to have had carnal knowledge of the&nb...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order on Wednesday said that it had uncovered plans by the Boko Haram group to attack military barracks in Maiduguri. This is contained in a statement issued by the JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, in ...
Northern leaders on Wednesday converged in Kaduna in the continued search for solutions to the problems of the region. The leaders met at the opening of a two-day conference organised by the Centre for Historical Documentation and Research, Arewa...
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over what it described as the reckless extravagance of the Jonathan administration, which it fears, could plunge the country into bankruptcy if left unchecked. In a statement issued in Ilorin, ye...
The Yobe State government has refuted rumours making the round that government official, including commissioners and legislators have fled the state for fear of insecurity. In a statement signed and made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday by the Special...
In this interview with DONATUS NADI, Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Tanko Almakura, speaks on how the nation’s governance is not serving the common man well. He also discusses the contentious issue of retirement pension, saying it has...
There is palpable uproar in the family of the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. The bone of contention has been how best to share the property left behind by the former war lord. The quarrel started shortly after the burial of...