FG is Considering Taking Rivers, Lagos to Supreme Court Over VAT Collection – Malami

BusinessEconomyTaxationFG is Considering Taking Rivers, Lagos to Supreme Court Over VAT Collection – Malami

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 24, 2021

ABUJA — The federal government is considering filing a suit at the supreme court to resolve the ongoing dispute about value-added tax (VAT) collection. Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in New York. According to the AGF, the federal government would like the matter to be determined once and for all. He maintained that the FIRS would continue to collect VAT following the directive...

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Revealing Boko Haram Sponsors May Hinder Investigation – Malami

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNigeriaRevealing Boko Haram Sponsors May Hinder Investigation – Malami

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 23, 2021

NEW YORK — The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has defended the decision of the government not to name the sponsor of terrorists in Nigeria at the moment. The AGF said that this is imperative in order not to jeopardise investigations. The Minister said this while addressing journalists in New York, according to a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on Wednesday. The Federal Government has come under fire...

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IPOB Threatens One Month Sit-At-Home Protest If DSS Fails To Present Kanu In Court In October

Human Rights & FreedomPeoplePoliticsIPOB Threatens One Month Sit-At-Home Protest If DSS Fails To Present Kanu In Court In October

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 23, 2021

AWKA — The Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened a one-month sit-at-home protest in ‘Biafraland’ if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is not brought to court on October 21. The Media and Publicity Secretary of the secessionist group, Emma Powerful, made this known on Wednesday in a statement made available to journalists in Awka, Anambra State. He said IPOB got from a reliable source that the Department of State Services (DSS) would not bring Kanu to...

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8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

Boko HaramNational Security8,000 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrendered

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 22, 2021

MAIDUGURI — The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents from Abuja on Tuesday, in Maiduguri. He said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forests, as...

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FG is Uninterested in Naming and Shaming Terrorism Sponsors – Femi Adesina

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityPoliticsFG is Uninterested in Naming and Shaming Terrorism Sponsors – Femi Adesina

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 21, 2021

ABUJA — Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson, has said that the naming and shaming sponsors of terrorism aren’t part of the federal government agenda. Adesina said this on Monday while speaking on the recent move by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), during an interview on Channels Television. Last week, the UAE had placed six Nigerians on its terror list. The UAE said this was an effort to target and disrupt networks associated with the financing...

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Banditry: Sokoto Shuts Down Telecom Networks in 14 Local Governments

Crime & SecurityBanditry: Sokoto Shuts Down Telecom Networks in 14 Local Governments

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)September 21, 2021

SOKOTO — Telecommunication networks have been shut down in 14 of the 23 local government areas of Sokoto state by the state government. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Muhammad Bello. “About three weeks after it approved an Executive Order in response to the situation of insecurity in the eastern flank of Sokoto State, Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,...

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FIFA Scribe Commends Aisha Buhari Cup

SoccerSportsFIFA Scribe Commends Aisha Buhari Cup

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

LAGOS — Fatima Samoura, the Secretary-General of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), on Monday commended the display of skills and the level of competition at the ongoing 2021 Aisha Buhari Cup in Lagos. Samoura made this known in Lagos after the match that saw the Black Queens of Ghana defeat the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon 2-0. She said she was delighted to see the level of improvement in competitive football for women at the...

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Africa Records Good Progress in Adoption of Bio-Tech Crops- ISAAA Director

Science & TechnologyAfrica Records Good Progress in Adoption of Bio-Tech Crops- ISAAA Director

PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

ABUJA — Africa has recorded good progress in the world in adopting bio-tech crops,  Dr. Margaret Karembu, the AfriCentre Director, International Service for the Acquisition of Agricbiotech (ISAAA) has said. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that SAAA is a not-for-profit international organisation that shares the benefits of new bioscience technologies to key stakeholders, particularly resource-poor farmers in developing countries, through knowledge sharing, support to capacity building initiatives, and partnerships. Karembu made this known in...

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UN Nations Pay Tribute at 9/11 Museum in New York

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PilotnewsSeptember 21, 2021

NEW YORK — UN nations on Monday paid tribute at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks launched against the U.S. that changed the course of history. UN Counter-Terrorism chief, Vladimir Voronkov, in his message to commemorate the anniversary, said the UN would continue to stand in solidarity with all victims of terrorism. Speaking at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in downtown Manhattan where the...

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