The Federal Government has revoked the 5% excise duty imposed on telecommunications’ voice and data services. The National Orientation Agency, NOA, announced the revocation of the telecom tax on voice and data services in a statement issued on Thursday.
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The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has admitted that criminals terrorising Nigerians in different parts of the country are ahead of security agencies in so many ways. Egbetokun said the criminals are no longer “ragtag” because their weapons are sophisticated, well-funded, and they are internationally connected to the extent of using advanced technology.
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, in the last election, met in Abuja, on Thursday. The meeting was held amid talks that opposition parties are considering to field either of them in the battle to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027.
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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, sentenced one of the two Ansaru leaders recently captured by the Department of State Services, DSS, Mahmud Muhammed Usman a.k.a Abu Bara’a, to 15 years for illegal mining. Bara’a, hails from Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State.
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Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari was on Thursday bailed after facing questioning by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged financial improprieties. He was grilled by investigators over allegations bordering on conspiracy, abuse of office, and money laundering.
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. Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a woman alleged to have dumped her newborn baby girl in a bush in Akwanga Local Government Area. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the arrest on Thursday in Lafia, disclosing that the suspect, identified as a final-year NCE student of the College of Education, Akwanga, has been taken into custody.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said only 14 out of 171 associations seeking registration as political parties met the requirements to proceed to the next stage. Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement after the commission regular meeting on Thursday in Abuja.
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The Federal Government said, on Thursday, it had not received any official communication regarding the deportation of Nigerians from the United States to Ghana. The clarification followed reports that Ghana had accepted Nigerians and other West Africans deported from the US under a new arrangement.
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Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2023 general elections, Dumebi Kachikwu, has described as irresponsible the recognition of former Senate President, David Mark, as National Chairman of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Speaking as a guest in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television on Thursday, Kachikwu said that he had never had faith in the current leadership of the electoral body.
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Anambra State Government is set to kickstart the construction of a new airport in Ndikelionwu, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking during a tour of the proposed site for the project, the Managing Director, Chinua Achebe International Cargo Airport, Engr. Martins Emeka Nwafor, noted that the visit was to identify a suitable, flyable location, where the state government can develop an airport and industrial park, associated with aerotropolis.
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The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the last general election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has suggested that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, gave a parting ‘shot’ at President Bola Tinubu by recognizing the David Mark-led leadership of the ADC.
Kachikwu specifically stated that he knew that the INEC chairman was going to give the President ‘a big middle finger’ to show his displeasure towards the president.
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE, chapter, has embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries.
The development was formally communicated on Thursday in a letter addressed to the institution’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olubunmi Shittu.
The letter, jointly signed by the branch Chairman, Dr O. A. Fagbuagun, and the Financial Secretary, Mr Ngwu Benitho, stated that the industrial action would remain in force until the affected lecturers received their outstanding salaries.
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An Imo State based-journalist, publisher of First Citizen Newspaper, Ejike Ogbonna has been granted bail by a Magistrate Court sitting in Owerri with the sum of N2 million, after 30 days incarceration at Tiger base police unit on an alleged cyber crime against a government official.
Other bail conditions include the provision of a surety who must show proof of ownership of a landed property within the jurisdiction of the court and a traditional ruler to endorse the bail bond.
The Presiding Magistrate, C. J. Uzoechi, who granted the bail application of the journalist, noted that the matter is a bailable offense.
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The All Progressives Congress has postponed the inauguration of its National Campaign Council for the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, who made this known in a statement, explained that a new date for the inauguration would be announced in due course.
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Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2023 general elections, Dumebi Kachikwu, has described as irresponsible the recognition of former Senate President, David Mark, as National Chairman of the party by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Speaking as a guest in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television on Thursday, Kachikwu said that he had never had faith in the current leadership of the electoral body.
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Anambra State Government is set to kickstart the construction of a new airport in Ndikelionwu, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking during a tour of the proposed site for the project, the Managing Director, Chinua Achebe International Cargo Airport, Engr. Martins Emeka Nwafor, noted that the visit was to identify a suitable, flyable location, where the state government can develop an airport and industrial park, associated with aerotropolis.
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The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the last general election, Dumebi Kachikwu, has suggested that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, gave a parting ‘shot’ at President Bola Tinubu by recognizing the David Mark-led leadership of the ADC.
Kachikwu specifically stated that he knew that the INEC chairman was going to give the President ‘a big middle finger’ to show his displeasure towards the president.
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE, chapter, has embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries.
The development was formally communicated on Thursday in a letter addressed to the institution’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olubunmi Shittu.
The letter, jointly signed by the branch Chairman, Dr O. A. Fagbuagun, and the Financial Secretary, Mr Ngwu Benitho, stated that the industrial action would remain in force until the affected lecturers received their outstanding salaries.
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An Imo State based-journalist, publisher of First Citizen Newspaper, Ejike Ogbonna has been granted bail by a Magistrate Court sitting in Owerri with the sum of N2 million, after 30 days incarceration at Tiger base police unit on an alleged cyber crime against a government official.
Other bail conditions include the provision of a surety who must show proof of ownership of a landed property within the jurisdiction of the court and a traditional ruler to endorse the bail bond.
The Presiding Magistrate, C. J. Uzoechi, who granted the bail application of the journalist, noted that the matter is a bailable offense.
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