By Louis Amoke The Chairman of the Joint Tax Board (JTB), Mr. Tunde Fowler has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for putting in place a proficient and “unparalleled” tax regime, which has ensured that the state exceeded the 15 percent tax revenue to GDP benchmark suggested by the United Nations for the funding…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has assured that the coming together of various opposition political parties to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) would rescue Nigeria in 2019 and restore her on the path of democratic freedoms, joy, security, and development. Ekweremadu gave the assurance during the signing of the MoU…
By Louise Amoke Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Saturday disclosed that his administration has paid the salaries of workers for the month of June without receiving the federal allocation. Gov. Ugwuanyi added that despite the fact that he assumed office at the time the nation’s economy was in severe recession, his administration…
In response to the rising insecurity and killings in Nigeria, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is set to sponsor a bill to decentralise nation’s policing system. Ekweremadu slammed the current system as “dysfunctional and unsuitable for a federal system”. He gave the indication during an interactive session with Fulbright Scholars,…
The philosophy of Nigeria education is based on the belief that education is the vehicle for effective human and national development. Ward (1883) says “education is essential motive force for progress”. He stressed that educational institutions are Centre for human betterment for the progress of society. Nations all over the world are concerned about education…
PRESS RELEASE Insecurity: More Will Die Unless We Take the Right Measures, Ekweremadu Warns …Commiserates with Plateau State The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has raised the alarm over the escalating killings and insecurity in Nigeria, warning that more lives would be clost unless the nation’s security architecture was reorganised. Reacting to…
June 12 National Honour Calls for Justice As Prof Humphrey Nwosu Was Not Recognized – By Humphrey Onyima The recent decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to honour the acclaimed winner of the 1993 general elections, Chief Moshood Abiola; and his running mate, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, with the highest honour in Nigeria, is a very welcome…
By Humphrey Onyima The member representing Awgu, Aninri, Oji River Federal Constituency and also Chairman Committee on Works in the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Toby Okechukwu has revealed that he attracted the ongoing Old Enugu – Porthacourt road passing Agbogugu, Ihe junction to Ihe, from Ihe to Amoli junction down to Owelli passing…
BY GARBA SHEHU Top opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have been granting press interviews and addressing zonal political rallies talking about “CHANGING THE CHANGE” in next year’s general elections, without defining what exactly that means. As the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) gears up to celebrate the completion of three years of the Buhari…
By David E. Sanger and David D. Kirkpatrick For President Trump and two of the allies he values most — Israel and Saudi Arabia — the problem of the Iranian nuclear accord was not, primarily, about nuclear weapons. It was that the deal legitimized and normalized Iran’s clerical government, reopening it to the world economy…
