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The police on Wednesday said they had deployed detectives to arrest northern youths, who ordered Igbo to quit the North before October 1, 2017. The groups had, on Tuesday, issued a three-month ultimatum to people of Igbo extraction, resident in the 19 states in the North, to leave the North or be forced out before October 1, 2017. A prepared …

By Erasmus Ikhide Apparently worried by the rate of unemployment in Nigeria, a leading economic expert, Professor Patrick Utomi has called on the federal government to embrace youth empowerment as a panacea to the lingering economic problem in the country. Utomi at the national launch of YouthCan!, an initiative by SOS children’s Village in Lagos, averred that Nigeria’s dwindling economy …

The Chairman of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd (IVM), Innocent Chukwuma, has appealed to the federal and state government institutions to increase the level of patronage of the vehicles manufactured by the indigenous company. He made the plead on Monday when the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, visited the IVM plant in Nnewi, Anambra State in support of …

The Federal Government has constructed a borehole with overhead tank at the oil-rich Gelegele Community in Edo to put an end to many years of water scarcity in the community. The project was executed through the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) of the Federal Government. The Coordinator of PAP, Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), said in Abuja on Tuesday that the project …

Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has revealed his intention to work with the European Union (EU) to discourage and penalise offenders caught promoting illegal migration, while also noting that his administration would collaborate with the EU to drive economic development. Obaseki said this at the Government House in Benin City when the EU Ambassador to Nigeria, Michel Arrion, disclosed …

Following the frequent attacks by herdsmen which often resulted in loss of lives and property, the Benin Monarch, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, has assured the people of Edo State that the problems of herdsmen in the state would be brought to the attention of the relevant authorities for solution. The Oba who gave the assurance in Ekpoma during …

Donald Trump has appeared to take credit for the diplomatic and economic blockade imposed on Qatar by its neighbours in the worst crisis to hit the Gulf states in 30 years, saying that all the evidence pointed to the state funding terrorism. The president’s remarks on Tuesday will come as a shock to Qatar, which regarded itself as an ally …

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the permanent forfeiture to the Federal Government of the sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 recovered from No. 16, Osborne Road, Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos. The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and “Ghana-must-go” bags in the apartment before they were discovered and recovered on April 11, 2017 …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has introduced six key electronic solutions (e-Services) to enhance convenience, transparency and round the clock processing and payment of taxes. Some of the e-services, which could now be accessed online, are taxpayer registration (through e-Registration); payment of Stamp Duties (through e-Stamp Duty); payment of taxes (through online payment: e-TaxPay, Remita); receiving of electronic receipt …

Current and former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees have described how work on climate change is grinding to a halt at the agency, with programs being scrapped and fears that staff may be reassigned away from climate-related tasks. The Trump administration is tearing up key planks of Barack Obama’s emissions-lowering agenda, with the president withdrawing the US from the Paris …