Standard Chartered Bank has said bank customers can withdraw money from any of its Automated Teller Machines without being charged N65. The bank also assured its customers at the launch of its digital bank on Monday that SMS notifications sent to them and transfers within Nigeria “are absolutely free.” The bank said in order to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Muhammad Nami to replace Babatunde Fowler as the new Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The nomination is subject to Senate confirmation. The President also approved the composition of a new board for the FIRS subject to Senate confirmation. The board is composed of a member representing each […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would no longer be awarded as planned on Monday, December 9, 2019. The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), in a statement made available to the public by its Executive Director and Chief Executive Office, Motunrayo Alaska, announced the postponement of an Integrity Award presentation to the Vice President. Although, […]
Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from the show’s 1969 debut until his retirement in 2018, died Saturday at his home in Connecticut at the age of 85, the New York Times reports. Sesame Workshop, the non-profit that produces Sesame Street, summed up Spinney’s contributions to American culture in a statement: His […]
One time Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Lagos West Senatorial seat, 35 year old Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says people go into politics for different reasons, but he would always advise that they should go into politics to make a difference. He said this at the 3rd Edition of the YNAG™ Young & Emerging Leaders Conference. […]
About 90 women from across the world assembled on Sunday to compete for a new Miss Universe crown. The 68th annual Miss Universe competition which was hosted by Comedy icon/ TV host, Steve Harvey, and Olivia Culpo (Miss Universe 2012) was filled with glitz and glamour as expected. Miss South Africa went home with the […]
Operatives of the Department of State Services on Friday morning disrupted the ongoing trial of activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, attempting to rearrest the two men, who were only released from its detention on Thursday evening. The DSS operatives also chased away the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu while also brutalising a journalist with […]
From January 2020, Nigerians may start paying tax on every product purchased online and delivered to their respective homes. The Executive Chairman, FIRS, Babatunde Fowler, told journalists that a lot of products purchased online and delivered to homes across the country were not taxed. Providing an explanation on the taxation of digital purchases, Fowler said, […]
Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc said it received more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides in the United States in 2018, in a report aimed at assuring drivers and the public that it was serious about safety. The figure represents a 16-percent fall in the rate of incidents from […]
