Despite threats to their lives and cautions by relevant authorities, the illicit organ harvesting, kidney, to be precise trade still thrives in Abuja suburbs. Juliet Jacob who visited Mararaba, reports. Mararaba Hub of Kidney Harvesting As the rising sun brings a bright morning to Mararaba, a satellite town that stretches alongside the Keffi-Abuja dual carriageway…
The Federal Capital Territory-Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has given a March 31 deadline to the residents of the FCT to file their tax returns, adding it won’t extend it. A statement by Mustapha Sumaila, head, Corporate Communications, FCT-IRS reminded the residents that this obligation was in accordance with the Personal Income Tax Cap P8 2011…
Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has said the looters of the Abuja grains warehouse did not spare the roofs and fence. Hungry residents on Sunday invaded a warehouse in Gwagwa-Tasha area of the nation’s capital. However, when the minister visited the scene to assess the damage done to…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has said the ban on the use of Point-of-Sales (POS) machines in police stations became imperative following public outcry on alleged illegal and illicit transactions with certain police operatives. The police boss ordered stoppage POS machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other police…
A suspected Lassa fever case is presently being monitored in Adamawa State at some stage in the outbreak, officials said. This followed Government Notification No. 039 on an outbreak of a notably contagious disease at a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp on Friday. It was lately pronounced that the Adamawa State Ministry of…
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN, has raised concerns about the alleged return of the fuel subsidy regime in Nigeria, calling on the administration of President Bola Tinubu to address the issue with transparency. In a statement, Falana quoted Robert Dickerman, CEO of Pinnacle Oil, who claimed that the federal government still pays N1 trillion…
Ogbodo Ozioma Favour The Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki has frowned at the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday to increase the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 18.75% to 22.75%. The Governor of CBN Yemi Cardoso was quoted as saying, “All 12 members of the committee decided to further tighten monetary…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, says Sunday’s looting of authority’s warehouse in Abuja displays the frustration of most Nigerians who are struggling with the financial insurance policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Adegboruwa, who appeared on Channels Television’s The Morning Breakfast show, on Monday, said this is a message to the President…
The Labour Party 2023 Presidential candidate, Peter Ob has described food donated to Nigeria by war-torn Ukraine as a national shame. This comes days after the Eastern European country donated 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food aid to 1.3 million vulnerable people in Nigeria and its crisis-hit northeast. The food donation is said to…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged a staggering $134 million investment to bolster Nigeria’s agricultural sector, with a focus on enhancing food production. The President of AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, made this announcement during his visit to the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano, weekend. Adesina revealed the bank’s ambitious plans, stating,…
