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Lagos State Set To Enforce Tax Compliance

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Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde.Lagos State Government has decided to go all out in enforcing tax laws and payment by all defaulters, as only about 600,000 are up to date in terms of compliance.The state’s Commissioner for Information […]

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ASUU set to review pact with government

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Minister of Education, Professor Adamu Adamu (left); Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige; President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba; Deputy President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Victor Osoduko and President ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi […]

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AGF to court: Fed Govt has no record of how states spent N388b Paris Club refund

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+ Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that the Federal Government has no record of spending of N388.304 billion London Paris Club Loan refund by 35 states.Idris stated this before […]

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Court stops Army from demolishing homes

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+ Residents of Mesiogo Estate at Akobo area of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, have obtained an Oyo State High Court order restraining the 2 Division from demolishing their homes or from doing anything that can threaten their peace pending the determination […]

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Paris Club refund: Three more governors indicted + EFCC uncovers another slush account Release of third tranche threatenedThree more governors are believed to have diverted the London-Paris Club refund, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sources said yesterday.Besides, another slush account […]

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Ekiti: SON Destroys Fake, Expired Products Worth N4.5m

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Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON).Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Sunday, destroyed N4.5 million worth of fake and expired products in Ekiti for want of quality assurance and other factors.Among the products burnt were fake and substandard tyres, expired cereals, […]

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Women support anti-open grazing law in Benue

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Ortom and his wife receiving the protesters…yesterday No fewer than 2000 women across the 23 local councils of Benue State yesterday stormed the Government House in Makurdi to demonstrate their solidarity for the implementation of the anti -open grazing law […]

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Court declines to suspend Metuh’s trial

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+ A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday declined request to delay the trial of ex-spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, to enable detained former National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed Dasuki to consult his records. Dasuki […]

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2015 Polls: I Collected N30m From Diezani For Logistics – Ex-INEC Secretary

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Diezani Alison Madueke, former petroleum resources ministerA former INEC officer, Christian Nwosu on Thursday at a Federal High Court in Lagos denied that he was bribed by a former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to rig the 2015 general elections for […]

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FG directs Malami to recover $321m Abacha loot from Switzerland

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By Terhemba Daka, Abuja Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami The Federal Government yesterday authorised the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to endorse an agreement between Nigeria and Switzerland to facilitate the repatriation of ‎$321 million […]