Fed Govt Waives N1.3trn In Import Duty, VAT         The Federal Government yesterday, said it has waived import duty and Value Added Tax, VAT, valued at about N1.3 trillion in addition to other incentives in nine years to 2019. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,...

Airlines Hike Airfares By 100% As Operating Costs Rise       The cost of air tickets along several routes have doubled due to the high demand for air travel in light of the rising insecurity in the country and cost of flight operations. Checks on several airline websites...

EndSARS: CNN Retracts 1 of 101 Fake News Identified by PRNigeria     American news-based television channel, Cable Network News (CNN), has retracted its initial report, which claimed that troops of the Nigerian Army killed 38 EndSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos State. Dubbed "Lekki Massacre"...

Senate Seeks Additional N9bn For Nigeria Railways       The Senate on Thursday, demanded additional N9bn for the Nigeria Railways Corporation in the 2021 budget. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Danjuma Goje, said this after submitting the 2021 budget report of the Marine Transport and...

ASUU naying IPPIS: Scuttling The Public Sector Financial Reform? By Salisu Na'inna Dambatta       It is part of the public record in Nigeria that a team was appointed by the Administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo to look into the accounts of the rested Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF),...

101,567 Beneficiaries Received N3.18bn COVID-19 Survival Fund – FG         The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that 101,567 beneficiaries have been paid a total of N3.18bn under its COVID-19 Survival Fund scheme. Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Katagum, who disclosed this in Abuja,...