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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has told the opposition parties to stop their griping over the 2023 presidential election and accept defeat over the election they lost woefully. Mohammed added that both Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party lost the election due to overconfidence and complacency. In a statement …

The Federal Government has announced a review of the Import Adjustment Tax (IAT) as part of the implementation of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET) 2022-2026, thereby raising tariffs on importation of rice, wheat, alcohol among 189 items.The 2023 revised document, raised tariff on rice packing of more than 5kg or in bulk and in …

…ahead of May 29 •Findings on sharing $800 million palliative or using money to fix Nigeria’s four comatose refineries Nigeria oil resources, especially petrol, seem to have brought more pain than joy to the citizens.While nations such as Norway, Russia, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, through strategic planning and investment of the gains made from harnessing petroleum resources, have turned around …

Ahead of the inauguration of a new President on May 29, 2023, Nigeria’s Boeing 737 Presidential jet has been flown out of the country for comprehensive maintenance, The PUNCH learned Sunday evening.  Villa sources told our correspondent that NAF 001, which has served the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in the past eight years was taken out of the …

The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Iyare Motors, Abel Omoruyi, is dead. Omoruyi, also the owner of the popular transport company, reportedly died on Friday night. Iyare Motors, which operates all over the country, is headquartered in Benin City, Edo State. A statement issued by the Edo State Government and signed by the Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Saturday, said …

A Dutch man suspected of fathering more than 550 children worldwide through sperm donations has been ordered to stop. The man named Jonathan, aged 41, could be fined more than 100,000 (£88,000) if he tries to donate again. He was banned from donating to fertility clinics in the Netherlands in 2017 after it emerged he had fathered more than 100 …

•President-elect set to pull off a joker This expose on the powers and influence of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) will show that the office is very powerful, and President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu must get it right by appointing an unblemished individual and one that can be trusted. In the opaque world of …

…Parents, groups pledge to support initiatives to sustain gains of education reforms in Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah, at the weekend, identified quality education as essential in improving human and capital development indices. In his remarks at the Maiden Edo Parents’ Summit, held in Benin City as part …

*Mo Ibrahim to VP:  “You are an example to all our leaders” Africa’s creative industry would expand its space significantly with the right infrastructure, provision of credit and the necessary exposure, Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said. Osinbajo, SAN spoke at the first session of 2023 Ibrahim Governance Weekend today in Nairobi, Kenya, according to Laolu Akande, Special …

The Nigerian Army on Thursday conducted a historic trooping and presentation of colours parade, retiring and replacing 53 units’ regimental colours and issued 28 new ones for newly established units. The ceremony was conducted by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari, in line with military tradition across the globe. Historically, the British colonial authority was the first …