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Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, said Thursday that the federal government would begin to tax first and business class flight tickets in line with the new tax drive aimed at boosting revenue. The move is coming almost three years after the previous administration rolled out the initiative among a cocktail of measures to boost revenue with the precipitous decline in …

The creative industry has been accorded a pioneer status in a landmark move that will transform the industry into a creative economy, Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, said in a statement thursday. Mohammed said the decision to grant the industry ‘Pioneer Status’ was in fulfillment of the promise made by acting President Yemi Osinbajo, represented by the Minister of …

The US justice department has “tripled the number of active leak investigations” and devoted new FBI resources to cracking down on leakers, Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, said in a press conference on Friday, promising also that the department was reviewing its approach to subpoenaing journalists. “We respect the important role that the press plays and will give them respect, …

Nigeria will extend gas supplies from its Escravos region in the Niger Delta all the way to Cote d’Ivoire through the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed. NNPC disclosed the fresh plan to extend gas supplies to Cote d’Ivoire on the WAGP Wednesday when it hosted a delegation of the country at its …

Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration would rehabilitate the old roads connecting agrarian communities in the state to encourage investments in the agricultural sector. The governor said this when he received a report presented by the Technical Committee on Infrastructural Development, set up to review the state of road network constructed when Edo was under …

The United Nations Children’s Fund’s Child Justice Consultant, Dr Wilfred Mamah, on Thursday said that there were many Nigerian children currently languishing in different prisons across the country. Mamah disclosed this in Lagos at a one-day Sensitisation Meeting on Diversion Community Rehabilitation Programme with media practitioners. The UNICEF’ Consultant also announced the inauguration of a pilot Community Rehabilitation Programme for …

By Victor Osehobo Ofure Benin City, Nigeria – Frustrated by a recent significant tax increase for traders in most markets across Edo State capital, traders at the popular Oba market in Benin City yesterday took to the streets in protest. The men and women own small businesses with an annual turnover of less than N100,000 per annum in their thousands …

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, identified poor implementation of development policies by African governments as a big impediment to the prosperity of the continent. The former president spoke in Lagos at the public presentation of the book `Making Africa Work`. The book was co-authored by Obasanjo, Greg Mills, Jeffrey Herbst and Davies Dickie, all of the Brenthurst Foundation. …

There was a disagreement on Tuesday between the Lagos State Police Command and a 51-year-old resident of Magodo Phase II, Alhaji Alaka Abayomi, who was arrested in connection with Badoo killings in Ikorodu. While Abayomi told our correspondent that the police lacked evidence and had released him, the command said he was still in custody. The oil and gas operator …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday gave more insights into the theft in his Gwarimpa residence in Abuja, saying the suspects stole all movable objects in the house. Jonathan, in a statement by his Media Aide, Ikechukwu Eze, in Abuja, noted that Nigerians were concerned about the vandalism and theft in the residence. The aide said the enquiries by journalists …