Новости за 23.08.2021

The Federal Inland Revenue Service has urged taxpayers to continue to pay their Value Added Tax to it to avoid paying penalties for failure to do so. Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the FIRS, Abdullahi Ahmad, gave the advice in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the FIRS issued the directive following…

A gang of four suspected cultists and armed robbers have been arrested by operatives of the Delta State Police Command with three cut-to-size single barrels guns with eighteen cartridges, and a Lexus car with Reg. No. YAB 750 BP recovered from them. The acting Police Public Relations Officer for the State Command, DSP Bright Edafe…

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency said it recovered a fallen tanker around Oregun area in Ikeja and warned residents to abstain from activities that would lead to incidents. The incident, according to LASEMA Director-General, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement issued by the agency’s head of public affairs, Nosa Okunbor, happened on Sunday night….

Some bandits have raided Ma-Dooh village in the Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing at least nine persons while scores sustained gunshots injuries. It was learnt that the attack happened at about 11pm on Saturday night. It was also gathered that several houses were razed by the bandits while persons who sustained gunshots…

The government of Akwa Ibom State says it has appealed the Garnishee Order nisi in the case filed by Bond Investment Holdings Limited at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory against It. The state commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr. Ini Ememobong, in a statement on Monday in Uyo said that the state…

Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Jaypaul, said that Saskay is his ‘special friend’ because of their agreement in the house. He said this in a conversation with Saskay after the Sunday live show, as the latter seemed withdrawn after answering a question during the live show. The show host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, had asked…

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has appealed to parents of students of Model Colleges to accept the upward review of the boarding fees, saying it was in the overall interest of the students. This was contained in a statement on Sunday by the Ministry’s Public Affairs Officer, Mr Ganiu Lawal. It stated that Commissioner,…

Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, says he is determined to collaborate with the National Commission for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons to resettle all IDPs in the state. The Director-General, Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications to the governor, Alhaji Yusuf Idris, made the disclosure in a statement signed and made available to newsmen in…

Big Brother Naija ex-housemates, Khafi Kareem and Gedoni Ekpata, have welcomed their first child following their marriage in 2020. This was disclosed by Khafi on her instagram page as she displayed the picture of herself and her new born. She wrote: “Our miracle is here and he is perfect. Thank you to everyone who joined…

The Police Command in Ebonyi and other security agencies said they would embark on a state-wide intensive patrols as part of efforts to protect lives and property over the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that IPOB had fixed Monday every week for its sit-at-home programme….

The United States on Sunday enlisted several major airlines in its frantic evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans, Americans and other foreigners from Kabul following its fall to Taliban extremists. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin activated the rarely-used Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) to aid the onward movement of people arriving at US bases…

Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Cross, has called himself a fool for believing all the ‘lies’ Saskay told him about liking Jaypaul. He said this in a conversation with Nini and Maria on Sunday night, reacting to how Saskay answered a question during the live ‘eviction’ show. The show host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, had…

The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has described his victories from the Election Petition Tribunal to the Supreme Court as part of many miracles of God in his life over the years. Akeredolu, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the October 20, 2020 governorship election, defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic…

The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has denied claims that it has a preferred gubernatorial aspirant ahead of the 2023 elections. The State Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Mr Isaac Ogbobula said this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday, titled, ‘We have no preferred aspirants—APC chairman’. Ogbobula said…

Ogiame Atuwatse III was crowned as the 21st Olu of Warri on Saturday at Ode-Itsekiri, ancestral home of the Itsekiri. . Called upon to speak on behalf of all the Nigerian traditional rulers to bless the new Olu of Warri and welcome him into the fold, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, the Ooni of…

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has dispatched a team led by his Special Assistant on Students Affairs, Mr Chibuzo Ndom, to the university in Jos, Plateau State, to evacuate all students of Abia origin who are currently stranded as a result of the recent violence and subsequent closure of the institution. This move was…

The Ogun West Stakeholders’ Forum said on Sunday that the death of General Adetunji Olurin (retd.) had depleted the socio-political leadership of the Ogun West Senatorial District in particular and Ogun State in general. Olurin died at the age of 76 on Saturday after a brief illness. The forum said this in a condolence statement…

The lawmaker representing Jos-South/Jos-East Federal Constituency in Plateau State at the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, has urged youths in the areas under attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen to protect their communities. Bagos also called on the government of Plateau State and security agencies to end the ongoing carnage in part of the state. The…

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has launched a vigilante network for the Edo Central Senatorial District, known as Atanakpa, as part of measures to boost security in the state and ensure the protection of lives and property of citizens. Representative of the Governor and Coordinator, Edo State Vigilante Network, Mr. Yusuf Haruna, who…

Christian Association of Nigeria, Edo State chapter, has hailed the checking of the botched plan to install a Sultan in Benin, saying it is a grand design to Islamize the state. A statement by Bishop Oriname Oyonnude Kure, Chairman, Edo CAN, read, “The attention of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Edo State, has been drawn…

The remains of 34-year-old football enthusiast, Emmanuel Samuel, allegedly killed by a policeman in Abuja have been buried amid tears. PUNCH Metro had reported that the deceased, with his fiancée and friends, went to watch a football match on Sunday, July 11, when a policeman allegedly shot him after he cautioned the cop against accidental…

English Premier League table after Sunday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Chelsea 2 2 0 0 5 0 6  Liverpool 2 2 0 0 5 0 6  Brighton 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 Tottenham 2 2 0 0 2 0 6 Man Utd 2 1 1 0 6…

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Sunday 8/23/2021 – 01:01 UTC+2 | 263 words PayPal on Monday said it will this week begin to allow users in Britain to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency through the online payment platform for the first time. The expansion into the hot digital money trend follows similar moves by…

Bitcoin broke back above $50,000 on Monday for the first time in three months as investors piled back into the cryptocurrency on bargain-buying. The unit climbed around two percent to $50,249.15, its highest since mid-May, when it began tumbling on a range of issues including China’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies and Tesla boss Elon Musk’s decision…

His name outnumbers the 26 letters of the English alphabet. Arguably, the most creative hands to ever hold a chisel and a paintbrush, but unmistakably the sublime genius embodying the inventive force of the Renaissance Age. A sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is the 38-letter name a little wizard…