Turn youthful population into positive energy – AFDB
. .. Warns against incessant foreign borrowing The Federal Government has been asked to end the handout of funds to youths in the name of empowering them. Rather, the Government has been told to make youths the centre piece of the nation’s developmental agenda. Akinwumi…
Rivers, Lagos suffer setback in fight over VAT
The seeming revolt orchestrated against the Federal Government over tax related matters by the Government of Rivers State, which is gradually enjoying support among States in the country, appears to have suffered a minor setback. An Appellate Court sitting in Abuja says that in…
Amaechi approves site for deep seaport in Bonny
In the midst of the people: Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon Rotimi Amaechi flanked by elites of Bonny Kingdom. Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Rotimi Amaechi Friday toured the site of the new deep seaport to be built by the Federal Government in Bonny. Bonny…
FG denies tax relief concessions to firms
* Flutterwave, Flour Mill, 8 others affected * Grants Pioneer Status Incentives to 6 companies, 132 applications pending The Federal Government through the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has released the report on Pioneer Status Incentives (PSI) Application for the first quarter (Q1) of 2021….
APC to Wike: Partner with FG, others, for speedy growth in Rivers
The All Progressives Congress says it is time for Governor Nyesom Wike to partner with drivers of national policy and major industry players in order to strategically reposition the State. The party said in a statement that there is no justification for the Rivers State…
Go settle your matter with Twitter – Soyinka
Go settle your matter with Twitter, Soyinka tells Buhari Professor Wole Soyinka has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sort out his personal problems with Twitter instead of attempting to drag the nation’s image to the mud. Soyinka said in an angry retort that the Nigerian…
Pack up and go, IYC tells IOCs
Oil companies operating within the Niger Delta have been reminded of the need to heed an ultimatum to vacate the region before it is too late. In a couple of days the ultimatum issued by the Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC on the 25th of April,…
Mbaka: How a Catholic plot to impose 30-day silence failed
Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka has explained how the attempt by the Catholic Church to blank him out for 30 days failed. The Reverend Father offered the explanation for his disapearance from public after he regained his freedom from the sanctuary of the Catholic church. Initially,…
APC replies Governor Wike’s attack on Amaechi
The APC has dismissed the diatribe launched by Governor Nyesom Wike against the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, describing the utterances of the governor as the product of growing jealousy and desperation. Wike who was commissioning a project Wednesday had accused the Federal…
Coronavirus scar may hamper work on Port Harcourt – Aba Road by our Correspondent
The scar of the new raging virus, CORONAVIRUS, that is now spreading across the world from the Peoples Republic of China may hamper the ongoing progress on the construction of Port Harcourt – Aba Road section of the East-West Road. The reason may not be…
