Six secondary schools have qualified for the final stage of the 2024 Tax Club competition in Kwara State. The competition is organised by the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service, KW-IRS, in collaboration with the Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development for Secondary Schools in the state. DAILY POST recalls that the preliminary stages of the competition, held from 24th June to 4th July 2024, where 83 out of the 154 registered schools sat for the quiz from the comfort of their respective schools and 12 schools qualified for the semi-final stage. Six finalists emerged at the end…
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The Swiss Federation has donated 1.2 million Euros to the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Fund to provide much-needed support to the victims of the recent flood disasters in the state. The donation was announced by the Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Nicolas Lang, who led a delegation of the Swiss Embassy on a sympathy visit to the government house in Maiduguri on Wednesday. Switzerland had previously supported the Borno Model in 2023 with about $700,000. The Borno Model is a programme for the mass exit of armed Boko Haram insurgents and civilians trapped in the lines of conflict “These donations…
Chelsea winger Noni Madueke has named Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol in football. The England international said he admired the Al Nassr forward a lot. The 22-year-old spoke ahead of England’s Nations League clash with Greece on Thursday. Speaking about his idol in football, Madueke said (as per Mirror Football): “Cristiano Ronaldo is my idol. I admire a lot of things about him.” Madueke joined Chelsea from PSV Eindhoven in January 2023. He has been impressive for Enzo Maresca’s side so far this season. I admire him a lot – Chelsea’s Madueke names his idol
The Senate on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on the protection and welfare of the girl-child in the country to effectively shape the future of the nation. It also urged state governments yet to domesticate the Child Rights Act to do so with the attendant eradication of harmful traditional practices like female genital mutilation. The Red Chamber accordingly mandates its committee on legislative compliance to monitor the implementation of girl-child protection laws and policies. Senate’s resolutions followed a motion sponsored to that effect by Senator Ireti Kingibe (LP, FCT). Senator Kingibe, in the motion…
The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has criticised the Federal Government over the latest increment in the pump price of fuel. “It looks like the only thing this government is known for is the increase in the pump price of petrol without commensurate capacity of Nigerians or mitigatory measures. “Even following the logic of market forces, we find it an aberration that a private company (NNPCL) is the one fixing prices and projecting itself as a hegemonic monopoly,” Ajaero stated in his reaction on Wednesday. He challenged the government to go to the drawing board “and…
The National Coordinator of the Independent Hajj Reporters, IHR, Malam Ibrahim Muhammed, has cautioned the acting Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman, to be cautious in making any promise about a possible reduction in the 2025 Hajj fares. The coordinator, in a statement issued on Wednesday, said that Usman, who was screened by the Senate on Tuesday and is currently awaiting confirmation to become substantive chairman, had, during a BBC News and DCL Hausa interview, “spoke impressively on various issues and his intention to address some wide-ranging operational matters as soon as he…
Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has congratulated international teammate Cole Palmer for winning England Player of the Year. Palmer won the award ahead of Saka and Jude Bellingham. “Credit to Cole (Palmer) for winning player of the year. It’s a big achievement and he deserves it. I was next to him at the time; his mouth was just open; he couldn’t believe it,” Saka said. Despite not starting a single match during Euro 2024, Palmer scored his first England goal in their 2-1 defeat to Spain in the final. Palmer also set up Ollie Watkins’ winner in the semi-final against the…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has said he will intervene with Governor Ademola Adeleke regarding the impasse between Osun State and Segilola Limited, a gold mining company, over a N60 billion dispute. Tajudeen announced his planned intervention on Wednesday on the floor of the House. Ojo Makanjuola, a member of the House, moved a motion calling for the intervention of the House to avoid further economic losses. In the motion, Makanjuola explained: “Osun State has been demanding N60 billion and redeemable shares from Segilola Limited for acquiring Osun State’s interests in Tropical Mines Limited, but this…
The Yobe State Ministry of Health and Human Services has organised a five-day training session aimed at harmonising the state’s health sector annual operational plan, AOP, for 2025. The Executive Secretary of the Yobe State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr. Babaga Kundi Machina, underscored the importance of the exercise while speaking to journalists. Dr Machina explained that the workshop is to identify key priorities for the sector in 2025 and develop strategies to improve healthcare delivery in the state. “This is a culmination of efforts that have started earlier, where all agencies in the state have been mandated to go and…
The Kwara State Government has reassured that it will ensure prompt prosecutions and defence of court cases as they affect people within the state. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Senior Ibrahim Sulyman, who was represented by the Solicitor General, Musa Idris, gave the reassurance on Wednesday during the quarterly Inter-Ministerial Press Briefing organised by the Ministry of Communications at the conference room of the Ministry of Finance, Ilorin, the state capital. Sulyman emphasised the commitment and dedication of Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq to addressing prosecutions and defence of court cases in the state, asserting that “it is the statutory…