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We Will Not Reach 80% Revenue Performance For 2019 - Ahmed

We Will Not Reach 80% Revenue Performance For 2019 – Ahmed

October 14, 2019 2:45 pm

Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, says the nation will not be able to reach 80 percent revenue performance for 2019.

She said this on Monday in Abuja at the public presentation of the 2020 budget proposals.

Ahmed said that as at half-year, the actual aggregate revenue for 2019 was ₦2.04 trillion, which was 58 percent of the prorate target.

She said of the figure; oil revenue accounted for ₦900 billion, Company Income Tax (CIT) ₦349.11 billion, Value Added Tax (VAT) ₦81.36 billion and Customs Collections ₦184.10 billion.

“As to whether we will reach …

Court Remands Man In Prison For Assaulting A Policeman

Abuja High Court Disposes Of 13,961 Cases In 2018/2019

October 14, 2019 2:34 pm

The Chief Judge (CJ) of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja , Justice Ishaq Bello, on Monday, disclosed that a total of 13,961 cases were disposed of by the court in the 2018/2019 legal year which ended last August.

Bello said out of the 30,582 caseload in the preceding year, 16,396 were fresh cases, while 14,186 were carried over from the 2017/2018 legal year.

He made the disclosure at a special court session held in commemoration of the new 2019/2020 legal year.

“In total, 13,961 were disposed; this is an indication of our ever-increasing caseload.

“From …

Turkey-Syria: Syrian Army Heads North After Kurdish Deal

Turkey-Syria: Syrian Army Heads North After Kurdish Deal

October 14, 2019 12:54 pm

Syria’s army has started to reach the north of the country, hours after the government agreed to help Kurdish forces facing Turkey.

State media said government forces, which are backed by Russia, had entered the strategic town of Tal Tamer, 30km (19 miles) south of the Turkish border.

The deal came after the US, the Kurds’ main ally, said it would withdraw its remaining troops from northern Syria.

Turkey’s offensive aims to push Kurdish forces from the border region.

Areas under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) came under heavy bombardment over the weekend, with Turkey making …

Anambra 2021: Soludo Dissociates Self From Guber Posters

Anambra 2021: Soludo Dissociates Self From Guber Posters

October 14, 2019 12:08 pm

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has dissociated himself from governorship campaign posters published on social media indicating that he is in the race for the 2021 governorship contest in Anambra State.

A press release by Joe C Anatune of B3 Communications, which serves as Soludo’s publicist, stated that the former CBN chief has no hand in the posters, and has not made up his mind on whether he will contest the election coming up in November 2021 or not.

According to the release, “We have noticed the flooding of some social media …

Kogi Guber: INEC Presents Voters Register To Parties

October 14, 2019 11:55 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented register of voters to 23 political parties ahead of the Nov. 16, Kogi governorship poll.

Alhaji Mohammed Haruna, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Kwara and Nasarawa States, presented the register to the parties at a brief ceremony in Lokoja on Monday.

Haruna urged them to cooperate with INEC in its bid to ensure free, fair, credible, conclusive and acceptable election.

He also urged them to ensure issue-based campaigns and refrain from violence and hate speech.

The state INEC Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Prof. James Apam, reminded the parties of …

In Lagos: Sanwo-Olu Declares State Of Emergency On Roads

In Lagos: Sanwo-Olu Declares State Of Emergency On Roads

October 14, 2019 8:34 am

Lagos State Government has declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways and carriages within the State.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday ordered massive construction work on critical roads and highways across the state, beginning from Monday (today).

The governor’s directive followed the conclusion of his series of meetings with eight multi-national engineering firms, which began a few weeks back.

After his final meeting with the contractors yesterday, which lasted for about three hours, Sanwo-Olu declared the commencement of major construction work on the identified highways considered critical to the reduction of traffic congestion in the State.

The governor said …

Planned Deregistration: Political Parties Warn Senate

Planned Deregistration: Political Parties Warn Senate

October 14, 2019 7:10 am

Plan by the Senate to deregister some political parties and reduce the number to five through an amendment of the existing Electoral Act has elicited condemnations.

Pioneer chairman of the Young Democratic Party and its 2019 governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Nya-Etok Ezekiel, said instead of deregistration of parties, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should put measures in place to ensure only serious political parties are displayed on the ballot.

Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP) on the other hand, warned that it would be counter-productive.

Ezekiel told journalists in Abuja that reduction of political parties was not a …

Attempts To Split China Risk ‘Smashed’ Bodies: Xi Jinping

Attempts To Split China Risk ‘Smashed’ Bodies: Xi Jinping

October 14, 2019 7:01 am

President Xi Jinping has warned that any attempts to split China would result in “bodies smashed and bones ground to powder”, amid four months of anti-Beijing unrest in Hong Kong.

Xi issued the dire message during a weekend visit to Nepal, according to a foreign ministry statement released on Sunday.

“Anyone who attempts to split any region from China will perish, with their bodies smashed and bones ground to powder,” Xi said, according to the ministry.

“Any external forces that support the splitting of China can only be regarded as delusional by the Chinese people,” he said.

While Xi did …

New Zealand Creates Unit To Target Online Hate Speech

New Zealand Creates Unit To Target Online Hate Speech

October 14, 2019 6:23 am

New Zealand will establish a team of investigators dedicated solely to tackling online extremism and hate speech, as it moves to address failures exposed by the Christchurch mosques massacre, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday.

Ardern has led global efforts to force technology firms to clamp down on extremist material since a lone gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers in March, streaming part of the atrocity on Facebook.

But she said the attack, which targeted two mosques in the South Island city, also showed her own government needed to improve resources to curb the spread of online hate.

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PDP Hopeful Of Bayelsa Guber Poll Victory Amid Defections

PDP Hopeful Of Bayelsa Guber Poll Victory Amid Defections

October 14, 2019 5:47 am

The gale of defections notwithstanding, the Bayelsa chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed optimism of winning the November 16, 2019 governorship election in the state.

The state party chairman, Chief Moses Cleopas, who dismissed those that had cross-carpeted to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in a statement yesterday in Yenagoa, argued that the Bayelsa people and the party’s followers were not with the defectors, whom he described as persons lacking the “requisite character, principle, and integrity.”

More than five aides of Governor Seriake Dickson have so far resigned their appointments and left the party in protest …

In Edo: Obaseki And Oshiomhole Supporters Fight Dirty

In Edo: Obaseki And Oshiomhole Supporters Fight Dirty

October 14, 2019 5:35 am

The crisis rocking the Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of next year’s governorship election in the state at the weekend deepened, as both supporters of Governor Godwin Obaseki and the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, alleged physical attacks.

While sympathisers of the latter accused those of the former of attacking the Benin GRA home of the ex-labour leader, the Chief of Staff to governor Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele, on the other hand, alleged that he was attacked by an APC chieftain loyal to Oshiomhole in a hotel on Friday while meeting with some foreign investors within …

Abiodun Warns Customs Against Incessant Killings In Ogun

Abiodun Warns Customs Against Incessant Killings In Ogun

October 14, 2019 5:16 am

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has warned the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), against causing unnecessary death in the discharge of its duties in the state.

The governor said the service must find a better way of managing relationships with the people in the border area.

Abiodun made this known at the inauguration of the Forward Operations Base (FOB), of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), at Oja- Odan, in Yewa North Local Government Area of the state.

The governor said that the state cannot continue to accept a situation where deaths are recorded whenever the NCS engages the people in …

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