The Lagos division of the Tax Appeal Tribunal has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications to pay the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) $72,551,059 million tax default. The five-person panel led by Professor Abubakar Hamed, however, declined to impose penalties and interest ...
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NNPP Tackles PDP Over Kano Foreign Scholarships
Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), in Kano State, Hashimu Dungurawa has described comments attributed to the national chairman of APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, saying, “sending over 1000 students to foreign countries is fake and a means to siphon ...
Read More »Financial Autonomy: Parliamentary Workers Threaten Nationwide Strike
Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) has announced plans to shut down both national and state assemblies tomorrow if their demands for financial autonomy for the state assemblies remain unmet at the end of the seven-day ultimatum issued. The union ...
Read More »Police Set Up Complaints Offices In Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Rivers
The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Egbetokun is collaborating with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), to establish Complaint Response Unit (CRU) offices in Enugu, Kano, and Rivers states and the expansion of the Lagos ...
Read More »Israel-Hamas War: Gaza Gets More Aids, Death Toll Hits 6,400
The International Red Cross yesterday confirmed that two hostages taken captive from Israel by Hamas in the ongoing war between the country and the Palestinian militants have been released. An Israeli government official told international media that the names of ...
Read More »Sudden Death Syndrome
Two recent incidents at the floor of the National Assembly – the death of a member of the Senate Press Corps, Alhaji Tijani Adeyemi of Tribune Newspapers and the collapse of a ministerial nominee undergoing screening, have once again brought ...
Read More »CSOs, IPAC Seek Unbundling Of INEC, New Electoral Act
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) have demanded the unbundling of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for effectiveness and coverage of every aspect of elections. Also, the CSOs and IPAC have called for the amendment ...
Read More »Cervical Cancer: Vaccination, Regular Screening For Early Detection
As cervical cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer death among women in Nigeria, vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and regular screening for early detection have been identified as Panacea to cervical cancer deaths. The federal government, ...
Read More »Senate Retreat: Confronting Nigeria’s Setbacks For Comebacks
By Joseph Atainyang The recent address of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio during the retreat in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, resonates with a resolute call for optimism and belief in the greatness of the Nigerian nation. The uncommon ...
Read More »‘No Assassination Attempt On My Life’, Gov Bello Counters Info Commissioner
Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has denied reports of assassination attempts on his life by gunmen in military uniforms as claimed by his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo. LEADERSHIP reports that the Commissioner had earlier on Sunday issued ...
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