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FIRS to begin a nationwide tax enforcement to bring defaulters to account on Wednesday

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2019

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will from Wednesday begin a nationwide tax enforcement to bring tax defaulters to account. A statement from by Wahab Gbadamosi Head, Communications and Servicom Department said the FIRS has “served a Seven-day notice to tax defaulters, with a warning

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Breaking: Senate summons Aregbesola over FG’s visa on arrival policy

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2019

The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbosola, to appear before it with the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede. Aregbesola and Babandede are to brief the Senate on Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on latest visa on arrival policy for Africans visiting Nigeria by […]

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PIB: How 9th National Assembly will break the jinx – Lawan

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2019

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the Ninth National Assembly will do things differently to break the jinx with the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) next year. The upper chamber, according to Lawan, will as a matter of urgency prioritize the consideration of the Petroleum Industry Bill alongside reforms of the […]

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No more Supreme Court justices from the Bar, Says CJN

Daily Dispatch December 16, 2019

Appointment of Supreme Court justices from the Bar has to be barred henceforth, says the chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Mohammad, Speaking in Abuja at this year’s edition of the annual conference of the justices of the Court of Appeal, the CJN explained that priority must always be given to career judges and […]

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ECOWAS Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s $800m suit against Nigeria

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2019

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed a suit brought by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, alleging torture, assault, inhuman treatment and the violation of his property rights by the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Kanu, who is also the Director of Radio Biafra, registered under the regulatory laws […]

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Buhari, three governors depart for Egypt ahead of Aswan Forum

Daily Dispatch December 10, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Aswan, Egypt to attend the Aswan Forum designed to set “An Agenda for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa”.News Agency of Nigeria reports that the president accompanied by Governors Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, Godwin Obaseki of Edo and Mai Mala Buni of Yobe departed the Presidential wing of the […]