Author: Vreporters
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Senate Explains Alleged N3trn Padding in 2024 Budget
Senate on Tuesday explained that the N3trillion alleged to be padded in 2024 budget was actually statutory transfers to first line charge agencies of government not domiciled in the ministries. Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity Sen.Yemi Adaramodu gave the explanation, while speaking with journalists on the suspension of Sen. Abdul Ningi over alleged…
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Again, Bandits Kidnap 60 Residents In Fresh Kaduna Attack
Channels TV At least 60 persons have been reportedly kidnapped by bandits at Buba village in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident occurred early Tuesday , while the villagers were asleep. The police authorities have not confirmed the attack but the Councilor representing the ward, Abubakar Buda, told Channels Television that…
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Senate Suspends Ningi For Three Months Over Budget Padding Claims
The Senate under the leadership of Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday suspended Senator Abdul Ningi over allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, was suspended for three months after a long stormy session in the red chamber. A member of the Appropriation Committee in the Senate, Jimoh…
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Nigeria’s V.A.T. Too Low – European Union Declares
The European Union has declared Nigeria’s Value Added Tax, VAT, rate of 7.5 per cent as low and inefficient. Massimo De Luca, Head of Cooperation and Delegation of the EU to Nigeria and ECOWAS, gave the verdict at the 4th Session of the Steering Committee of the Support Programme for Fiscal Transition in West Africa…
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Kidnappers demand N40trn, 11 Hilux vans, 150 bikes ransom for Kaduna residents
The Nation Newspaper Kidnappers have reached out to the families and Kaduna community for a ransom of N40 trillion, 11 Hilux vans and 150 motorcycles for their abducted kinsmen. Bandits on Wednesday 28 February attacked Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in Chikun Local Government area kidnapping 16 residents. The Nation recalled on the following day,…
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Flash: Varsity Workers Declare 7-day Warning Strike
Punch Newspaper The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union, on Monday, declared a seven-day warning strike. The unions said the declaration was made to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members by the Federal Government after the 2022 nationwide strike. This followed the resolution of…
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Sultan Sets To Announce Beginning of Ramadan
The national moon sighting committee says the crescent for Ramadan fasting has been sighted. In a post on X, the committee said the sultanate had confirmed a single sighting claim. His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’d Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, is expected to announce the beginning of Ramadan.
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Economic Hardship: What Governors Are Doing at State Levels – NGF
The Nigeria Governors Forum has said that the 36 state governors are implementing diverse strategies and measures aimed at resolving the ongoing economic challenges and food crises within their respective states. Recall that economic difficulties have arisen in Nigeria in the past months with the removal of fuel subsidy which led to a sharp increase…
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JUST IN: Many feared trapped as five-storey building collapses in Anambra
Some yet-to-be-identified number of persons may have been trapped as a five-storey building under construction collapsed at Basden Street, Fegge, in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the building, meant to serve commercial purposes on completion, collapsed in the early hours of Sunday while some of the construction workers were…
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US Offers Support To Nigeria To Rescue Abducted Pupils In Kaduna, Borno
The United States government has condemned the abduction of scores of school children andr women in Kaduna State, northern part of Nigeria. The US Mission in Nigeria on its official X page on Saturday also condemned the displaced persons abducted in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, where suspected Boko Haram terrorists had kidnapped over 100 internally…