By Amarachukwu EgwuAgha, Abakaliki Ikenga Media and Cultural Awareness Initiative (IMCAI) Thursday trained journalists in Ebonyi state on reporting in a treacherous and insecure environment. The training hampered the safety of journalists in news gathering, ethics issues, and fundamentals of news investigative reporting/fact-checking. The program was a one-day training organized …
Read More »Media Experts, TikToker/Music Artiste Guchi Shine At TikTok First Media Workshop
TikTok in its efforts to keep supporting emerging talents though global exposure has brought together the biggest players in the Media and Entertainment industry in Abuja and Lagos to further strengthen engagements and the positive impacts of the digital community. One of such talents, Guchi, a Nigerian music Artiste of …
Read More »FIRS 2023 H1 Collection: A Reflection of the Power and Impact of Citizens’ Civic Obligations Compliance
By Femi Onakanren In the aftermath of its record breaking N10 trillion tax revenue collection in the 2022 fiscal year, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has continued to show that its historic performance was no fluke. The recently announced 2023 half-year performance update is a clear pointer to this. …
Read More »Wike Stop Cattle Grazing In FCT
By Sule Ahmed Oyofo. Good News to residents of the Federal Capital Territory. They now have a new minister who has just stepped into office. The minister, His Excellency, Mr. Nyesom Wike is not a small figure in the political parlance. As immediate past governor of Rivers State, he stood …
Read More »NAGGMDP Urges Governors To Domesticate Health Insurance Scheme
The National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) has appealed to the governors of the 36 states of the federal to domesticate the Health Insurance Scheme in their respective states. Dr Sofiri Peterside JNR, National President of NAGGMDP made the call while addressing newsmen after the National …
Read More »Flooding: Nasarawa Govt. Threatens To Demolish Structures Built On Water Ways
The Nasarawa State Government has threatened to demolished all structures built on water ways to curtail any possible flooding. Mr Yakubu Kwanta, Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Saturday in Lafia after the August sanitation exercise. The Commissioner who was represented by Malam …
Read More »Nasarawa governorship Tribunal Continuing Hearing Today
Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had adjourned her sitting to today Saturday Aug. 26 for the second respondent, Gov. Abdullahi Sule and candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) to prove that the March 18 election results was not rigged in his favour. The Chairman of the three-man Governorship Election …
Read More »Nasarawa CJ Releases 57 Inmates
Justice Aisha Bashir, Chief Judge (CJ) of Nasarawa State has released 57 inmates awaiting trials at the five Federal Correctional Centres in the state. The CJ released the inmates during her routine visit to Lafia, Wamba, Nasarawa Medium, Keffi Old and Keffi Modern Custodian Centres respectively. Speaking to newsmen at …
Read More »Army Special Forces Task Troops To Be Courageous To Defeat Bandits, Criminals
Maj.-Gen. Hillary Nzan, Commander of the Headquarters of 4 Special Forces, Nigerian Army, Doma, Nasarawa State, has called on troops under the command to be courageous, dedicated and rezelience to defeat bandits and other criminal elements operating in the North-Central Geo-Political Zone. Maj. Joseph Afolasade, Acting Deputy Director, Army Public …
Read More »How FIRS Is Breaking New Grounds In Revenue Collection
By Jantiku Ijanada Just when we thought the peak in tax collection was attained, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) brought forward another harvest of revenue collection, peaking any collection in our nation’s history. The tax agency recently announced a total tax revenue collection of N5.5 trillion for the half-year …
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