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ENUGU REVENUE AGENCY INTRODUCES SINGLE TAX PAYMENT, ELIMINATES MULTIPLE TAXATION The Chairman, Enugu State In­ternal Revenue Service (ESIRS), Emmanuel Ekene Nnamani, has said that the state has been able to solve the issue of multiple taxa­tion through the introduction of a single yearly unified tax pay­ment system using the e-ticketing solution. According to him, the system allows business owners in …

REPS WANTS SENATE PRESIDENT, SPEAKER TO ALTERNATE PRESIDING ROLE AT JOINT SESSIONS The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for restructuring of joint sittings of the National Assembly to alternate the roles between the Senate President and the Speaker of the House to reflect parity between the two chambers. The lawmakers said this would allow the Speaker …

GOWON, OBASANJO MASTERMINDED KILLING OF IGBO SCHOOLCHILDREN DURING CIVIL WAR – OHANAEZE The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), has said that former Nigerian heads of state, General Yakubu Gowon (retd) and General Olusegun Obasanjo (retd) allegedly masterminded the killing of Igbo (Southeasterners) schoolchildren during the 1967-1970 civil war. The war was between the Nigerian military government and the South-East Biafran Nation …

COURT STOPS BALA-MOHAMMED PDP FACTION FROM HOLDING NEC MEETING A Federal High Court sitting in Zamfara State has declined a request for an ex parte order by a faction backed by the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed, to hold the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. The group approached the court for an …

CHOOSE BETWEEN PETROL AT N1,000/LITRE OR CNG AT N200/METRE – TINUBU TELLS NIGERIANS President Bola Tinubu has announced that Nigerian motorists can now choose between buying petrol at N1,000 per litre or compressed natural gas (CNG) at N200 per Standard Cubic Meter. The announcement came during a meeting with executives of the Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) at the State …

FG STOPS EXPORT OF COOKING GAS TO CRASH PRICE The Federal Government has stopped export of locally produced Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas. The measure is to mitigate the price of the gas that has been soaring steadily. Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo, said “Short Term Solution: With effect from November 1, 2024, …

THE ONLY THING YOUR GOVT IS KNOWN FOR IS TO INCREASE FUEL PRICE – NLC PRESIDENT FIRES AT TINUBU The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has called for an immediate reversal of the latest fuel price increase in the country. Ajaero, in a statement on Tuesday, urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the fuel price hike, …

COURT SACKS KANO ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS, STOPS LG POLLS A Federal High Court sitting in Kano has disqualified the chairman and members of the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) from conducting the scheduled local government elections. The elections were scheduled to be held four days from today on October 26, 2024. Justice S.A. Amobede, presiding over the case, …

THE TRUE OBJECTIVE OF THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR WAS NOT TO UNITE NIGERIA BUT THE CRUDE OIL . BY CHIEF MALCOLM EMOKINIOVO OMIRHOBO . The true objective of the Nigerian Civil War was not to unite Nigeria but to subjugate the Igbos steal the crude oil under their control in the then Eastern Region dominated by the Igbos and put …