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Back to homepageParadise Papers: Nigerian govt to investigate users of offshore tax companies — Adeosun
The Nigerian government on Tuesday said it will investigate users of offshore tax shelters recently exposed in the ongoing Paradise Papers global investigation. The Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, said the Federal Ministry of Finance’s data mining project would use data
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Bayelsa suspends salaries of 4,220 workers over payroll fraud
The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd. ), said in Yenagoa on Tuesday evening that the government has withheld the salaries of 4,220 persons suspected of tampering with the payroll in the eight local government areas
Read MoreNDLEA nabs policeman providing escort services to truck of weed in Kogi
The Kogi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a mobile police officer for escorting a vehicle loaded with 30 bags of weeds out of Lokoja, Kogi state. According to the State Commander of the Agency,
Read MoreMore money for Niger Delta, N305/$1… 12 things to know about Budget 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari presented a budget proposal of N8.6 trillion before a joint session of the national assembly on Tuesday. Tagged: ‘Budget of Consolidation’, Buhari expressed optimism that the budget would transform the country for the better. He appealed to
Read MoreSacked UK minister commits suicide
An ex-Welsh Labour minister who faced a party inquiry into allegations about his personal conduct has taken his own life, BBC Wales reports. Carl Sargeant, 49, lost his ministerial job as cabinet secretary for communities and children last Friday. He was
Read MoreBudget2018: What Buhari told Nigerian lawmakers (FULL SPEECH)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented the 2018 Appropriation Bill to lawmakers. The president read the budget speech before the joint session of the National Assembly. The executive proposed a budget of N8.6 trillion, 16 per cent higher than the
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Femi Adesina: FG will begin implementation of 2018 budget by January
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says the federal government will begin implementation of the 2018 budget by January. Adesina said the presentation of the 2018 budget to the national assembly is “promise made and promise being kept”. He said barring any exigencies,
Read MoreDeadly viral disease similar to Ebola breaks out in Uganda
An outbreak of a ‘lethal virus’ – Marburg – clinically similar to Ebola with no known cure has broken out in Uganda, health chiefs have announced. The virus is one of the ‘most deadly’ pathogens in existence as it kills up to 88
Read MoreONSA Fraud: EFCC to arraign ex-Accountant General, Otunla, others on Dec. 7
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on December 7 arraign a former Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Jonah Otunla, and eight others before the Federal High Court in Abuja on money laundering charges involving diversion of N2bn from the
Read MoreWenger eyes Navas as Cech’s replacement
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger is reportedly prepared to battle Liverpool for the services of Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas according to reports. Navas has been the first-choice goalkeeper at Santiago Bernabeu for the last three seasons, understood the 30-year-old is unhappy
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