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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, recently summoned the Chief Justices of Rivers, Kebbi, Cross River, Anambra, Jigawa and Imo states over conflicting decisions on issues bordering on the chairmanship tussle of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the gubernatorial candidate impasse of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Anambra State. In complaining about the “huge embarrassment” …

The Conference of 57 Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State has requested an equal sharing formula with the state in the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) bill now before the state House of Assembly. The Secretary of the Conference 57 and Chairman of Odi-Olowo/Ojuwoye LCDA, Abdulrasak Ajala, made the request at a one-day public hearing on the …

The Federal Executive Council has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for Nigeria’s digital economy. The council gave the approval Wednesday at the council meeting following the presentation by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. According to a release by the minister’s technical assistant, Femi Adeluyi, the policy has been developed over a period …

• We have backing of VAT Act, says FIRS• Rivers meets business community, begins implementation• Bickering, as Lagos proposes six per cent VAT, 75% for state, councils 25%• Manufacturers worry about impasse despite N44.9b remittance in H1 The battle for Value Added Tax (VAT) between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and states got fiercer yesterday as Rivers State, spearheading …

• No big deal, Buhari visited Imo three times under my watch, says Okorocha• HURIWA reacts as govt reopens banks after shutdown over Monday’s sit-at-home When President Muhammadu Buhari eventually visits Owerri, Imo State capital, today, the exclusion of Ndigbo from heads of security agencies, continuous agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that has almost paralysed the Southeast …

…Govt inoculates over 53,914 persons with Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines Four more persons who were unvaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines have died in Edo State, raising the total number of confirmed COVID-19-related deaths in the third wave of the pandemic in the state to 30. Authorities have warned that the death of persons who are unvaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines is …

Investigation by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Alltimepost.com Special Correspondent in Nigeria This investigation reveals discrepancies and inconsistencies with the award of many contracts in Edo state, highlighting flagrant disregard for Procurement laws, leading to issues of accountability and transparency, poor information management and outright dishonesty in the conduct of governance in Edo State. According to documents obtained from the website of …

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government does not owe the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors or other health workers in the country. He stated that only “illegally recruited” doctors are not being paid because they were neither captured by the Office of the Head of Service of the …

The Super Eagles continued their 100 per cent record against Cape Verde in their second match of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. The Nigerian team won the game 2-1 after staging a comeback. A 75th-minute own goal by Cape Verde earned Nigeria a 2-1 win in their qualifying clash in Mindelo on Tuesday, a result that stabilized the …

The Lagos State House of Assembly says the Prohibition of Open Cattle Grazing Bill, when passed will ensure harmonious relationships between herders and farmers in the state. The assembly made this known after the bill was read on the floor of the house for the second time, by the Acting Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko, at plenary on Monday. It said the bill would …