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NASS WANTS MORE SUFFERINGS FOR NIGERIANS, CONSIDERS BILL TO INCREASE VAT FROM 7.5% TO 10% IN 2025 The national assembly is considering a bill proposing an increase in the value-added tax (VAT) from 7.5 percent to 10 percent. VAT refers to a consumption tax on goods and services levied at each stage of the supply chain where value is added. …

ENUGU GOVT PLANS TO RESETTLE RESIDENTS OF TWO URBAN SLUMS The Enugu State Government has approved the resettlement of people living in Agu-Owa and Ugbo-Lawrence parts of the state. The decision is premised on government’s categorisation of the two areas as ‘urban slums.’ A statement from the governor’s media office on Sunday, disclosed that the relocation was to enable the …

BIZZARE! REVEREND FATHER SET TO WED REVEREND SISTER.IN CATHOLIC CHURCH In a strange matrimonial union, a Catholic Reverend Father and a Catholic Reverend Sister are set to tie the nuptial nut in a Catholic Church. Reverend Father Michael Ogochukwu Ezeh from Enugu and Reverend Sister Claire Chioma from Afikpo in Ebonyi State are about to get married. The couple have …

SENATE THREATENS UMAHI, DABRI-EREWA, OTHERS WITH WARRANT OF ARREST The Senate has threatened the Minister of Works, David Umahi; Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack; Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa; and others with the issuance of a warrant of arrest against them for failing to appear before its Committee on Ethics, Privileges …

GOVERNOR SUSPENDS AID FOR ANNOUNCING N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE The Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, has suspended his Special Adviser on Salary and Pensions, Bashir Ado, over a statement on the ₦70,000 minimum wage.Naija News understands that a statement circulating in various sections of the media alleged that the governor had approved ₦70,000 as a new minimum wage for workers …

NINE PDP GOVERNORS ENDORSE DAMAGUM’S REMOVAL AS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN Nine state governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have unanimously approved Iliya Damagum’s removal from his position as Acting National Chairman, a significant step toward strengthening internal unity within the party. The governors overwhelmingly endorsed the choice of Alhaji Ahmed Alaghi, the incumbent PDP National Treasurer, as the new Acting …

BETWEEN SENATOR SHEHU SANI AND EX-GOV EL RUFAI’S WIFE Shehu Sani, a one-term senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, took to his X to share his observation about the President’s trips abroad and inflation in Nigeria. In the post, he opined that Tinubu’s travelling out of the country has a way of shooting up prices of …

YOU’RE BEREFT OF IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO TACKLE FUEL CRISIS, BEG JONATHAN FOR HELP – NNPC TELLS TINUBU The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has advised President Bola Tinubu to seek help from former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the economic crisis plaguing the country. There has been outrage in the country following the fuel price increase. The retail stations of …

WHY MORTUARY TAX WAS INTRODUCED – ENUGU GOVT The Enugu State Government says the Enugu Mortuary Tax is not meant to generate revenue but to discourage people from taking their dead ones to mortuary. The Executive Chairman, Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS), Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, said this while reacting to Mortuary Tax circular addressed to all the Mortuary Attendants …

NIGERIA FACING WORSENING FOOD CRISIS LIKE YEMEN, ETHIOPIA – WORLD BANK REPORT The World Bank has stated that Nigeria is facing a worsening food security crisis, with over one million additional people experiencing severe food insecurity in 2024 compared to the previous year. This was contained in the World Bank’s Food Security Update Report released recently while highlighting that countries …