As members of the National Assembly prepare to resume on Tuesday after a two-month holiday, a former deputy president of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has advised his colleagues not to embark on any legislation over the collection of the Value Added Tax and Stamp Duties. Both are currently, subjects of raging legal tussles between some […]
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN,, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad has directed the Judicial Service Committee (JSC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to probe the circumstances leading to a recent decision by a judge in Abuja The judge of an Upper Area Court, whose name is being withheld, was said to have recently issued a […]
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A Beninese immigrant, Adamu Sime, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his biological mother. The command’s spokesman, Mr Babawale Afolabi, confirmed this in a statement he signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, in […]
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Police Inspector General Usman Alkali Baba The Kano State Police Command has arrested a couple for allegedly stealing a day-old baby from Muhammad Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital, Kano. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Haruna-Kiyawa said one Rabiu Muhammad, a resident of Gayawa […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Evivie Ovuokporie, as winner of the Isoko South State constituency 1 in Delta State bye-election held on Saturday. The election result was announced on Sunday morning by the returning Officer, Prof. Christopher Onosemuode, at the Constituency Collation Centre, Isoko South INEC […]
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Police Inspector General, Usman Alkali Baba Men of Edo State Police Command on Friday rescued five kidnap victims and arrested two suspects in connection with the crime. Arms and ammunition were also reportedly recovered from the suspects. In a statement on Saturday by the spokesperson for the police in the state, Bello Kontongs, the command […]
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The Senate has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission to take the advantage of the National Policy for Fifth Generation network, to generate N350 billion for the Federal Government in the 2022 fiscal year. This was the verdict of the Senate joint committees working on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper, when […]
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said he will not withdraw the lawsuits against the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, because he does not trust the chairman to honour agreements. It was gathered that Wike said this in a meeting with the Senator David Mark-led committee set up by the PDP […]
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By Seye Olumide Not many Nigerians initially paid attention to the remarks by the incumbent Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, who had on August 29 said he was not aware of any pact between President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu that Mr. President promised he […]
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By Martins Oloja It is yet another time to appeal to the big people in Abuja, our Abuja who are worried but clueless about how to handle the ‘peculiar mess’ that a public finance nemesis called Value Added Tax (VAT) is beginning to garner in Abuja to ‘calm down’ in public interest. I would like […]
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