VAT Review: Squeezing A Bleeding Economy
Last week, millions of vendors, suppliers and sundry service providers took to emails, voice calls, WhatsApp and other chatbox platforms to align figures with clients and replace invoices ahead of the take-off of the new Value Added Tax (VAT) rate. With effect from yesterday, costs of “VATable” goods and services increased by 2.5 per cent. […]
Robbers Break Into Catholic priest’s Office, Steal Money
Rev. Father Andrew Ihonda-Ovienloba of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Aruogba in Oredo Local Government area of Edo has disclosed that robbers broke into his office and stole a huge amount of money belonging to the church. Ihonda-Ovienloba made the disclosure during Sunday mass in the church. The parish priest said he woke up on Sunday […]
NDDC: Niger Delta Groups Seek Sack Of Interim Mgt
A coalition of sixteen Niger Delta groups have written a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the continued operations of the Interim Management Committee headed by Mrs Joi Nuinieh and her Interim Management Committee. The coalition of the Niger Delta groups, in a statement jointly signed by its conveners, Mr Pureh Kalango (National […]
How Uzoh Outsmarted Ubah In Anambra
Election litigation is becoming sophisticated as illustrated by the recent judgment obtained by Dr. Obinna Uzoh against Chief Ifeanyi Ubah on who should represent Anambra South Senatorial District in the Senate, Tobi Soniyi reports When it comes to election litigation, no state has enriched our jurisprudence as much as Anambra. Politicians in the state have […]
APC Chieftain Raises Alarm Over Obaseki, Oshiomhole Rift
An All Progressives Congress Chieftain in Edo State, Dr Blessing Agbomhere, says the rift between Gov. Godwin Obaseki and party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, is degenerating. Agbomhere, a former governorship aspirant of APC in Edo, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, called for a truce. He said […]
There Is War To Islamise, Wipe Out Christians In Nigeria
The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche has said that there is an ongoing war in Nigeria. Enenche said the war is aimed at wiping out Christianity and Islamize the nation, but such would not happen. He spoke while lamenting over the level of insecurity in the Northern part of the […]
Fire Guts INEC Office In Anambra, Seven Injured
Fire on Sunday gutted the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source told DAILY POST that the fire started at about 12:30 pm from a burning bush near the building housing the commission, gutting parts of the office, while firefighters battled to […]
EU’s Africa Aid Money Tied To Migration Restrictions
The charity has accused Brussels of using aid money as a policy tool to curb migration to the continent. The case of Libya was particularly notorious, according to researchers, who warned: “No one is tracking the money.” International organization Oxfam on Thursday said EU development funds for Africa were often tied to the ability for […]
Africa: Russia To Construct Military Base In Somaliland
According to US Defense Department, Russian has plans of setting up their military base at the port of Berbera on the coast of self-declared state of Somaliland. China and the United States have military bases in Djibouti thus they will be sharing the same coastline if Russia builds it base at the port of Berbera. […]
Rwandans In Wuhan Safe, No Plan For Evacuations – Govt
The government of Rwanda has said that Rwandans in the Chinese city of Wuhan are safe and there is no immediate plan to evacuate them. Wuhan is the city at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak that has spread to all the 31 Chinese provinces and about 23 other countries, globally, a factor that prompted […]
Mozambique: EU To Support Fight Against Malnutrition
Maputo — The European Union has pledged financial support to a campaign to combat chronic malnutrition, launched in Maputo on Wednesday by the civil society platform known as SUN (Scaling Up Nutrition)-Mocambique. The campaign says it intends to influence decision makers so that they include the question of malnutrition on the political agenda. Nutrition should […]
Sierra Leone: Countess Of Wessex Visits Sierra Leone
Last week the Countess of Wessex visited Sierra Leone to see the progress made on tackling sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) since the civil war, and to highlight the challenges remaining in tackling the root causes of SGBV and supporting survivors. Her visit highlighted the many barriers women and girls still face in terms of […]