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FG offers fresh 9-month amnesty for tax offenders

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The federal government on Thursday launched its voluntary asset and income declaration scheme (VAIDS) to broaden the country’s tax base and offer incentives for tax evaders. According to the ministry of finance, the tax amnesty will run for the next nine months, effective from July 1, 2017.

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European Court sentences baby to death

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

A European Human Rights Court has given its verdict on a case of human rights that will compel a couple to allow their sick baby to die. The parents of the baby Chris Gard and Connie Yates have been in a long legal battle to save their baby who is suffering from a serious genetic […]

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Why presidential aircraft is with Buhari in London, how much we pay – Presidency

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The Presidency on Thursday explained the rationale for having the presidential aircraft, NAF 001, in London, where President Muhammadu Buhari is undergoing treatment. There had been criticism about the decision to have the aircraft parked in London, with the possible attendant cost, which some documents circulating on the social media put at £4,000 per day. […]

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President Trump hosts two Chibok girls

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

President Donald Trump of the United States of America on Wednesday hosted two of the girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram insurgents in 2014 from their school in Chibok, Borno State. Those hosted were Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, who after their escape from the Boko Haram insurgents, went to school in the United States, […]

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Boko Haram: We Are Merely Experiencing Display of Defeat

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

The Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, Wednesdy, declared that Boko Haram has become history in Nigeria, saying what was being experienced in the North East at the moment were mere display of defeat. Buratai made the declaration yesterday, in his lecture titled ‘Counter Terrorism and Sustenance of National security in Nigeria: […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Iraqi Army Recapture Historic Mosque Where Baghdadi Gave Sermon From

Daily Dispatch June 29, 2017

Iraqi forces have taken the landmark al-Nuri mosque compound that was destroyed by so-called Islamic State, a military commander said. Lt Gen Abdul Wahab al-Saadi said his forces entered the compound and took control of the surrounding streets on Thursday. It followed an early morning push into the area. The move is seen as hugely […]