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Former Abia Gov, Kalu, pulls out of presidential race, backs Senate President, Lawan
Former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu has officially pulled out of the 2023 presidential race, throwing his weight behind Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. Kalu in a statement he signed on Monday, said he was supporting Lawan because the senate president comes from the North East, another zone which was yet to produce Nigeria’s president. WesternPost had reported that Lawan…
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FIRS calls for increased collaboration in Africa to effectively tax digital businesses
Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami has called on African countries to collaborate with the aim of exploring alternative rules that will enable market jurisdictions to effectively subject digital businesses to tax. Nami said this on Friday at a Technical Assistance Programme organised by African Tax Administrators’ Forum’s (ATAF) with the theme “Member’s Needs and…
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Jonathan not our member, says Bayelsa APC
The Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned former President Goodluck Jonathan. The state chairman of the party, Dennis Otiotio, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria said Jonathan was not a registered member of the party. He, however, said the former president was free to join any party he wanted to join. “The former…
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NFF considering appealing Rohr’s compensation claims
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is considering appealing an order by FIFA to pay former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr $377,879.46 (about N157m) in compensation. FIFA had ruled that the NFF should pay the Franco-German the said amount after he was relieved of his duties last December. But speaking to The PUNCH, NFF President, Amaju Pinnick said the federation would…
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Interrogating Peter Obi’s record in Anambra, By Temitope Ajayi
It has become imperative to advice Mr Peter Obi’s campaigners to look for more substantive issues to campaign with. Regaling us with his “sterling record” which on the contrary is uninspiring, is quite insulting to the discerning. Let’s interrogate the issues they love to regurgitate. First, they parrot the saving of N75 billion in banks for his successor, but question…
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PHOTO NEWS: Tinubu visits Katsina in continuation of presidential consultation
National Leader of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was in Katsina State to meet with party stakeholders in continuation of his consultation towards the 2023 presidential primaries of the party.
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FIFA orders NFF to pay ex-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr N157m as compensation
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been ordered to pay former coach Gernot Rohr just under $380,000 (about N157 million) in compensation after ending his contract early. Nigeria’s longest-serving manager having taken charge in August 2016, Rohr lost his job as Super Eagles coach in December just four weeks before the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations kicked off in…
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I’ll triple Nigeria’s GDP to $1.5tn by 2030 – Pastor Bakare
Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, says he will triple the country’s Gross Development Product (GDP) to N1.5 trillion if elected Nigeria’s president. Bakare said this in his official declaration to contest for presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja on Monday. Bakare, who hinged his…
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Petroleum Minister, Timipre Slyva, picks APC presidential forms
Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Slyva, has picked the presidential nomination and expression of interest forms for the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2023 general elections. Supporters of the minister presented the forms to him on Monday. Addressing a group of supporters who gathered at the NNPC Towers, Slyva thanked them for picking the forms for him. He…
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PHOTO NEWS: Buhari attends COPS15 summit in Abidjan
President Buhari on Monday attended a meeting with International Development Partners of the Great Green Wall of COP15 in Abidjan. The president also attended the summit’s opening ceremony.
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