The Federal Government has declared Friday, June 12, 2020 as public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day. On June 10, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Public Holiday Amendment Act, declaring June 12 of every year a public holiday and Democracy Day. In his speech to mark the Democracy Day in June 12, 2019, he said: “As we all know, correcting injustice is a pre-requisite for peace and unity. “As part of the process of healing and reconciliation, I approved the recognition of June 12 as Democracy Day and invested the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola and Babagana Kingibe with National Honours,…
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A journalist and a clergyman have contracted the COVID-19 infection in Ondo state. The two individuals are part of the nineteen persons who contracted the disease in the State in the last twelve days. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu disclosed this at a weekly press briefing at the government house in Akure. The journalist is the 32nd confirmed case in the state. He is a male journalist aged 33 years who resides at Ore, Odigbo Local government area of the state. Details later….
President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai behind closed doors in the presidential villa in Abuja. There were speculations that the Chief of Army Staff was on a mission to update the president on happenings at the battle field in the North East region of Nigeria. With the ongoing war against the Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province terrorists, the Army Chief had relocated to the area to coordinate his men. The Army Chief, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai had been reported to have lost his mother while he was off…
The Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, says tremendous achievement has been recorded in the fight against insurgency in the North-East with the neutralisation of 1, 429 boko haram insurgents and the arrest of 116 of their associates. Buratai said this on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while speaking with journalists on his two months’ sojourn in the theatre of war after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari. The army chief, who returned to the headquarters in Abuja on Sunday, said President Buhari was happy with the performance of the military when he briefed him on the operations in the…
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha on Monday disclosed that the sum of N22.163 billion has so far been released by Federal Government. Mustapha disclosed this during the opening of the investigative hearing on the management and utilization of the funds accrued into the COVID-19 coffer so far including grants and other resources, held at the instance of the House Committee on Public Accounts, chaired by Hon. Wole Oke. According to Mustapha, out of the amount, the sum of N165 million has so far expended to cater for the welfare of all the Nigerians who…
A support group for the re-election of Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Ibi Giga Ambassadors, has said that the only condition for direct primaries to be used by the National Leadership of the party was for the updated party’s register of 2014 to be used. This, it said, was because two aspirants have begun illegal registration of party members and issuance of APC membership cards. The group who spoke at a press briefing in Akure said the two aspirants embarked on the illegal registration because of expectation that direct primary would be adopted for the Ondo APC. Deputy Director…
The National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria will commence a nationwide strike on Monday, June 15, 2020. Dr Aliyu Sokomba, National President of NARD, said this in an official letter with reference number NARD/SG/2019-2020/070620/246. Sokomba said the association found it necessary to take “the painful decision” following the inability of the government to meet its demands. He said, “Consequent upon the 14 days ultimatum duly served the Federal Government for indefinite strike action, in accordance with the resolution of the Ordinary General Meeting of the Association on the 29th of May 2020, we hereby notify you that all resident doctors,…
Two men, Abdullahi Kabiru, 28, and Obare Tunde, 39, who were in army uniform with the ranks of captain, assaulted a police constable, Lawrence Awoniyi, at Omuo Ekiti in the Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The two men, who allegedly identified themselves as army captains and assaulted the policeman on May 31, 2020, were said to have come to Omuo Ekiti from Ife Olukotun village in the Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. The assault reportedly took place when the two men sighted the policeman in uniform. The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr Asuquo…
Popular musician, Adekunle Gold, has welcomed a baby girl with singer wife, Simisola Ogunleye popularly called Simi. Simi’s pregnancy was confirmed when she debuted her baby bump in the video for her song, ‘Duduke’ in April. The excited music star revealed name of the baby girl as Adejare. Announcing the birth of their daughter, Simi, 31, shared the first photo of their adorable daughter. Recall that the couple tied the knots at a private ceremony in Lagos, in December 2019. Adekunle Gold and wife, Simi inspire a great deal and have garnered a large number of admirers for their beautiful…
The Federal Government plans to tax foreign digital service providers offering services to Nigerians and earning revenue in naira. Some of these service providers which are video streaming sites, social media platforms, and companies that offer downloads of digital contents are expected to pay digital tax to the Federal Inland Revenue Service. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, had issued the Companies Income Tax (Significant Economic Presence) Order, 2020 as an amendment of the Finance Act 2019. The order aimed to impose tax on a foreign entity with respect to certain services or digital transactions if it had a Significant…