CTC Compliance: Keyamo, NCAA Sign Updated NCAA Procedure For IDERA

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo alongside  Acting Director General of Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo have  officially signed the updated NCAA procedure for Recordation of Irrevocable Deregistraction and Export Request Authorization (IDERA) and registration of Aircraft under IDERA to enhance compliance with international standards as well as Registration of Aircraft under IDERA. While speaking at the signing exercise on Wednesday in his office, the Minister described the signing...

FIRS Says Tax Reforms Will Reduce Multiplicity Of Taxes, Improve Efficiency

Zack Adedeji, chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that the four tax reform bills recently presented to the National Assembly are aimed at harmonising the country’s tax laws without introducing new taxes or increasing existing rates. While speaking at a meeting with the House Committee on Finance on Wednesday ahead of the second reading of the bills, Adedeji emphasized that the bills are not intended to merge any government agencies or...

Oyebanji Reaffirms Commitment To Peace, Unity Among Ekiti People

The Ekiti State  Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to maintain peaceful coexistence with progressive minded Ekiti citizens across the world irrespective of their political affiliation. The Governor gave this assurance yesterday in Ado Ekiti during a Command performance of  “Drums of Peace”, a stage play produced and directed by Prof Rasak Ojo Bakare and performed by the Ekiti State Performing Arts Company. While addressing the audience at the end of the two...

Kogi Govt Calls On FG For Help, As Flood Ravages State

The Kogi State Government has called on the Federal Government and international donor agencies to come to the aid of the state as flood sacks over 200 communities. The State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo while addressing newsmen at Kotonkarfe, Kogi Local Government on Monday noted that a major “humanitarian crisis is brewing in the state as close to two million people are currently homeless”. He said the “National Emergency Management Agency...

Nigeria Not Snubbed During UN Human Rights Council Polls, Presidency Says

The presidency has condemned those  who alleged that Nigeria lost out in the recent United Nations Human Rights Council Elections. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Sunday in a press statement explained the controversies surrounding the recent elections.  He said on October 9, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly elected 18 members to the Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term. Explaining further he said the members elected to...

CAS Leads Technical Team To Italy For Helicopter Procurement

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar led officials from the Ministries of Defence and Finance to participate in a Programme Management Review Meeting in Italy with Messrs Leonardo S.P.A in respect of the procurement of M-346 Jet, Aw-109 Trekker Helicopter to enhance its combat power. A press statement on Sunday signed by Olusola Akinboyewa, Air Commodore, Director Public Relations and Information, NAF noted that the meeting was aimed to finalise arrangements for...

FG Creating Local Government, An Aberration – Diri

…Says It’s Time To Rethink Nigeria’s Federalism The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Wednesday, harped on true federalism, faults Nigeria’s brand of federalism. According to him, a situation where only the Federal Government can create local government is an aberration. Governor Diri also noted that Nigeria was on the wrong path to development and needed to turn back. Delivering a lecture titled: “Rethinking Our Future: The Need For True Federalism and Economic Renaissance,”...

Three Scientists Win Nobel Prize for Pioneering AI in Protein Research

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their groundbreaking discoveries in the field of advanced technology, particularly artificial intelligence, AI, in predicting protein structures and creating new ones. The award was announced on Wednesday, recognising Demis Hassabis and John Jumper from Google DeepMind, alongside David Baker from the University of Washington. Hassabis and Jumper were honoured for their use of artificial intelligence to predict the structure of millions of proteins,...

Rivers Crisis: Timi Frank Condemns Burning Of Local Council Secretariats 

…Demands Resignation Of Wike, IGP Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank on Tuesday, condemned the burning of two Local Council secretariats by sponsored thugs in Rivers State following the outcome of last Saturday’s local government elections. Frank in a press statement in Abuja, noted that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, should not only...

Pre-election Mission: Jonathan Leads West African Elders To Ghana

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has led the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) to Ghana on Monday when the Forum began its pre-election assessment mission in Accra ahead of Ghana’s presidential elections scheduled to take place on December 7, 2024. The mission led by Nigeria’s former President also has as members Mr. Kadre Desire Ouedrago, former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso and former president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission as well as...

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