The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the Direct Entry registration will not be closing today contrary to earlier indications. The Board in a post on its X handle today evening acknowledged that its offices were closed for Direct Entry registration throughout the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME...
The Central Bank of Nigeria yesterday stepped up its fight to boost foreign exchange liquidity in the economy with a new circular mandating Deposit Money Banks to stop the use of foreign currencies as collateral for naira loans within 90 days. The development happened as the naira rose against the greenback at both the official […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed telecommunication companies to extend the disconnection of telephone lines not linked to National Identification Numbers from April 15, 2024, to July 31, 2024. A reliable source within the telecommunication sector disclosed this information to our correspondent yesterday. This decision commun...
Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued a deadline for the submission of nomination forms for candidates. The electoral body in a statement today by its National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, asked politica...
•House of Reps House of Representarives has set December 2025 as deadline for the completion of the alteration of the 1999 Constitution ( as amended). The deputy speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who stated this, yesterday, at the inaugural meeting of the House Special Committee on Constitution Review, said this is to ensure that the exercise does [&hel...
•Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has issued a reminder to all employers of labour to submit their annual tax returns on or before the stipulated deadline of January 31, 2024. Ayodele Subair, the Executive Chairman of LIRS, conveyed this in an official statement endorsed by Monsurat...
The National Hajj Commission has extended the deadline for payment of 2024 hajj. In a statement today, its Assistant Director on Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara said the new deadline is now January 31, 2024 as against December 31, 2023. “The extension was in response to the heartfelt concerns raised by religious clerics, State Pilgrims’ [&h...
•Chairman, Delta State Internal Revenue Service, Solomon Ighrakpata Employers of labour as well as self-employed individuals in Delta State, have been given till January 31, and March 31, 2024, respectively, to voluntarily file their annual tax returns for 2023 by the Personal Income Tax Act of 2004, as amended. This was contained in a stateme...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has stated that the low turnout in payment of Hajj fares for the 2024 hajj pilgrimage will not affect its December 31 (today)deadline as it would work with the number that pays. In a statement by its Assistant Director of Press, Fatima Sanda Usara, it was noted that […]
•The Nigerian Senate Determined to pass the N27.5trillion 2024 Appropriation Bill before the end of this month, the Joint National Assembly Committee on Appropriations has given a 48-hour deadline to all sub-committees to submit their reports on the 2024 budget. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had last month, presented to the joint session o...