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The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on Wednesday said it had recovered N4.2 billion in remittances from collecting banks into the federation account. Shettima Gana, the commission’s acting Chairman, said this while inducting the lead consultants and other auditors on the verification and reconciliation of revenue collections and remittances by the collecting banks. The collecting banks collect excise duties and taxes on behalf of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). He said that the money was recovered during the exercise that was carried out on banks’ collections of these taxes and duties…

The police in Rivers State have paraded a 22-year old woman, Janet Okoro who masterminded her own kidnap and extorted her relatives of N5million. The woman was among 52 suspected criminals arrested by policemen in different parts of the state. They were paraded before journalists at the Command headquarters in Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Wednesday. Among those paraded was a man accused of involvement in the murder of a Divisional Police Officer in Port Harcourt. The state Commissioner of Police, Francis Odesanya said 10 of the suspects were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, 30 suspected armed robbers…

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), is working to set up a website to handle complaints from its students, staff and clients, the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, has said. Adamu made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the institution’s’ Service Chapter and Complaints Policy. The Service Charter was produced by SERVICOM Unit, Office of the Vice-Chancellor. SERVICOM is a Service Compact Agreement between the Federal Government including all its organs and the Nigerian people. According to Adamu, the website, NOUNsupport.com will take complaints meant for the vice-chancellor. “On the left side of the website…

The Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) on Wednesday announced that 260 children missing in the last six months, had been found. In May 15, the MPS launched app “Tuanyuan,” or “reunion,” an app where police release information on missing children. MPS said that in the past six months, over 280 updates on missing children had been posted on the app and that 260 of them were found, among them, 18 who had been trafficked. MPS added that it also posted on app, 27 reported lost, 152 who had ran away from home, as well as 52 who had died…

Lecturers of the Lagos State University (LASU) on Wednesday complied with the one-week nationwide warning strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This is even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chapter of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, on Wednesday joined other universities’ unions to embark on a one-week warning strike to press for their demands. Dr Isaac Oyewunmi ‎, Chairman, ASUU, LASU Chapter, told our correspondent in Lagos that academic activities in the university had been paralysed. Oyewunmi said that LASU lecturers’ compliance to the strike directive was total. He said that…

Proceedings in the planned arraignment of Dr. Angela Uwakwem, Emmanuel Ajayi and his company Swiss Biostadt Limited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, began on a controversial note Tuesday November 15, 2016, as Justice Florence Duruoha Igwe of the Imo State High court Owerri granted the accused persons bail without first taking their plea. Her lordship upheld the arguments of the defense counsel, Chukwuma Ekomaru (SAN), that the accused persons cannot take their plea until the application challenging the jurisdiction of the court is determined. Prosecuting counsel, Mainforce A. Ekwu had argued that the correct position of the…

The BBC said on Wednesday that its World Service will begin broadcasting in 11 additional languages in a drive to reach millions more people. The added languages include Nigeria’s trio of Yoruba, Igbo and Pidgin. The BBC World Service will also broadcast in North Korea where impartial news is hard to get. The World Service started out in 1932 as a radio channel for English-speakers in the British empire but has morphed over time into a highly respected provider of news to global audiences. It already broadcasts in 29 languages, reaching an estimated 246 million people around the world every…

Nigeria bounced back from their opening day FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Papua New Guinea 2016 defeat by coming from a goal down to record a 3-1 victory over Canada in Port Moresby. Gabrielle Carle had fired the Canucks into the lead at Bava Park on 15 minutes, but an equalising penalty from Chinaza Uchendu just before the break and second-half goals from Joy Bokiri and Chinwendu Ihezuo gave the Falconets their first win of the tournament. Both sides had slipped to heavy losses in their previous Group B clash and were looking to make amends. In an entertaining first…

Bosch Power Box, BPB, is set to change the lives of Nigerian artisans and increase their success just as it has done in Sokoban Wood Village, Kumasi Ghana, where it was launched in 2016. German-based multinational, Bosch Group, is set to bring the BPB concept to African artisans, the informal sector, often the driving force of African economies. This is a revolutionary initiative designed to create, up-skill and grow small businesses and bring them into the formal, mainstream economy. It is a long-term project designed to foster entrepreneurship and ensure a smooth transition for small businesses from the informal to…

Two ‘Yahoo Boys’ have been sent to jail for two years by a Federal High Court, sitting in Benin-City, Edo State on Tuesday November 15, 2016 after they were convicted for fraud. The duo are Aigbe Joseph alias Anthony Styler Malan and Igbinosa Osazee alias Albert Lim. The duo were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on separate charges bordering on possession of fraudulent document containing false pretenses. Upon their arraignment, the convicts pleaded’ not guilty’ to the charge, but later changed their plea to “guilty”. Justice O. O. Tokodo consequently convicted and sentenced them to two…