You Must Pay 100,000 To Paste Burial Posters Soludo Tells Bereaved Families

BusinessNewsYou Must Pay 100,000 To Paste Burial Posters Soludo Tells Bereaved Families

PilotnewsOctober 13, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   AWKA — Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has announced payments by families burying their loved ones before they can paste posters of the deceased. A letter by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Anambra State Signage and Advertisement Agency, Mr. Tony Odili Ujubuon͂u, communicating this to community leaders. The letter stated a tax of N100,000 for the display of burial banners across the state, and varying amounts...

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Nigerian Government To Spend Over 20 Trillion Naira In 2023

EconomyNigerian Government To Spend Over 20 Trillion Naira In 2023

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 8, 2022

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari Friday presented a budget proposal of N20.51 trillion naira to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja, which he referred to the 2023 Appropriation as a “budget of fiscal sustainability and transition before he leaves office in May next year. Addressing the session, the President described the oil subsidy regime as grossly unsustainable in the current reality of low revenues occasioned by oil theft and insecurity. President Buhari,...

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Glo Unveils Tobi Amusan As Brand Ambassador

BusinessTelecommunicationGlo Unveils Tobi Amusan As Brand Ambassador

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 30, 2022

LAGOS — Nigerian multinational telecommunications company, Globacom Limited, has unveiled Tobi Amusan as its newest brand ambassador. The event took place at the Mike Adenuga Towers on Thursday in Lagos. Amusan is the current world, commonwealth, and African champion in the 100m hurdles. Speaking at the unveiling, Amusan expressed delight at joining the likes of Anthony Joshua and Mikel Obi, among others as a global ambassador of the telecommunications giant, promising to be a worthy...

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Soludo Suspends Tricycle Union In Anambra, Orders Operators To Pay Taxes

BusinessNewsTaxationSoludo Suspends Tricycle Union In Anambra, Orders Operators To Pay Taxes

PilotnewsSeptember 30, 2022

By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   AWKA — The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo has suspended tricycle and shuttle bus union operators in the state for six months. In a statement by the Anambra State Commissioner for Information, Paul Nwosu, operators of the tricycle and shuttle bus unions are responsible for the breakdown of law and order in the state. He said, there are conflicts arising from various persons and entities claiming to...

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AfDB’s Akinwumi Adesina says Nigeria needs help with debt burden

AfricaBusinessNewsAfDB’s Akinwumi Adesina says Nigeria needs help with debt burden

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 24, 2022

Nigeria needs help from the international community in tackling its debt burden according to Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB). He disclosed this Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum in New York on Thursday. He stated that financing is critical to solving Nigeria’s development challenges. “Financing is critical because the debt to GDP ratio of Africa has increased to 70 percent — several countries are the risk of high debt distress due to...

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Buhari May Present 2023 Budget to N’assembly in October — Gbajabiamila

EconomyNewsBuhari May Present 2023 Budget to N’assembly in October — Gbajabiamila

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 18, 2022

ABUJA — Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker of the house of representatives, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari may present the 2023 budget to the national assembly in October. Gbajabiamila said this on Wednesday during the inspection of the ongoing renovation work on the green chamber, as well as the construction of the National Assembly Service Commission (NASC) office. The speaker said the president will present and lay before the two chambers of the national assembly,...

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Nike Launches New Jerseys, Kits for Super Eagles

BusinessNewsSportsNike Launches New Jerseys, Kits for Super Eagles

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 15, 2022

Sports kit manufacturing company, Nike, has unveiled brand new jerseys for the Nigerian football national teams. The American-based company officially released the jersey and kits on Thursday, alongside other sponsored national teams’ ahead of the World Cup. The new apparel was designed with Nigeria’s national colours—green and white—with a touch of black. While the Super Eagles will not be at the World Cup, the Nigerian national team could debut in the new jersey in the...

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Anambra Walk for Life: Women Advocates for Inclusiveness, Commitment to Nation Building

BusinessGender & EquityAnambra Walk for Life: Women Advocates for Inclusiveness, Commitment to Nation Building

PilotnewsSeptember 8, 2022

By Ada Nwanagum (Staff Correspondent)   Not fewer than a hundred and fifty women in Anambra State were charged to intensify their involvement in political activities in order to take their pride of place in the country and play supportive roles in their homes to earn the respect of their husbands and children at home Labour Party candidate for Awka North and South federal constituency Prof Liliana Orogbu made the call during the Walk For...

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Brazil Bans Sale of iPhone Without Charger, Fines Apple $2.4m

BusinessWorld NewsBrazil Bans Sale of iPhone Without Charger, Fines Apple $2.4m

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 7, 2022

The Brazilian government has barred Apple from selling iPhones without a charger in the country. It also fined the United States tech giant 12.28 million reais (nearly $2.4 million) over the issue, which it termed ‘discriminatory practices. The measure from the country’s Department of Consumer Protection and Defense ordered: “the immediate suspension of the distribution of iPhone brand smartphones, regardless of model or generation, that are not accompanied by a battery charger.” In an official...

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Nigeria Generated N600bn from VAT in Q2 2022 — NBS

EconomyNewsNigeriaNigeria Generated N600bn from VAT in Q2 2022 — NBS

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 5, 2022

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the country generated N600.15 billion as value-added tax (VAT) in the second quarter of 2022. The bureau said this in its latest sectoral distribution of value-added tax for Q2 2022, released on Saturday. The figure represented an increase of 1.96 percent from the N588.59 billion generated in Q1 2022. According to the report, local payments of VAT amounted to N359.12 billion in Q2 2022. “On the aggregate,...

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