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The Economic Community of West African States on Monday raised concern over the low contribution of Value Added Tax to the tax revenue rate in Nigeria. ECOWAS blamed the setback on policy decisions and compliance rate. The ECOWAS Director of the Customs Union and Taxation, Salifou Tiemtore, expressed the concern in Abuja during a workshop on the production of the VAT tax expenditure for Nigeria, which was organised by the ECOWAS Commission under the Context of the… Read the full article here

The United Nations Children’s Fund has urged mothers to give priority to maternal nutrition and first 1,000 days of a child’s life, describing it as golden window that must not be compromised. UNICEF Nutritionist Specialist, Ada Ezeogu, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday, on the sideline of  a Media Advocacy Meeting by the National Orientation Agency, in collaboration with UNICEF. NAN reports that the two-day programme… Read the full article here

FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, has joined a host of others to pay tribute to former Super Falcons head coach, Ismaila Mabo. Mabo, 78, died March 13 in his residence in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, after a prolonged illness. In a letter of condolence signed and addressed to the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Gusau, Infantino expressed, on behalf of the international football community, FIFA’s deepest sympathy to the NFF, family,… Read the full article here

A new TV series, ‘Lahira’, which will air on Africa Magic, was premiered at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Thursday, March 16, 2022, at an event attended by its cast and crew, and other stakeholders in the entertainment industry. Speaking at the event, the series’ producer, Jemila Akinwale, described it as an important Read More Read the full article here

The LG Gram line has been around for years, but the LG Gram Style adds a brand-new look. It’s ultralight, it’s ultrathin, and it’s covered in an iridescent, color-changing finish. It’s also available for purchase today, in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes, with a starting price of $1,499.I checked the Style out in January, and it looks what I would call silvery-white most of the time. As you move it around and the light changes, it can look anywhere from blueish to grayish to sunset-y… Read the full article here

The quarterfinal draws for the three UEFA club competitions-Champions League, Europa League, and the Conference League will be conducted in Nyon on Friday 17 June by noon and in the draws will be some clubs which boast in-form forwards. Three goals in as many minutes was all it took for Nigerian forward Gift Orban to announce his arrival in UEFA competitions on Thursday. The 20-year-old Nigerian joined Belgian side Gent on January 31, 2023, but has already scored 12 goals in just… Read the full article here

When the People’s Democratic Party was in power for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015, many Nigerians, especially members of the opposition, complained of the party’s haughtiness, highhandedness and fixation with victory. PDP was accused of seeing election as a “do-or-die affair.” The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was a member of the opposition then. The President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu, whose election in February has been condemned as… Read the full article here

During a recent briefing, one of our governors described his Kaduna State counterpart, Nasir el-Rufai, as his ‘senior brother’. It is popularly known that they are not blood brothers; the speaker was just being civil and recognising the fact that  El-Rufai is older than him. As a matter of fact, the speaker is regarded as one of the most youthful governors in this dispensation. They were discussing the Supreme Court’s judgement that ordered President Muhammadu… Read the full article here

Internet availability has helped with job creation and the reduction of poverty in African countries like Nigeria, the World Bank has disclosed. Despite this development, many people are not taking advantage of the benefits of the Internet, according to the global bank. In its ‘Digital Africa: Technological Transformation for Jobs’ report, the bank said, “These impacts attributable to faster internet are net positive job increases and sizable in magnitude,… Read the full article here

DEBORAH TOLU-KOLAWOLE writes that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu,  as he assumes office on May 29,  will inherit multiple problems in the education sector including low funding, brain drain and poor infrastructure For a sector widely regarded as the bedrock of any society, Nigeria’s education sector has over the years suffered from a wide range of issues. The issues have ranged from incessant disruptions of academic calendars, due to strikes by unions, to… Read the full article here