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• Tax for Service: Group Task Kaduna Government May 6, 2021
  By Victor Habila, Kaduna The Tax Justice Network, Christian Aid and other partners said they would collaborate to ensure that taxes generated in Kaduna State were used in the service of the people. The organisations said that the tax for service initiative was to promote progressive tax systems in the state. Dr Saied Tafida, a […]
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• ​NCC warns Telecom consumers against sharing cell phone, NIN, SIM May 6, 2021
  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned telecom consumers not to share their cell phones, National Identity Number (NIN), and Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards with others. Mr Efeosa Edehen, Director Consumer Affairs Bureau, NCC, said on Thursday at a consumer conversation event organised by the commission in Abuja that defaulters would be held liable […]
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• ​Fani-Kayode lauds Buhari over rescue of Afaka students May 6, 2021
  Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Nasir El Rufai over the rescue of the kidnapped students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka. Sources said the students’ freedom was facilitated by Sheikh Ahmad Gumi-led committee in collaboration with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The former minister, who spoke on […]
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• FG Set To Reduce Cost Of Governance May 5, 2021
  The Nigerian government says it will review payroll of workers and number of government agencies, with the aim of reducing cost of governance. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed announced this at a National Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Cost of Governance in Nigeria organized by the Independent Corrupt Practice […]
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• ​Kidnappers abduct woman journalist, abandon her 6-month-old baby in Adamawa May 4, 2021
  Some Gunmen has in the early hours of Tuesday stormed Mbamba, a suburb of Yola, the Adamawa State capital and abducted a nursing journalist while abandoning her 6-month-old baby. The abducted nursing journalist, Amra Ahmed Diska who is a news editor with the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Yola, according to sources resumed duty recently following […]
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• Why Governors must respect judicial autonomy – NBA May 3, 2021
  The Ado-Ekiti branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has insisted that state governors must respect the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on the contending issue of full autonomy for the Judiciary. The legal body regretted that the closure of courts across the country had not only debased the country’s democracy, but adversely affected the […]
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• ​Bandits in rush to make more money, Buhari tackling issue wrongly – Gumi May 3, 2021
  Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Monday, disclosed the reason Nigerians are witnessing a rise in the activities of bandits. Gumi said most bandits were in a hurry to make more money before security agents close in on them. Speaking exclusively with DAILY POST, the Islamic cleric said the rush was responsible for the […]
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• ​World Press Freedom Day: ActionAid Nigeria Says FG Must Work To Improve Its Record Of Repression Of Media, Journalists May 3, 2021
  ActionAid Nigeria, has called on the government and other stakeholders in Nigeria to use the opportunity of the World Press Freedom Day to take action to improve on the country’s appalling record of repression of the media and journalists. In a statement by ActionAid Nigeria Country Director, Ene Obi, to commemorate the 2021 world Press […]
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• ​Workers Day: Implement minimum wage for Kogi Workers – Organized Labour beg Gov. Bello  May 1, 2021
  Organized Labour in Kogi State have appealed to Governor Yahaya Bello to implement the N30,000 new minimum wage.  The union which comprises of the Nigerian Labour Congress, (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress, (TUC), made the appeal on Saturday in Lokoja in commemoration of this year workers day.  Kogi State NLC Chairman Comrade Onuh Edoka […]
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• APC threatens to expose Mbaka over impeachment comments April 30, 2021
  By Victor Habila The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, against making statements that could cause instability in the country, threatening to expose him to the Pope. Mbaka had called on the National Assembly to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari if he fails to resign […]
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