PRESIDENT William Ruto has announced plans to tax Kenyan content creators benefiting from a monetisation framework introduced earlier this year. The move aims to include digital income earners in the tax bracket, marking a pivotal shift in Kenya’s approach to the digital economy. Speaking at the 20th-anniversary celebration of the …
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MANCHESTER City have announced record revenue for a Premier League club last season as the champions’ income increased to £715 million ($903 million). City announced this in a statement on Friday. As City marched to an unprecedented fourth successive Premier League title last term, their revenue rose from £712.8 million …
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NIGERIA’s indigenous firm, Seplat Energy Plc, has finally completed its acquisition of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, MPNU, from ExxonMobil at $800 million after over two years when the first deal was signed. The company disclosed this in a recent statement. According to the oil firm, the acquisition will add an …
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THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the 2024 Edo election, Asue Ighodalo, has threatened to sue the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jarrett Tenebe, over alleged defamation. In a letter from the legal firm Banwo & Ighodalo, the PDP gubernatorial candidate accused Tenebe of making …
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THE Police on Friday arraigned Mr Odebamowo Goke, 46, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan for allegedly stealing mobile phone worth N215,000. Goke, whose address was not provided was charged with stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Olalekan Adegbite, told the court that the defendant allegedly …
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AN Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday, sentenced a 45-year-old man, Sunkanmi Amosun to a term of one year imprisonment, for stealing items worth N72,000 Amosun, with no fixed address, was convicted on a two-count charge bordering on burglary and stealing. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The Magistrate, Mrs O.O …
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CHINA and Egypt have agreed on the need to promote peace in the Middle East following the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad after a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group and its allies. China’s foreign minister Wang Yi told his Egyptian counterpart on Friday that …
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THE Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), an NGO, has trained 60 women and youths on Community Development Plan (CDP) to integrate climate change into advocacy to achieve sustainable development. Mr Ango Adamu, Executive Secretary, YMCA Mada Hills, said the 3-day training in Akwanga Local Government was aimed at equipping communities …
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…Adjourns to Feb 24 for continuation of hearing THE Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500 million with two sureties in like sum. This was after the former governor had pleaded not guilty to the …
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NATIONAL Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has trained no fewer than 3,143 trained artisans in Cross River on how to use new digital technologies technologies to improve their businesses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the artisans spoke in a separate interview in Calabar on Thursday on the …
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