LAGOS TO DEDUCT 5 PERCENT WITHOLDING TAX ON GAMING WINNINGS
The Lagos state government has started applying a 5% withholding tax on winnings from games. In a newspaper ad on Thursday, Are Bashir, the CEO...
RESIDENTS DEFY MOVEMENT RESTRICTION ORDER AS FCT AREA COUNCIL POLLS BEGIN
Several people living in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were able to move around freely on Saturday, even though there was an order to limit...
LOW TURN OUT OF VOTES RECORDED AT FCT POLL AT AMAC UNITS
BY JENN NOMAMIUKOR On Saturday morning, voter turnout was not very high at several polling stations in the Abuja Municipal Area Council during the Federal...
POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED OVER ”ACCIDENTAL” KILLING OF TWO PASSERBY IN LAGOS
Some police officers were arrested after an "accidental shooting" that killed two people who were walking by in the Alagbado area of Lagos state on...
OGUN APC ORDERS LG CONGRESS TO COMMENCE AT 12 NOON
By: Balogun Ibrahim The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has directed that the local government congress scheduled for today, Saturday, must...
LAGOS GOVT MOVES TO ENFORCE MANDATORY HEALTH INSURANCE AT PRIMARY CARE LEVEL
... Rallies District Leaders On Compliance The Lagos State Government has intensified moves to enforce its Executive Order on Mandatory Social Health Insurance, convening a...
JAPAN BOOSTS LAGOS CHOLERA WAR CHEST WITH $1.7M EMERGENCY LIFELINE
The fight against cholera in Lagos received a major boost on Wednesday as the Government of Japan formally handed over a fresh consignment of emergency...
SUPER EAGLES SET FOR FOUR-NATION INVITATIONAL IN JORDAN
Agency Report The Nigeria national football team will participate in a Four-Nation Invitational Tournament in Amman, Jordan, during next month’s FIFA Men’s International Window, the...
OBINNA EKEZIE JR. EMERGES DEFENSIVE MVP AT BASKETBALL WITHOUT BORDERS CAMP IN LOS ANGELES
Agency Report Obinna Ekezie Jr., son of former Nigerian NBA player Obinna Ekezie, has been named Defensive MVP at the 10th annual Basketball Without Borders...
OKPEBHOLO UNVEILS 5KM INTERNAL ROAD NETWORK AT EDO POLYTECHNIC
By Aishat Momoh. O. Governor Monday Okpebholo on Friday commissioned a five-kilometre network of internal roads at Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, describing the project as...