The World Bank Group has imposed a 30-month debarment on two Nigerian firms, Viva Atlantic Limited and Technology House Limited, along with their Managing Director and CEO, Norman Didam, for engaging in fraudulent, collusive, and corrupt practices. The sanctions stem from unethical activities during the National Social Safety Nets Project (NSSNP) in Nigeria. The…
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Tuesday called for a review of some items in the tax bills for the benefit of Nigerians. The TUC President, Festus Osifo, made the call in a statement at the end of the union’s National Executive Council meeting on Tuesday. He said: “The threshold for tax exemptions…
A retired Upper Shari’a Court Judge, Mahmoud Shehu, has been granted bail by a Magistrate Court in Zaria, Kaduna State, over allegations of assaulting a visually impaired housewife. The court, presided over by Senior Magistrate Ibrahim Adamu Salisu, approved bail for Shehu on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, stipulating that he must provide two sureties…
The Federal Government has alerted Nigerians to the outbreak of a zoonotic disease, Anthrax, in Zamfara State. The Director of Information and Public Relations Department in the Ministry of Livestock Development, Mr. Ben Goong, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the outbreak occurred in a farm in Zamfara. Anthrax is…
US President Donald Trump has announced plans to fire thousands of White House staff who are not aligned with his vision to Make America Great Again. Trump disclosed this on his social media platform, Truth Social, beforepublicly firing several senior employees in an unprecedented shakeup. The post read: ‘Our first day in the White House is…
