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Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:38:30 GMT
Amidst Hardship, Nigeria's Finance Minister Hints At Additional Taxes in 2022
[Premium Times] The Bill provides for enhancing domestic revenue mobilisation efforts to increase tax and non-tax revenues, Tax Administration and Legislative Drafting Reforms, particularly to support the ongoing automation reforms by the Federal Inl...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:19:34 GMT
Nigeria's Legislature Wants Political Party Members to Elect Leaders Directly. but Is It Constitutional?
[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria's National Assembly has adopted legislation that allows direct primaries - where all party members and not just delegates will vote in political parties' primaries to choose candidates for elections. But President Mu...

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:29:56 GMT
No Announcement of Nigerian Attorney-General Malami's Sacking
[Africa Check] "BREAKING! MALAMI NIGERIA ANTHONEY GENERAL TO BE SÀCKÈD," is the title of a video posted on Facebook in November 2021.

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 11:08:16 GMT
Omicron - How Politics Infested a Virus
[Premium Times] Containing the spread and impact of Covid-19 is a herculean task for Africa and African governments. It is even more challenging when western countries and their allies deliberately conspire to allow politics and economic nationalism ...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:37:20 GMT
No, Image Doctored - Original Doesn't Show Nigerian Musician Flavour in Colours of Biafran Flag
[Africa Check] An image of Nigerian musician Chinedu Okoli, popularly known as Flavour, was posted on Facebook on 11 December 2021 with the claim that he supports the movement for the restoration of the Republic of Biafra in southeast Nigeria.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:47:37 GMT
$418m Debt - Court Fixes Date to Hear Pending Applications of 36 Governors
[Premium Times] The judge adjourned the case until December 21 for hearing of the preliminary objections of the defendants and the substantive matter.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:19:47 GMT
Journalist Eniola Daniel Files Suit Against Police for Assault
[IFEX] Media Rights Agenda (MRA)

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 06:11:42 GMT
Bandits Abduct 20 Villagers in Separate Attacks in Sokoto
[Premium Times] "In one week alone, over 40 people have been kidnapped. This is just in my local government area (Wurno). This is becoming too much because it is spreading like a wild fire..."

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:38:45 GMT
Doubts Over Free and Fair Polls in Nigeria
[CAJ News] NIGERIAN political parties doubt President Muhammadu Buhari will fulfill his pledge of credible elections in 2023.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:38:32 GMT
ECOWAS Leaders Agree to Reopen Land Borders in January 2022
[Premium Times] "The Heads of states and government welcomed the reopening of land borders in ECOWAS for the free movement of persons."

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:00:06 GMT
Govt Explores Diplomatic Channels With UK, Saudi Arabia, Canada Over Travel Restrictions
[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government has said it was considering diplomatic options to compel the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Canada to reverse their travel restrictions placed on Nigerians in the wake of concern over the presence of the O...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:25:39 GMT
Nigeria's Water Infrastructure At Risk, Govt Warns
[Daily Trust] Water experts are in Abuja to brainstorm on how to address the infrastructural deficit in the country's water sector.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:25:35 GMT
Like Facebook, Zoom to Start Charging 7.5% VAT From Nigerian Users
[Daily Trust] Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom) says it will begin to charge 7.5 percent value-added tax (VAT) on customers in Nigeria from January 1, 2022.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:25:32 GMT
Don't Expect Anything More From Buhari - Obasanjo to Nigerians
[Daily Trust] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says expecting President Muhamadu Buhari to do anything more than what he has done is akin to beating a dead horse.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:25:28 GMT
Nigerians to Pay More Taxes, Tariffs - Govt
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said Nigerians will pay more taxes.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:47:39 GMT
Gunmen Kill Nine, Injure Four Persons in Plateau - Police
[Premium Times] The command said in a statement on Monday in Jos that the incident occurred on Sunday evening.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:41:45 GMT
Why Doctors Are Leaving Nigeria in Droves - NMA President
[Vanguard] President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Innocent Ujah, yesterday identified lack of work tools, poor conditions of work and insecurity as some of the reason responsible for medical doctors leaving the country in droves, seekin...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:34:50 GMT
Gunmen in Military Camouflage Attack Policemen Besides Abia Command, Kill One
[Vanguard] Gunmen in Military camouflage yesterday attacked policemen near the Abia State Police Command headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital, and killed a policeman.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:34:50 GMT
DSS Took My Blood Samples More Than 21 Times, Kanu Cries Out
[Vanguard] Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, yesterday dragged the Department of State Service, DSS, before the Federal High Court, Abuja, accusing it of grossly violating his fundamental human rights.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:34:50 GMT
Zamfara Gov, Niger Republic President Meet Over Insecurity
[Vanguard] Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has visited the President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum as part of efforts to end all forms of banditry in the two countries.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:34:50 GMT
$418m Paris Club Refund - Govt Asks Court to Dismiss Suit By 36 States
[Vanguard] The Federal Government yesterday challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja to hear a suit the 36 states of the federation filed to stop it from deducting $418million from their bank account to settle debt in relation t...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:34:49 GMT
Nigeria Would've Gone Up in Flames, If Jonathan Didn't Handover to Buhari - Bishop Okah
[Vanguard] Today the country is facing a lot of economic challenges, what do you think is the way out?

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:34:49 GMT
Ninth Assembly Most Successful in Lawmaking Since 1999, Lawan
[Vanguard] Abuja -- THE President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has described the current 9th National Assembly as the most successful in law making since the return to civil rule in 1999.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:34:47 GMT
NMA Warns Govt to Be Careful in Implementing Subsidy Removal
[Vanguard] Nigerian Medical Association, NMA yesterday warned the Federal government to ensure that the harsh effects of the subsidy removal do not outweigh the gains.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:20:39 GMT
Oba of Benin Gets Documents On Returned Artefacts
[Vanguard] The necessary documents for two of the returned artefacts, a cockerel (Okpa) and Uhunwun Elao, looted from the palace of the Oba of Benin, have been formally handed over to the Oba of Benin, Omo N'Oba N'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, 124 ...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:20:35 GMT
Without Committed Investment in Local Vaccine Production, Nigeria Chasing Shadows - Tomori
[Vanguard] Nigeria's hopes to join the league of vaccine producing countries may not be realised in the near future except there is a paradigm shift in the nation's commitment towards investment in the vaccine manufacturing industry.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:04:06 GMT
U.S., NGO Combat Cancer, Train 34 Nigerian Oncology Pharmacists
[Vanguard] Irked by the state of cancer treatment in Nigeria, Project Pink Blue has trained 34 Nigerian oncology pharmacists as part of interventions to help reduce the high incidence of cancer, tackle late detection and improve general outlook of ca...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:04:06 GMT
Omicron - Nigeria Threatens UK, Canada, Others
[Vanguard] The Federal Government yesterday sent a strong warning to the four countries which recently placed Nigeria on their "red list" in the wake of the discovery of COVID-19 Omicron variant.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:04:06 GMT
Nigerians Should Expect Modest Increases in Taxes, Levies - Govt
[Vanguard] The MINISTER of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, yesterday, said yesterday there may be modest increases in taxes and tariffs on certain businesses and individuals over the medium term.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:04:06 GMT
Water Infrastructure At Risk, Requires N6trn Worth of Investment - Govt
[Vanguard] THE Federal Government, Monday, disclosed that the nation's water infrastructure is at risk and requires N6 trillion worth of investment to fix various issues affecting it.



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