Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State has disagreed with Southern Governors on the issue of Value Added Tax. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television monitored by Newsextra24 Umahi said the Federal Government should be allowed to collect VAT and share to States. Umahi stated that Ebonyi State should …
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Southern Governors Insist On VAT Collection, 2023 Presidency
Reaffirm commitment to structural, fiscal federalism • Appeal Court declines to stop FIRS from VAT collection • Reserves ruling on Lagos’ request to join case on VAT dispute • NECA seeks power to determine agency to remit VAT to • LCCI expresses concern over double taxation on businesses • Port …
Read More »Omowaiye: Those Accusing Oyetola Of Rubbishing Aregbesola’s Legacies Are Liars
Engr. Oluremi Omowaiye is the Osun state Commissioner for Works and Transport. In this interview with Newsextra24 he speaks on infrastructural developments in the state under Governor Gboyega Oyetola in the last three years, allegation of rubbishing Rauf Aregbesola’s legacies and the Osun 2022 governorship election. Excerpts: As the Works …
Read More »Reno Omokri To Fani Kayode: You Sold Kanu & Igboho For “30 Pieces Of Silver”
Former Presidential aid of Godluck Jonathan “Reno Omokri” yesterday compared “Fani Kayode who recently defected from PDP to the ruling party APC” on his Instagram page to the Biblical Judas who sold out his master for 30 pieces of Silver . Reno Omokri wrote on Instagram: “You say you are …
Read More »Agbado/Opeilu Road: Community Women Do Remedial Work, Collect Toll (Ogun State)
A police man stopped to pick two passengers- my humble self and a teacher. The community women totaling about 15 had organized themselves since morning and hired male labor to level the road in their community with gravel and all manner of materials I couldn’t begin to inquire about. The …
Read More »Fani-Kayode: Present APC Is Not Same As One I Criticised
Latest All People Congress, APC, chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode has stated categorically that the APC he heavily criticizones ed in time past is not the same party he joined. Fani-Kayode, defending his defection to the ruling APC party on Channels TV, explained that the APC he joined is forward-thinking, and accommodating. …
Read More »IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order Affecting Preparations For Election in Anambra – INEC
Nwachukwu Orji, resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Anambra, says the sit-at-home directive by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is affecting preparations for the governorship election in the state. Orji stated this on Thursday, after the opening ceremony of the election monitoring and support centre (EMSC) amber zone implementers’ …
Read More »Lai Mohammed: Nigeria’s Image Problem Caused By Media
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s information minister, has deflected blame for the poor image the country endures internationally on activities of the media. The minister asserted “whatever image problem Nigeria is suffering from today is mostly due to the unflattering portrayal of the country by the country’s media”. “If one picks up …
Read More »FG To Spend $4.9bn Fresh Loans On Kano-Niger Republic Rail Line, Others
A standard gauge rail being planned from Kano State in Nigeria to Maradi in Niger Republic is one of the projects the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), plans to fund with the fresh external loans he is asking the National Assembly to approve for his regime, Newsextra24 has learnt. …
Read More »Nigeria To Acquire 2 More Satellites By 2025
The Nigerian Communication Satellite Ltd., NIGCOMSAT, on Thursday said that it was targeting 2025 for the acquisition of two additional satellites, to boost its global profile as a satellite operator. The Director and Chief Executive Officer, NIGCOMSAT, Abimbola Alale, stated this in his address at the organisation’s stakeholder forum, held …
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