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FG removes excise duty for telecoms services
The Federal Government has announced the removal of excise duty for telecom sub-sector of the Nigeria’s Digital Economy Industry. The move is in line with the recommendations of the committee it constituted to review the applicability of the Duty to the telecom sector which is considered already overburdened with taxation and sundry levies. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof.…
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Osimhen arrives Super Eagles camp ahead Guinea Bissau match
Super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen has arrived at the team’s camp in Abuja ahead of Friday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying match against the Djurtus (Wild Dogs) of Guinea Bissau. The match will be played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja. Eagles spokesman, Babafemi Raji revealed that Osimhen, who had a flight delay in Lagos, joined the…
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US Embassy hails improvements in election, condemns voters’ suppression
The United States Embassy in Nigeria has hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for improvement in the conduct of the governorship election which held across the country on Saturday. The US embassy in a statement published on its website said Saturday’s election where INEC officials reported early to the polling units was an improvement on the presidential and National…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari commissions NSA, National Counter Terrorism complex
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the new office of the National Security Adviser and National Counter Terrorism Centre in Abuja.
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WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL: Nigeria points the way toward democracy in a region in which it is scarce
It might be tempting for opponents of democratic governance to take Nigeria as a case study in why democracy can’t work in Africa. Actually, the opposite is true. In Nigeria, even with its chaotic and flawed process, the system has held and is holding — far better, so far, than might have been expected. True, Nigeria’s presidential election, on Feb.…
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EXCLUSIVE: FG to end petrol subsidy before May 29 handover
By Tosin Oluwalowo The outgoing Nigerian government will likely end petrol subsidy payments by May this year, the WesternPost can authoritatively report. Subsidy payments have been projected to cost a struggling Nigerian economy about $8bn by the first half of the year. Nigeria had earlier kept the costly petrol subsidy until mid-2023 and had budgeted N3.36tn ($7.5bn) to finance it,…
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Kiefer Sutherland is happy to return as Jack in a 24 revival, but he has a bolder idea
Kiefer Sutherland returns to TV on March 26 in Rabbit Hole, a Paramount+ thriller in which he plays a masterful corporate spy whose life is thrown into disarray and paranoia when he is framed for murder. But there is another thriller that Sutherland is game to talk about, and it’s one that earned him an Emmy and six other nominations for his performance. The…
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Obi submits election petition, seeks fresh polls, Tinubu’s disqualification
Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has submitted his petition challenging the election of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the Court of Appeal. Obi had after the election, claimed Tinubu didn’t win, promising to challenge the conduct of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The former Anambra State governor in his petition filed by his lawyer, Livy…
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Bayo Onanuga is not your bigot, By Fredrick Nwabufo
I will make this brief. Scapegoatism is the merchandise of selective outrage. At moments of uncertainty and chaos, ‘’pallbearers’’ are pencilled down to bear whatever guilt or blame for any presumed offence or crime. The 2023 governorship elections have been one of the most turbulent in Nigeria. The days leading to the elections, in particular, were tempestuous. Incendiary comments and…
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Release Nnamdi Kanu immediately after swearing in, Soludo tasks Tinubu
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has asked President-elect, Bola Tinubu to release leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu immediately after he is sworn-into office on May 29. Soludo said this in a statement he released on Tuesday on the conclusion of the 2023 general elections. He congratulated Tinubu for emerging winner in the presidential election, while…
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