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The Federal Government’s plan to retain the collection of Value Added Tax despite a Federal High Court ruling, hit a brick wall on Tuesday as the National Assembly rejected a proposal seeking to shift the collection of VAT from the concurrent to the exclusive legislative list, effectively leaving the decision to the Supreme Court which is hearing the matter. A …

Journalists Wednesday were prevented from covering the trial of the suspected killers of Kano schoolgirl Hanifah Abubakar. Reporters arrived at the court premises as early as 9 am to cover the hearing of the criminal case against three suspects Abdulmaliq Tanko, Hashimu Isyaku and Fatima Musa. But they were barred from gaining entrance to the court premises by security operatives …

President Joe Biden sounded an optimistic note in wrapping his first State of the Union address, citing the response of the American people and lawmakers in the House chamber to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a reason to be confident in the face of a critical moment. In a speech that focused on the war in Ukraine before pivoting to …

Zhytomyr, Ukraine – For Sister Franciszka Tumanevych, the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion was the most difficult, The Catholic News Agency reported on Monday. The 42-year-old member of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth told CNA that fear spread in Zhytomyr, the northern Ukrainian city where her convent is based, when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered …

Innovators at the just-concluded Edo Technology and Innovation Expo held in Benin City are confident that their latest invention, a one-ton truck, could drive the growth of the nation’s transport and agriculture industries with adequate funding and commercialization. The expo with the theme, “Leveraging on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Economic Growth and Development,” served as a platform to …

…Says Edo will partner UNDP to create more jobs for Edo youths Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for transparency and accountability in the use of public resources amid the decline in government revenue. Obaseki gave the charge when he received a delegation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Accountability Lab and Open Contracting Partnership, at the …

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Monday, ordered special promotion for Police Constable (PC), Mary Yetunde Aina (aka Iron Abbey) who won the World Boxing Foundation (WBF) International Super Bantamweight title belt at East Sussex, London. The IGP took the action while receiving Aina in his office, at the Force Headquarters, Garki, Abuja, according to a statement …

Following their threat to continue protesting indefinitely, Nigeria’s minister of education, Adamu Adamu, on Monday night met with the protesting students and pledged the commitment of the government towards addressing their concerns. The minister, who had earlier walked out on the students on Monday morning over what he reportedly described as rude conduct of the student leaders, later met the leadership …

By AARE AFE BABALOLA The recent unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a classic example of the popular saying “that when the strong does what he likes, the weak suffers what he must”. How else can one describe the act of one of the most powerful countries in the world in invading a struggling state with numberless tanks, bombers …

All is set for the Senate and House of Representatives to vote on 68 proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution. Both chambers are expected to vote separately on the amendments, during plenary sessions. The report of the constitution review, which contains the proposed amendments, was laid at both chambers last week by the ad hoc committees constituted to review the document. Some of the …