Federal lawmaker representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye on Friday, June 25, 2021 commenced the construction of 30 stalls Obada market in Igbara-Oke at Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State. Foundation of the market was laid by Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye at exactly 10:50 am. The federal lawmaker however, assured that the market construction would be completed without delay. The federal lawmaker also advised market women present at the event to carry out regular maintenance and sanitation of the market when completed. Also in attendance during the foundation laying event was the Sapetu of Igbaraoke, Chief Moses Akinaluko, who…
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The State Security Service has arrested Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi after honouring an invitation. He had since been released, Peoples Gazette learnt. The VOA Hausa reported that the invitation came after a controversy between Mr Gumi and the Nigerian Army. Speaking on ARISE TV on Wednesday, Mr Gumi alleged that security agents played a role in the insecurity plaguing Nigeria by collaborating with the bandits who engage in killing and kidnapping for ransom. The military responded to Mr Gumi’s allegation in a statement, saying, “It is essential to remind ourselves that this same military, being accused of connivance, are…
The World Bank says certain revenue reforms over the next three years can raise the tax-to-GDP ratio to about seven per cent and bring in an additional N10 trillion. Rajul Awasthi, a senior public sector specialist at the bank, said this in a ‘Domestic Revenue Mobilisation’ presentation at a virtual media parley in Abuja on Thursday. He explained that fundamental reform of the tax system was needed to stimulate post-pandemic investment and economic growth in the long term. According to him, coordinated policy reforms combined with revenue administration enhancements are essential to achieve revenue potential. “As Nigeria tries to…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on June 24 proceed to London for a scheduled medical follow-up, the presidency said on Thursday. Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina said the president will return to the country during the second week of July, 2021. The trip came barely three months after Mr Buhari travelled to the United Kingdom capital on March 30, 2021, to see his medical doctors, whom he said he had consulted for decades. During the last trip, the president overstayed the period he said he would return to the country by several days.
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s economic performance gives him comfort amid millions of Nigeria pushed below the poverty line. “The performance of our economy despite COVID-19 gives me comfort,” said Mr Buhari, “that we can achieve our goal, but we need to seriously scale up and work more with states and local governments.” He added, “This call becomes more pertinent in the face of recent forecasts by the IMF, the World Bank and our own Nigerian Economic Summit Group, which all agreed that Nigeria needs to frontally tackle her poverty situation if our economic gains are to be sustained.’’ He…
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi on Wednesday, attributed the incessant banditry and herdsmen attacks across the country to tribal war. “What you call banditry, when you cross to the other side, you find out Nigeria is fighting a tribal war,” he said while featuring on Arise TV’s programme. Bandits have in recent times ransacked Nigerian communities, mostly the northern parts, raping, killing, kidnapping as well as destroying properties. Mr Gumi who admitted that bandits commit atrocities, accused the government at all levels of taking sides in the raging attacks on Nigerian communities. “When you said these bandits are committing atrocities,…
Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says Nigerians should be paying at least N256 per litre for petrol. Mr Kyari disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting organised by the NNPC to stop fuel smuggling. Commenting on the current PMS and subsidy payment, Mr Kyari noted that the petrol pump price should be N256 per litre given the current exchange rate. “If we are to sell at the market today at the current exchange rate, we will be selling the product at about N256 to a litre. What we sell today is N162, so the…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan has attributed the failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government under President Muhammadu Buhari to the power struggle between the executive and the National Assembly, during Bukola Saraki’s tenure. Mr Saraki served as the 13th President of the Senate of Nigeria during President Buhari’s first term from 2015 to 2019. According to Mr Lawan, who succeeded Mr Saraki, the All Progressives Congress (APC) government was unable to fulfill its electoral promises to the electorate during its first term because the two bodies did not have a cordial relationship. Mr Lawan said this at the First…
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a new poverty committee, appointing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as the chairman. On Tuesday in Abuja, Mr Buhari inaugurated the National Steering Committee (NSC) of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) with Mr Osinbajo as its chairman. Speaking at the inauguration, Mr Buhari reiterated his regime’s commitment to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in10 years with a well-researched framework for implementation and funding. He noted that the NPRGS had already proposed establishing a private equity fund, the Nigeria Investment and Growth Fund, to lead resource mobilisation drive and sustainably manage the…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, has said that the Federal Government’s ban on Twitter’s operations was in the country’s interest. The minister, who stated this when he appeared before the House Committee on Information on Tuesday, in Abuja, cited various sections of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in support of the action that was officially taken in the light of the security challenges facing the country. Mohammed said the Federal Government had begun talks with the micro-blogging site to resolve the matter, adding, however, that until then, the platform remained banned. The…