The Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) on Thursday, sealed off some offices of gaming companies over alleged withholding tax and operating illegally in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the companies are K. C. Gaming Networks Ltd. owners of bet9ja; Bet King; Access Bet; and Derby Lotto. The Executive Chairman of the agency, Dr Zaid Abubakar, told newsmen after the enforcement exercise, that the companies did not register with the agency and were not licensed to operate in the state. Abubakar added that the companies were also withholding taxes close to N500 million: K.C Gaming Networks…
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The Federal Government says it has not come to a point where it is convinced that schools should be re-opened for academic exercise after their closure due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 with the Northern Traditional Leaders Committee (NTLC) on National Primary Health. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was presided over by the Minister of Information and Culture on behalf of the Chairman of PTF and Secretary to the Government of…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai on Thursday, inspected weapons at the Command Engineering Depot (CED) in Rigachikun, Kaduna State. Buratai was represented by the Chief of Training and Operations at Army headquarters. Maj-Gen Nuhu Angbazo. Buratai conducted round inspections of the indigenous fighting equipment and innovations some of which were manufactured by Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON). The weaponry included vehicles damaged during battle, which were repaired, refurbished, redesigned and upgraded at the CED. Others locally made Combat and Support equipment inspected by the COAS included, EZUGWU Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armoured vehicles and…
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has described infrastructural development as a vital tool to economic diversification and the vehicle for socio-economic development. Oyetola said this at the inauguration of the rehabilitation of 13.15km Aagba township road in Boripe Local Government Area of the state on Thursday. The governor, represented by Mr Wole Oyebamiji; the Secretary to the State Government, said that good roads are crucial to the prosperity and well being of the people. Oyetola said that the rehabilitation of the road would boost the quality of lives of the people, enhance their movements and also assist them in the…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN has called on the newly inaugurated members of the 9th Commission of the Nigerian Law Reform to be guided by the rules and regulations as provided by the Section 2 & 8 (1) of the Act. Malami made the call on Thursday in Abuja while inaugurating commissioners of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission chaired by Professor Jummai A. Audi. The Minister asked them to ensure that all the rules and regulations relating to management of the human, material and financial resources of the Commission are adhered to in…
Mr Eyitayo Jegede, the Ondo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate, on Thursday unfolded his agenda with a promise to partner investors on compulsory mass employment for residents in the state if elected.Jegede, who is also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), made this known on Thursday during a visit to the Olukare, Oba Akadiri Momoh, in Akoko North East local government area of the state.He said the new formula had become imperative aimed at flattening the curve of unemployment rate in Ondo State.Unfolding the agenda, he said, “If you elect us, we will give financial support for the…
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar on Thursday said that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) 401 Flying School has trained 145 student pilots from 2015 to date.Abubakar stated this at the graduation of the student pilots course 46 at the school, NAF base in Kaduna .He said that the students of SP46 had successfully conducted their flying training on both the Diamond 40 and Super Mushak aircraft types, which was a positive deviation from what was obtainable in the past.“At the inception of this administration in 2015, this flying school had only 3 Diamond 40 platforms for…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has successfully conducted the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in senior secondary schools in Chibok in Borno six years after closure due to insurgency. Brig.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifa Ibrahim, Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, disclosed this while playing host to members of Education in Emergency Working Group Nigeria (EiEWGN), on Thursday in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Chibok schools were closed after over 200 students were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists from the Government Girls Secondary School in 2014. While the Federal Government has secured…
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for a “quantum leap in funding” for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) initiative to speed up the development of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. The project, known as the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT), has received 3 billion dollars, which Guterres called “critical as a seed funding.” “But we now need 35 billion dollars more to go from ‘start-up’ to ‘scale-up and impact,’” the UN chief told an online meeting of the ACT facilitation council. “There is real urgency in these numbers – without an infusion of 15 billion dollars over…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, admitted Vijah Opuama, the Bayelsa Governorship Candidate in the Nov. 16, 2019 election to a bail in the sum of N100, 000. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a ruling, described the police action to have held Opuama for over 20 days without charging him before a court as “an affront on the democracy.” Justice Taiwo also ordered that the respondents in the case must conclude whatever investigation they claimed to be carrying out against the applicant within 14 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Opuama’s Lawyer, Michael Odey, had, on Aug. 31,…