The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has queried the payment of N15 billion to Remita, a payment platform, from the Office of the Accountant General for the Federation (OAGF). The committee accused the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and commercial banks of complicity in the sharing of the N15 billion remittance. Chairman of … Read more
Last Updated: March 14, 2024, 21:49 IST About eight lakh employees and 4.40 lakh pensioners will benefit from the decision. The government announced a 4 percentage point hike in dearness allowance of employees and pensioners on the lines of the Centre. The decisions were taken in the state cabinet meeting held here on Thursday evening … Read more
LONDON — Jeremy Hunt rolled the pre-election dice Wednesday. The U.K. chancellor delivered a budget full of measures aimed at boosting Britain’s sluggish growth and reversing his party’s electoral fortunes. In doing so, he parked a fair few tanks on the opposition Labour Party’s lawn ahead of a nationwide battle for Downing Street later this … Read more
The House of Representatives has queried Access Bank, Citi Bank, Ecobank and Fidelity Bank over N11.632 trillion revenue collected on behalf of the federal government through the REMITA platform between 2015 and 2022. Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Bamidele Salam, issued the query at the resumed investigative hearing on ‘alleged revenue leakages through REMITA … Read more
Hannah Jowett, pictured, was suspicious and frustrated earlier this year when she says she had to wait three hours for her Ford Focus to be returned after her flight from a three-week trip in Mexico Hannah Jowett, 36, a video production manager living in Leeds, was suspicious and frustrated earlier this year when she says … Read more
