Day: August 4, 2020

NIPOST battles FIRS over Stamp Duty

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The Nigerian Postal Service and the Federal Inland Revenue Service are in a battle over their mandates. The Chairman of NIPOST, Maimuna Abubakar, first raised the alarm, while FIRS in a statement on Tuesday said it was only working based on its mandate. Abubakar, in a series of tweets on Twitter, said: “I am worried for NIPOST, having sleepless nights because of NIPOST, we need the general public to come to our aid; FIRS stole our mandate. “FIRS are now selling stamps instead of buying from us. What is happening,…

FG rescues 30 stranded Nigerians in Lebanon

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Thirty Nigerians in a viral video appealing for help have been rescued by the Nigerian Mission in Lebanon , and have been relocated to a more conducive apartment The distressed Nigerians would be part of One Hundred and Fifty others trafficked and stranded in Lebanon to be evacuated back to Nigeria. The Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria Mr Houssam Diab disclosed the evacuation plans when the Management of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, led by the Secretary Engr. Dr Sule Yakubu Bassi visited the Embassy in Abuja. Ambassador Diab stated that…

Buhari presides over Security Council meeting

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presided over the Security Council meeting at the Council Chamber, State House, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that those in attendance include Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. Others are the Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal…

EXPOSED! How Top NDDC Management spent N5bn on Medical Check during lockdown

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The misappropriation of funds in the Niger Delta Development Commission has been unraveled as the top management of the Commission allegedly shared N5billion under the guise of medical checkups at a time when Nigeria was under lockdown to check COVID-19 spread. A Senate report which was obtained on Monday in Abuja showed how the top management of the agency shared N4.9bn among themselves. However, it was done in the guise of medical checkups at a time when Nigeria was under lockdown to check COVID-19 spread. The Senate report also showed that the…

Save UI from looming crises,Islamic group cries out

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A Concerned Islamic Rights Group has raised concerns about the uncertainty of who becomes the new Vice Chancellor of the Premier University OF Ibadan. The race to the appointment of the 13th VC has commenced in the nation’s premier university , University of Ibadan amidst tensions and strange feelings. The group noted that, the parochial interest of the outgoing Vice Chancellor was the crux of the matter, stressed he was deliberately paving ways to ensure that, another Christian emerges. The group in a release stated ”What is strange in the current…