FG REMOVES EXCISE DUTY FOR TELECOMS SERVICES

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Federal Government has announced the removal of excise duty for telecom sub-sector of Nigeria's Digital Economy Industry in line with the recommendations of the Committee it constituted to review the applicability of the Duty to the telecom sector which is considered already overburdened with taxation and sundry levies.

FG STRENGHTENS ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM IN THE NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to transparency, accountability, and institutional reform with the formal presentation of the report of the Independent Investigative Panel on alleged misconduct within the Nigerian Correctional Service.

FG SUSPENDS 5% EXCISE DUTY ON TELECOM SERVICES

By Jessica Dogo (Agency News Reporter)

The Federal Government has suspended the implementation of the 5 per cent excise duty charge earlier proposed on telecom services in the country.

FG TASKS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR

• * As Osinbajo Commissions Marriot Hotel Lagos

By Micheal Jegede (Abuja)

The Federal Government (FG) has called on operators of the Nigerian hospitality industry to collaborate with the National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, NIHOTOUR, in manpower and capacity development to reposition the sector for better service delivery, enhanced performance, and sustainable operations in the sector.

FG THREATENING INTEGRITY OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA......ASUU

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has expressed worries over what it discribed as intentional violation of universities miscellaneous Act laced with an attempt to disrespect the autonomy and freedom of the Ivory Towers.

FG TO ESTABLISH THREE NEW TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH EAST

* As Tinubu Signs Into Law Bills Sponsored By Reps Deputy Speaker, Kalu, For the Schools In Abia And Imo States.

By Suzan Okenwa (National Assembly Correspondent)

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed into law two bills establishing a Federal College of Education in Bende, Abia State and another Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Item Bende, in the same Abia State.

FG TO RE-OPEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AUGUST 4 FOR WAEC CANDIDATES

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

From Tuesday August 4, 2020, all Secondary Schools in Nigeria will reopen for students of graduating classes to enable them prepare adequately for their West African Examinations, WAEC.

FG URGES CITIZENS TO LINK NIN TO SIM WITHOUT DELAY

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

The Federal Government had approved the extension of the NIN-SIM linkage deadline to the 31st of March, 2022.

FG's Covid-19 Vaccination Card: NASARAWA NYSC PROMISES TO KEY INTO PROTOCOLS

• * Tasks Corp Members On Adherence

By David Odama (In Nasarawa State)

Nasarawa directorate of NYSC has promised to key into the federal government directive on operation show your COVID19 vaccination card which will come into effect on December 1, this year.

FG/ASUU TANGO AND JAMB’s DILEMMA

By Bola Bolawole

When everyone had hoped that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would call off its strike, it extended it by a whopping three months, to the consternation and bewilderment of students, parents and concerned citizens alike! The ongoing ASUU strike had started with a four-week warning strike on February 14, 2022. True to its threat that it would roll over the strike if nothing positive came from the Federal Government; ASUU announced an eight-week extension of the strike, as the warning strike lapsed without any positive action by the government.

FIDELITY BANK SPENDS OVER N200 MILLION ON SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT IN BAUCHI STATE

By Mohammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)

As part of its social responsibility programme, Fidelity Bank Plc, has spent over two hundred million naira for the renovation of three blocks of six classrooms and provided furniture at the Alhaji Garba Noma Primary School in the Bauchi state capital.

FINALLY, FG ORDERS RE-OPENING OF ALL NIGERIAN SCHOOLS

By Hamid Abdullahi (MDA/Education Reporter)

Amidst conflicting positions about whether or not, the Covid-19 pandemic is currently abating in Nigeria, the Federal Government has ordered the immediate reopening of all schools in Nigeria.

Financial Inclusion: CBN ISSUES GUIDELINES FOR BANK NEUTRAL CASH HUBS OPERATIONS

By Kadiri Abdulrahman

In a bid to ease huge cash management and deepen financial inclusion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for the operation of the Bank Neutral Cash Hubs (BNCH).

FinCEN Files: PRO-BUHARI GROUP LAMBASTS ATIKU ON CORRUPTION ALLEGATION

By Chinwendu Agoha (Governance Reporter)

A group, the Buhari Media Organization (BMO), has criticized the former Nigeria's Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, over the recent allegations of corruption against him.

FIRS BOSS, MOHAMMED NAMI, SPONSORS SQUASH TOURNAMENT, URGES PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN THE SECTOR

• * As Niger State Gov, Mohammed Bago, Solicits Job Opportunities For Youths Through Sports

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Chairman/CEO of the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Alhaji Mohammed Nami, has called on Nigerians to learn to manage sports facilities as doing so would encourage more private investors to invest in the sector.

FIRST BANK OFFICIALLY UNVEILS NEW CORPORATE NAME

The giant bank, First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., has announced a phased corporate name change of its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Sub-Saharan Africa.

First COVID-19 Antiviral Drug Approved By The FDA

By Chinua Albert Okafor @TheRoboRai

In a move that gives doctors another weapon against COVID-19, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first antiviral pill to treat the illness on Wednesday. Pfizer's "Paxlovid" Coronavirus treatment lowers hospitalization and mortality rates for high-risk patients.

FIRST FEMALE SWAN SECRETARY ELECTED IN NIGER STATE

By Musa Inuwa (Niger State Correspondent)

Niger State Correspondent of the Daily Independent newspapers, Chinwendu Nnaedozie, last weekend, emerged as the Secretary of the Minna Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN).

FIRST NCC DIGITAL PARK SET FOR COMPLETION JANUARY 2023

• * As Danbatta Visits Project Site In Kano

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Ahead of the auspicious commissioning of the Digital Industrial Park (DIP) project in Kano State, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has, once again, paid an inspection visit to the site of the ongoing construction of the project in Kano State where he got an unequivocal commitment from the contractors that the project will be completed by January 2023.

FIRST-GEN MOTOROLA RAZR FOLDABLE PHONE GETS ANDROID 11 UPDATE

• With Android 12 just around the corner

By Chinua Albert Okafor @TheRoboRai(<<Subscribe)

Considering Samsung and LG have announced new foldable phones, you may have forgotten about Motorola's - but someone seemingly cares - a new OS update for the 2019 Razr has gone live, bringing it from Android 10 to Android 11. Exactly. The same OS that Pixels started getting in September of 2020 is the one now available for Razr.