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The North’s resentment of the proposed Tax Reform Bills currently at the National Assembly,NASS, has expanded as northern youths attacked Deputy Senate President Senator Barau Jibrin yesterday, accusing him of being insensitive to the region. They described the bills as anti-North, saying it would further relegate the region economically.The youths, representing 19 northern states, said the lawmaker representing Kano North …

This is as he noted that part of the problems facing fighting corruption in the country are judges. The presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Sokoto division, Justice Muhammad Lawal, has urged Nigerian anti-graft agencies to prioritise going after the highly corrupt persons and not only the street or young fraudsters, popularly known as “Yahoo boys.” This is as …

•We need to convince State Governors, Legislators The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas on Monday called for a paradigm shift from the current Local Government administration in Nigeria. The Speaker who made this known in Abuja while declaring open a national dialogue on local government and constitution amendment, organized by the Special Ad-hoc Committee on Constitution Review, …

The federal government has commenced N50 electronic levy deductions from transactions of N10,000 and above made by users of financial technology (Fintech) companies, including Opay, Moniepoint, Kuda, and others. The levy, called Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL), introduced under the Finance Act 2020, places a singular and one-off levy of N50 on the recipient of any electronic receipt or transfer …

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has expressed strong opposition to the tax reform bills sponsored by President Bola Tinubu’s administration, warning that their implementation would be detrimental to the northern region and other parts of the country. The proposed legislation, which seeks to prioritise the location of consumption as the basis for sharing Value Added Tax (VAT), has faced widespread …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared industrial action in Oyo, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 13 other states, effective Monday, December 2, 2024, following the failure of these states to implement the new national minimum wage. This decision follows resolutions made by the National Executive Council (NEC) in Port Harcourt on November 8 and reaffirmed by the Central Working …

The Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) has not yet commenced bulk sales or opened its purchase portal, as essential processes are still being finalized, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)Ltd, has said. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC Ltd, Olufemi Soneye, in a statement on Friday, explained that the products being sold originated from Dangote Refinery and included applicable NMDPRA fees. …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified the general public of the sale of counterfeit combiart (Artemether Lumefantrine 20/120mg) Dispersible Tablet in Nigeria. The notification is in a public alert marked: No. 043/2024, issued on NAFDAC website, disclosing the date of manufacturing of the drug to be Feb. 2023 and June 2023. It equally …

Ekpa should be made to account for his crime In a significant step towards addressing insecurity in the Southeast region, pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa was arrested and remanded in custody last week in Finland. He was arrested alongside four others on suspicion of terror-related activities, including incitement to violence and terrorism financing. According to the Finnish police, Ekpa allegedly used …

The fanfare that greeted the resumption of activities at the Port Harcourt Refining Company on Tuesday may have melted away leaving the hope and expectations of many Nigerians hanging. A visit by Saturday PUNCH to the refinery on Friday revealed that there was no activity on site, as some workers met by our correspondent claimed that the refinery was undergoing calibration which …