The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it lost the sum of N1.3 trillion in 2023 due to waivers and concessions that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration granted to investors.It also stated that it was not privy to details of the Customs $3.2 modernisation project.The Comptroller General of the NCS, Adewale
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The House of Representatives has called for the implementation of the N550 billion presidential palliative intervention fund announced to cushion the impacts of fuel subsidy removal initiated by the present administration.The resolution followed the adoption of a motion of Urgent Public Importance on the ‘Urgent need for intervention to address
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The Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking the establishment of a Federal College of Aviation Technology in Ogun State.Senator Gbenga Daniel (APC, Ogun), who sponsored the bill, said the proposed legislation was to upgrade an existing Federal Technical College to a full-fledged aviation college to provide full-time
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The ECOWAS Court has ordered that the Nigerian government should cease using the Nigerian broadcasting code until it aligns with its international human rights obligations.This is according to a judgement delivered in a suit filed by an NGO- Expression Now Human Rights Initiative against the Federal Republic of Nigeria.The court
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The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has pledged a billion dollars to combat teenage pregnancy in Nigeria.This is due to the prevailing increase in the number of adolescent children becoming mothers before the age of 18 years.The organisation called for an immediate and comprehensive intervention by the Nigerian government
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The Federal Government says it is set to establish a National Land Commission to harness $300 billion of revenue lost to ineffective land administration in Nigeria.The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Ahmed Dangiwa, said this while declaring open a two-day 28th Conference of Directors of Lands in the
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