Legal battle over VAT collection stirs debates on equity, fiscal federalism

TUNDE AJAJA examines the likely solutions to the salient issues presented by the raging controversy over the collection of Value Added Tax in Nigeria The August 10, 2021 ruling of the…

Miyetti Allah threatens suit as Lagos, Ondo vow to defend open grazing law

Lagos and Ondo state governments have said they would defend the anti-opening grazing law in court should the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Association make good its threat to…

Cameroonian pastor, wife killed in Bauchi crash buried amid tears

Tears flowed freely as the remains of Pastor Kenneth Azifor and his wife, Sandra, who died in a auto crash along the Darazo-Kari-Azare Road of Bauchi State about two weeks…

Telecoms shutdown: ‘Kaduna bandits running out of ammunition, can’t contact suppliers’

Following the shutdown of telecommunication services in Kaduna State on Wednesday as part of measures to tackle insecurity, security forces have started gaining an upper hand on bandits who have…

PIA implementation begins this week, says Senate

The Senate has said the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act will start this week as soon as it confirms the appointment of the nominees for the two regulatory agencies…

Niger gov confirms two soldiers’ death, threatens residents harbouring bandits

The Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has threatened to tag rural communities in the state that harbour bandits “as the same elements as bandits.” The governor’s threat came on the…

Strengthen public health institutions, save Nigerians from dying, Wike tells FG

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, says the country must, as a priority, strengthen public health institutions, saying Nigerians who can’t afford medical treatment overseas don’t deserve to die. The…

Panic as gunmen raze Imo ex-lawmaker’s country home, abduct five

Some gun-wielding hoodlums have razed the country home of a former Imo State lawmaker, Gozie Nwagba. The incident, which happened at the Obor community in the Orlu Local Government Area…

Anambra loses N19.6bn on each IPOB’s sit-at-home –Soludo

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has said Anambra State loses N19.6bn each time a sit-at-home protest is observed in the state. Soludo, who…

Zoning: PDP holds emergency NEC meeting Thursday

Barring any last minute changes, the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party will on Thursday meet to ratify the decision of the party’s Zoning Committee. A notice of…