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States have no valid claim on VAT Collection… It’s on exclusive Legislative list – Malami
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has expressed that no state has the power to lay claim to the collection of value-added tax (VAT) in the country. Malami stated this on Friday, during an interview with Channels Television. Speaking on the ongoing tussle between some states and the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Malami stated that the collection of VAT in the country is under the exclusive legislative list and only the national assembly has the power to make laws on VAT “A lot has precluded the state from collecting value-added tax. One, generally speaking, as you…
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Gov Ortom shocks aides as he serves them food to appreciate their services [PHOTOS]
Governor Samuel Ortom, on Friday personally served his aides and friends food at the Governor’s Lodge, Benue Peoples House Makurdi to appreciate the services rendered to him and his wife.He said his aides have been working for him diligently and deserved to be served too, stressing that “what you sow is what you reap.”The Governor prayed that God rewards the aides abundantly for standing by him and his wife since they were appointed into their various offices.The Governor also enjoined his aides and those of his wife to continue to do their work as unto God and not man, saying…
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We are working towards reducing energy shortcomings by year 2030 – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria is working on an ambitious Energy Plan towards reducing the energy shortcomings by 2030.The President spoke in line with Nigeria’s role as a Global Champion for the Energy Transition, the theme of the High-Level Dialogue on Energy at the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly in New York.Buhari noted that Nigeria’s commitment to a just transition is reflected in its ambitious Energy Compact, which includes the “Government’s flagship project to electrify Five-Million households and Twenty-Million people using decentralized solar energy solutions. This is a major first step towards closing our energy access deficit…
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Rotimi Amaechi blames Ethnicity for hindering Nigeria’s development
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has blamed ethnicity for the slow pace of development in Nigeria. The minister, who was speaking as a guest lecturer at the Annual Public Lecture of the Department of Economics at the University of Lagos, noted that transportation as a model involved logistics and rail projects around Nigeria were built for the growth of the country’s economy rather than ethnic biases.The former Rivers State Governor identified what he called politicising of railway development as one of the main challenges hindering the government’s effort to stimulate the economy. He said transportation is responsible for driving the…
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People are Hungry. Do something before the people do something – Dino Melaye tells President Buhari
Senator Dino Melaye has called on President Buhari to act fast and do something about the hunger issue in the land before the people take actions on their own. Dino shared his thought in a post on Instagram, in his words; “President Buhari ,you may not know, there is a big LAMENTATION on the street. People are hungry and the economy is giving excruciating pains to the masses. Do something before the people do something. SDM
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Bullets can’t penetrate us, allow us to fight bandits – Female hunters tell govt
Katsina State Chapter of the Nigeria Hunters Council, NHC, has volunteered to assist the State Government in the fight against banditry. Hajiya Ummah Dauda, the Assistant Commandant General (ACG), made the pledge on Thursday, when she led other members of the association on a courtesy call to the office of the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa. She revealed that they are members of the group of warriors who hunt and know the forest and they are ready to sacrifice their lives for the cause. “As hunters, we know the forest very well and the truth is…
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Sunday Igboho: We are doing the needful to ensure Justice – FG
The Federal Government says it is making efforts to get justice in the case involving Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho.Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, stated this in reaction to the judgement of an Oyo State High Court that awarded damages in Igboho’s favour. The court presided by Justice Ladiran Akintola had last Friday ordered the Federal Government to pay the sum of N20 billion in damages to Igboho. This followed a suit filed by Igboho’s lawyer, Yomi Alliyu, to challenge the legality of the invasion of his client’s house in Ibadan, and the damage…
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FG bans SSS1, SSS2 Students from taking External WASSCE, NECO, NABTEB
The Federal Government has banned students in Senior Secondary School one and two from taking external West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the National Examination Council (NECO), and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB). This was contained in a circular issued by the Federal Ministry of Education to principals of federal unity schools titled with no: FME/DBSE/US/DOC/III/16 and signed by the ministry’s Director Senior Secondary Education, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir. The circular was confirmed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong, on Friday. The Ministry maintained that the move would help to maintain decorum and…
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Any kidnapper in Abia will die – Ikpeazu
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has vowed that any kidnapper in his State will die Ikpeazu stated this in Umuahia on Thursday while launching the Abia State Security Fund/Deployment of the Security Support and Resident Card.He stated that the initiative of the programme was to monitor and identify residents, even in the bush, especially as the state is bordered by seven states.Ikpeazu stressed the need for synergy among the South-East governments with a view to nipping in the bud cross-border crimes, adding, “The Abia State Residents’ Card’s will help to identify genuine residents.
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Some of Buhari’s critics dine with him at Aso Rock – Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has said that a number of the President’s fiercest critics dine with him at Aso Rock in Abuja. He said this reacting to the commotion that followed the defection of Femi Fani-Kayode to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adesina in an opinion piece titled, “Buhari, FFK, And The Quality Of Mercy” shared that a lot of loyal APC members were “hopping mad” that FFK was readmitted into the party and was hosted by the president himself. He said this shows that Buhari has an “amazing capacity to…
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Buhari’s lopsided appointments worsening Nigeria’s division, Says Ortom
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has continued to reiterate the failures of the Present Government. Ortom has now accused President Muhammadu Buhari of promoting nepotism and acts of sectionalism in all his appointments which has in turn worsened the country’s division. The governor stated this in Enugu during a lecture organised by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Enugu chapel, with the theme, ‘Emerging security situation in the South-East: the place of good governance” held in Enugu. He said the act violated the principle of federal character as enshrined in the constitution. “The lopsided federal appointments,…
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“Foreigners earn five times more” — Ngige seeks probe of ‘pay disparity in States’
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has alleged that there is disparity in payments of foreign and local workers in parts of the country.He stated this while speaking on Thursday during a courtesy visit by Muheeba Dankaka, chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), and other federal commissioners.The Minister said states in Nigeria employ and pay foreigners higher than their Nigerian counterparts which according to him does not encourage national unity and loyaltyHe, therefore, appealed to the FCC to use its constitutional mandate to promote national unity and loyalty, rather than concentrate its efforts only on the public…
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