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The Lagos State Government on Friday filed an application at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, seeking to be a co-respondent in the appeal application filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on the Value-Added Tax (VAT). The application which was filed by its Attorney General, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), is seeking the approval of the…
September 10, 2021
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has met with other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Idheze Irri, a town in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State ahead of the by-election scheduled for September 11. During the meeting, Omo-Agege joined the stakeholders of the party and the campaign train of…
September 10, 2021
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday call on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that schools be safe for schooling. Guterres made the call at a virtual event to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education from Attack globally celebrated on Sept. 9. “Schools must be places…
September 10, 2021
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the Prohibition of Open Cattle Grazing Bill. It also passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) bill. The bills were read for the third time at plenary on Thursday’s sitting and were passed following a unanimous vote by the lawmakers. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa also directed the…
September 9, 2021
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take proactive steps aimed at preventing coups in the sub-region. According to a statement by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, the vice president said this on Wednesday at a virtual Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government…
September 9, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to work with Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State to defeat insecurity in the state. The President also assured that his administration will deal with infrastructural deficits of Imo state. He made this known while commissioning the Egbeada-Onitsha bypass road in Owerri. Earlier, that the New Diplomat had reported that…
September 9, 2021
China has pledged to donate a total of $30.7 million worth of aid to Afghanistan. China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi stated that the aid is to help Afghanistan combat Taliban, a terrorist organisation that has taken over the affairs of the country. The Minister made the pledge at a video conference with his counterparts from…
September 9, 2021
The Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora, Niger State, Alhaji Saidu Umaru Namaska, has passed away at the age of 84 years. It was gathered that the 84-year-old monarch died at an Abuja Hospital. The cause of his death remains sketchy as no official statement has been released by the family or palace as of press time.…
September 9, 2021
A group of traditional rulers under the aegis of the Association of Rural Chiefs for Peace and Development (ARCPD) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The monarchs while reacting to the recent audit report on NDDC called on the President to inaugurate the…
September 9, 2021
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The Lagos State Government on Friday filed an application at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, seeking to be a co-respondent in the appeal application filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on the Value-Added Tax (VAT). The application which was filed by its Attorney General, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), is seeking the approval of the…
September 10, 2021
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has met with other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Idheze Irri, a town in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State ahead of the by-election scheduled for September 11. During the meeting, Omo-Agege joined the stakeholders of the party and the campaign train of…
September 10, 2021
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday call on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that schools be safe for schooling. Guterres made the call at a virtual event to commemorate the International Day to Protect Education from Attack globally celebrated on Sept. 9. “Schools must be places…
September 10, 2021
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the Prohibition of Open Cattle Grazing Bill. It also passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) bill. The bills were read for the third time at plenary on Thursday’s sitting and were passed following a unanimous vote by the lawmakers. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa also directed the…
September 9, 2021
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take proactive steps aimed at preventing coups in the sub-region. According to a statement by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, the vice president said this on Wednesday at a virtual Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government…
September 9, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to work with Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State to defeat insecurity in the state. The President also assured that his administration will deal with infrastructural deficits of Imo state. He made this known while commissioning the Egbeada-Onitsha bypass road in Owerri. Earlier, that the New Diplomat had reported that…
September 9, 2021
China has pledged to donate a total of $30.7 million worth of aid to Afghanistan. China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi stated that the aid is to help Afghanistan combat Taliban, a terrorist organisation that has taken over the affairs of the country. The Minister made the pledge at a video conference with his counterparts from…
September 9, 2021
The Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora, Niger State, Alhaji Saidu Umaru Namaska, has passed away at the age of 84 years. It was gathered that the 84-year-old monarch died at an Abuja Hospital. The cause of his death remains sketchy as no official statement has been released by the family or palace as of press time.…
September 9, 2021
A group of traditional rulers under the aegis of the Association of Rural Chiefs for Peace and Development (ARCPD) have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately inaugurate a substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The monarchs while reacting to the recent audit report on NDDC called on the President to inaugurate the…
September 9, 2021
