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The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has voiced strong opposition to the implementation of a controversial tax bill, asserting that an increase in VAT (Value Added Tax) would further burden many Nigerians who are already struggling with the removal of fuel subsidies and the floatation of the Naira.…
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Kano residents are presently gripped with apprehension as a heavy deployment of police and plainclothes security personnel has mounted a blockade at the entrance of Kofa Kudu Emir’s palace. The reason for the deployment is not yet known, but there is a strict restriction of vehicular movement. It was gathered that Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II…
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The Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has sued NIMC, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), and the Nigerian
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has sold the first cargo of Port-Harcourt low sulfur straight run fuel oil (LSSR) to Dubai-based Gulf Transport & Trading Limited (GTT). The company is expected to load the cargo in the coming days onboard the Wonder Star MR1 ship, signalling the commencement of operations at the plant and…
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Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti have arrested a wanted Boko Haram member suspected to have fled from the northeast. In a statement on Thursday, NSCDC spokesperson, Afolabi Babawale, said the suspect, Isah Jafaru, also known as Nabida, was arrested in Iloro Ekiti after a manhunt was carried out…