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VAT row gets messier, AppealCourt orders stay of execution

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By Gbenga Salau , Ann Godwin , Ameh Ochojila and Joseph Wantu Sanwo-Olu. Photo/facebook/jidesanwooluofficial• Appeal Court Orders Stay Of Execution• Sanwo-Olu Signs VAT Bill, Applies To Be Joined In Suit• Wike Inaugurates Rivers Tax Appeal Commission• Ortom Backs Lagos, Rivers The […]

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Appeal Court halt’s Rivers, Lagos from collecting VAT

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By Ameh ochojila The Court of Appeal in Abuja has temporarily halted the Rivers State government from collecting Value Added Taxes VAT until all legal disputes relating to the matter are resolved. The court ordered that the judgment of the State […]

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Court remands teacher for allegedly sexually assaulting 9-year-old

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By NAN A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a 28-year- old teacher, Hassan Aliyu, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl. The police charged Aliyu who resides in Badawa Quarters Kano with […]

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Strike: We’re suffering too, hold government responsible, doctors tell patients

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By Sodiq Omolaoye Doctors, under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) have urged Nigerians, especially patients at various hospitals to hold government responsible for the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the National Association […]

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PDP members sue Cross River Speaker, others over entitlements

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By Nsa Gill Seven members of the Cross River State House of Assembly, who are still in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have sued the Speaker, Eteng William and 17 others, demanding payment of their entitlements. They alleged that the […]

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BREAKING: Lebanese pleads guilty, forfeits N100m, luxury SUV, iPhones to FG

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By Robert Egbe A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a Lebanese cyber criminal, Hamza Koudeih, to one-year imprisonment or a fine of N1million in lieu of jail. Justice Tijjani Ringim, who convicted him, also forfeited Koudeih’s N100million […]

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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Signs VAT Bill Into Law

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By Agency Report Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday signed into law the State VAT Bill as passed by the House of Assembly. The state commissioner for information and strategy Gbenga Omotosho in a statement said the governor signed the […]

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Court Appoints TB Joshua’s Wife SCOAN’s Trustee

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By Shojobi Abisola The Federal High Court has appointed the wife of the late Prophet Temitope Joshua, Mrs Evelyn Joshua, as a trustee of the Synagogue Church of All Nations. According to a statement by the church, Justice Tijjani Ringim gave […]

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Court remands Kano civil servants for sodomising man

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NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kano on Friday ordered two civil servants who allegedly sodomised a 20-year-old man to be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Nasiru Isyaku,48, and Lawal Uba,31, who both live […]

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Biafra/Yoruba Nation: Nigeria not working ‘optimally’ for many Nigerians, Osinbajo says

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NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA Amid separatist agitations by IPOB in the South-East and Yoruba Nation in the South-West, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is not working “optimally” for many Nigerians. Mr Osinbajo explained, “And I do not speak of […]