Some Southern governors A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adekola Olawoye and a Constitutional lawyer and Rights Activist, Dr Tunji Abayomi, have said it is the state governments that should be collecting VAT, and not the federal government. However, the Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), Akure Branch, Rotimi Olorunfemi, disagreed saying collection of Value Added Tax […]
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The deceased Tears flowed on Saturday as four of the seven children who are of the same parents, who died after allegedly eating Suya were buried in Umuahia, the Abia State capital. The four victims are Kelechi Chibuzor, 12; Sunday Chibuzor, 10; Oluomachi Chibuzor, 8; and Kingsley Chibuzor, 3. The children died on August 25. […]
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Angry youths protesting Suspected bandits who allegedly kidnapped and killed two people within Isoko community in Delta State have been apprehended and subsequently burnt alive by aggrieved youths in the locality. It was gathered that the incident happened after the community vigilante group traced the gun-totting hoodlums to their hideouts in the forests. In the […]
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Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Ogbonna Nwuke, has resigned his position. He said in a letter he forwarded to the leadership of the party dated September 19 that his decision to quit as spokesman was strictly personal. Addressing the leadership of the party, Nwuke said: “We believe that our […]
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LASU VC Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello (Photo: LASU CIPPR) Following her appointment as the ninth substantive vice-chancellor of Lagos State University, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello assumed duty on Monday, September 20. She was received by the acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Oyedamola Oke, members of staff, and students at the university’s six storey Senate Building where she will hold […]
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Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has said that the newly adopted system of animal husbandry in the state called Feedlots Operational System would eradicate the incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen. The governor recently signed into law, the anti-open grazing bill, banning the movement of cattle from one place to the other in the […]
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Chairman of Southern Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu says that amendments being sought by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) at the National Assembly to the controversial Value Added Tax law will be killed at the State Houses of Assembly. He hinged the failure of the moves on the fact that […]
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Arole Oduduwa and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on Sunday said he would be using the next seven days of his seclusion for Olojo Festival to pray for change in attitude for politicians in the country. He noted that there is only one political party in the country with the same value, […]
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A 38-year-old expectant mother, Kate Ngozi Nwuju, and a fake soldier, Aliyu Saidu, have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for alleged drug trafficking. Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said Nwuju was arrested on Tuesday at her residence in Rumueme, Mile 4 area of Port […]
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Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has said the North is in the process of rebuilding itself and is not prepared to play second fiddle in a nation where it clearly enjoys numerical strength. Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the NEF, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said this while delivering a keynote address at the maiden Maitama Sule […]
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