Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir Of Kano, says Nigeria may remain the poverty capital of the world till 2050 and beyond.        Speaking at his honorary induction into Sigma Club, at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan recently the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria  said based on current …

Year 2019 no doubt is starting on awards and recognition note for Sir Kareem Olomide Osoba, Governor, Lagos State chapter of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria. A prolific Fuji music singer bagged the award of Aare Arire Mako courtesy of Yoruba Music Award and Films Academy (YOMAFA). Also in …

The Luzerne County Community College Foundation, Inc. recently received a donation from Fidelity Bank to support the LCCC Early College Programme.        The $20,000 contribution was made under LCCC’s Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit Programme (EITC), which provides tax credits to eligible businesses contributing to a scholarship organization, such as …

Employers have been directed to deduct Capital Gains Tax (CGT) from any sum paid to employees where their services are terminated. The directive came from the Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS), who explained that such compensations are subject to taxation in section 6(a) of the Capital Gains Tax Act although …

Italian/Nigerian forward, Stefano Okaka‘s, time in Premier League has come to its end after Watford decided to send him on loan to Udinese. Okaka was shipped out to sister club Udinese on loan on Tuesday. On the arrival of the Nigerian at Vicarage Road, he made a strong impression, but has failed to make …

The spiritual leader of Biafra Agitation Movement, Prophet Anthony Nwoko, says the death of some pro-Biafra agitators during the operation python dance in 2017, was due to Nnamdi Kanu’s disobedience to God. Recalls that the Nigerian Army carried out operation python dance in South East in 2017, during which Kanu’s community in Abia …

Zenith Bank Plc, the sponsors of the ongoing Delta State Principals Cup, has charged all the remaining 26 teams in the competition to embrace fair play. The frontline bank in partnership with the government of Delta State under Governor Ifeanyi Okowa revived the competition in 2017 to boost grassroots development …

Wife of Sokoto State Governor, Hajia Maryam Mairo Aminu Tambuwal has been delivered of a baby girl. The baby arrived in the early hours of Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at a highbrow hospital in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. It is the first child for Hajia Maryam Mairo and her …

Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria’s tier-1 bank, has announced that it plans to intensify effort in the area of retail banking this 2019, by lending more to SMEs and households; albeit at affordable interest rates too. Mr. Peter Amangbo, the Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, who made the disclosure recently in Lagos, emphasized …

For the record: Various groups under the aegis of Ogun West Stakeholders Forum on Saturday January 5, 2019 resolved to support and work for the candidature and emergence of Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, the gubernatorial Candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ogun State. The event which took place at …