Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation has stated that the tax reform proposed by the Federal Government is not targeted at North or any religion. Afenifere in a press statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, noted that no region in the country should entertain any fear regarding the distribution of the proceeds of the Value Added Tax (VAT) as being proposed. Recall that the Executive arm of government under President Ahmed...

Dame Olabisi Adu Okunniyi, the Deputy Governorship Candidate of Labour Party in the Governorship Elections of Ondo State holding on Saturday November 16th, has commeded the judgement of the Appeal Court in Abuja presided over by Justice H A Barka, which today upturned the previous ruling of the federal high court and sacked Olusola Ebiseni as the Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party in a judgement read by Justice A I Banjoko, a member of...

The suspension placed on the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mnyim by Governor Hyacinth Alia has been lifted. Recall that Mr Mnyim was suspended on October 23 following his unilateral decision to include the state as a party in the suit challenging the legality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor...

From January 1, 2025, it has now become an offence for parents in Abia state not to send their children and wards to school. Okey Kanu, Commissioner for Information who disclosed this to journalists in the Government House, Umuahia, on Monday on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti. “The decision was part of the ongoing reforms in the educational sector of the state and the issue...