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The detention by house arrest effected on four Air Vice Marshals and some Air Commodores at Niger Barracks, Abuja, over alleged corruption has started yielding fruits as it was gathered that one of the officers, of Air Vice Marshal rank has returned the sum of N66 million to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) The anti-corruption war was sequel …

By Kingsley Abavo Edo State government now relies heavily on revenue earnings from taxation as a measure to cushion the adverse effects of continued fall in revenues from the Federation Allocation due to plummeting global oil price. Tax revenue drive is something the Oshiomhole administration is pursuing aggressively as a policy, though surprisingly, out of the about four million residents …

Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday urged Nigerians to always demonstrate the virtues of loyalty, honesty and determination to make Nigeria better as demonstrated by former Head of State, late Murtala Mohammed. The President made the call while speaking at the Murtala Mohammed 40th Memorial Lecture in Abuja. He said Nigerians, irrespective of their age brackets, should always exhibit …

The Supreme Court on Friday gave its reasons for affirming Barrister Nyesom Wike and Senator Ibikunle Amosun as the validity elected Governor of Rivers and Ogun state in the April 11, 2015 governorship election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the two states. The apex court had on January 27, 2015 upheld the election of the two …

MINISTER of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday, revealed how the Bank Verification Number (BVN) introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for all bank customers exposed 23,000 ghost workers in the employ of the Federal Government. Speaking before the Senate Committee on Finance, Adeosun said “we have about 23,000 workers that we need to investigate: those whom either …

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita has said that the Federal Government would soon come up with more holistic reforms in order to reposition the Service for much more effective service delivery. She noted that one of the key mission of the current administration was to restore the lost glory of the Federal Civil …

Benin – The Edo House of Assembly on Thursday passed the state’s 2016 budget estimates of N116.6 billion. It will be recalled that Gov. Adams Oshiomhole on Dec. 14, 2015 presented a budget proposal of N111.5 billion to the House for consideration and passage. The budget as presented by the governor consists of N58.9billion for capital expenditure while the proposed …

By Alltimepost.com Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said that Edo State Government will broaden its tax net to capture the over one million taxable adults in the state. The Governor hinted that of the state’s population of four million people, only 160,000 people presently pay tax. He made these known while delivering a lecture on “Dwindling Revenue from Crude Oil: The …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday formally resumed work in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after a six-day vacation. Buhari had returned to the country on Wednesday from London where he spent the short vacation that started on Friday. On resumption on Thursday, Buhari who had written the National Assembly, asking Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to act in his …

In keeping to its campaign promises of providing quality education in the country, the Federal Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with NASCO Foods limited, Jos for commercial production of high nutrient density biscuit for the national school feeding programme. Speaking at the occasion at the weekend, the Director General and CEO, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), …