The 2021 Finance Bill must be tailored towards enabling an efficient tax system that works for every Nigerian. This was the position of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) disclosed by its Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami to journalists after a stakeholder engagement on the Finance Bill 2021, today at the …
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The Kogi State Government has finally dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to court over allegations that it fixed N19.3 billion bail-out funds received from the Federal Government. This came as Justice J. Majebi of a Kogi State High Court also granted an interim injunction restraining the EFCC from …
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As the 2023 presidential election begins to gather momentum, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been urged not to reject the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) if stakeholders in the party picks him as their preferred candidate. Speaking exclusively with Daily Independent, Senator Rufai Hanga, pioneer national chairman …
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Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, on Sunday, lashed out at the spokesman of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Emma Powerful, over the group’s threat to lock down the South-East region, should the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), visit the state. According to Umahi, Buhari’s visit to the state was already …
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Ahead of the 2023 general election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has appealed to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, not to endorse any political aspirant contesting for any public office during the elections, Newsextra24 reports. The former President made the appeal at an event held at the palace of …
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Lagos: In a fresh narrative of the intrigues that characterized the emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President in 2015,the pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Chief Bisi Akande, has alleged moves by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Northern elites and some aristocrats to ensure it did not …
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Former Presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, has warned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, against speaking ill about Pastor E. A . Adeboye – the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Newsextra24 reports. In a post shared on his Facebook page this morning, Okupe said he recently read a …
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The former Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision not to accept the National Leader of the APC, Senator Bola Tinubu, as his running mate in 2015 was not the first time Tinubu would confront serious opposition to …
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As 30 States Propose N8trn: Only Lagos, Rivers, Anambra Can Fund Budget ‘With Ease’ Many of the 36 states of the federation have increased their budget proposals for the year 2022 compared to what they spent in 2021…… Many of the 36 states of the federation have increased their budget …
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Aisha Yesufu, a popular activist, has berated Bishop David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church over his latest comment on President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Yesufu described Bishop Oyedepo as pathetic for saying he warned Nigerians against voting for Buhari. Bishop Oyedepo had, at Living Faith’s ongoing Shiloh, said the Buhari government …
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