IN a significant development for Marula Mining’s operations in Kenya, the Africa-focused mining and exploration company’s Kenyan representative has obtained a mineral dealer’s trading licence, valid until December 31, 2024, and renewable annually. This licence empowers the company to conduct…
EVERY few weeks global fast fashion brands mass produce their latest clothing, pumping out garments to be sold around the world. There is growing criticism that it’s socially irresponsible to produce such large volumes of clothes so often. It leads to surplus and waste that takes…
GHANA has unveiled a bold plan to levy taxes on the foreign incomes of resident Ghanaians in a bid to counterbalance a significant revenue shortfall resulting from the cancellation of value-added tax (VAT) on electricity earlier this year. The decision…
THE Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has called on Christian clerics across the country to strive towards diligence and godliness as work ethics and potent weapons against economic and financial crimes and other…
THE Director-General of National Orientation Agency, NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa Onilu has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on its drive against all forms of Naira abuse. Onilu gave the commendation in Abuja in a letter addressed to…
THE Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has told truck drivers in the agency’s fleet, to strictly obey safe driving rules or risk severe penalties, including outright dismissal. He said this on Tuesday, at…
OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) laid siege to the residence of former Kogi governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello in Wuse, Abuja on Wednesday. The state’s sitting governor and Bello’s successor, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo and his motorcade were…
THE Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has deployed a Generation Dip/Loss Detection System (GLDS) which detects and responds to sudden drops or dips in power generation. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN said in a statement…
NO fewer than 14 people have been killed in the city of Chernihiv in Northern Ukraine by a Russian missile attack. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the missile attack, which hit an eight-storey building in a densely populated area,…
A former Senator in the Eighth National Assembly, Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, has died. The late Senator represented Kwara South Senatorial District in that Assembly. Reports said that he passed Wednesday morning. His family was reported to have said: “We kindly…
