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The constituents in Ife North State Constituency of Osun State have received food items, cash donations and electronics from the lawmaker representing the Constituency, Akinyode Oyewusi. Oyewusi, who is the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, said the donation was made to enable his constituents enjoy the festive season. The lawmaker…
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said that the new tax laws cannot take effect until the controversies surrounding the legitimacy of their provisions, occasioned by allegations of insertion, are addressed. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria stated this in a chat with journalists at his Ilawe-Ekiti hometown on Wednesday. Falana…
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The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has dismissed concerns that the newly enacted tax laws were designed to inflict economic hardship on Nigerians. He insisted that the legislation is a people-centred intervention aimed at strengthening the country’s fiscal base and improving living standards. Bamidele made the clarification in…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Lawmaker representing Irepodun/Orolu/Olorunda/Osogbo Federal Constituency, Hon. Maruf Adewale, on Tuesday, commissioned classroom projects in three local governments in his constituency. The commissioned projects include three blocks of classrooms at Olobu Primary School, Ilobu, in Irepodun Local Government, three blocks of classrooms at Ansarul-Islam Primary School, Ifon-Osun,…
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Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has officially defected to the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC). The ex-Anambra governor announced the decision on Tuesday at an event held at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu. “We are ending this year with the hope that in 2026 we…
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A former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said the party’s lingering leadership crisis can be resolved within one week if the leadership adopts political solutions rather than prolonged legal battles. Olawepo-Hashim asserted during a meeting with the PDP National Chairman, Ambassador Tanimu Turaki (SAN),…
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Banks will start charging senders a N50 stamp duty on electronic transfers of N10,000 and above from January 1, 2026, following the implementation of the Tax Act. The stamp duty or electronic money transfer levy (EMTL) is a single, one-off charge of N50 on electronic receipt or transfer of money…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated its demand for the suspension of the implementation of the tax laws. The opposition party had asked the federal government to extend the enforcement of the tax laws by six months, citing alleged alterations in the gazetted copy. On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu…
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By Tunde Olamilekan Pensioners under the contributory pension scheme in Osun State have threatened to embark on a protest over the non-release of the state’s local government allocations. The retirees frowned at the refusal of the federal government to release the allocations despite several appeals and agitations from various quarters….
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed concerns that Nigeria is drifting towards a one-party system, despite the growing number of defections from opposition parties into the ruling party. Speaking on Channels Television’s year-end programme, 2025 in Retrospect: Charting a Pathway to 2026, APC National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said…
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