Tax Reform Bill, Product Of 14-Month Work, Presidency Replies Critics

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Presidency has dispelled concerns about the speed of coming up with the Tax Reform Bills, emphasising the extensive efforts that have gone into the process. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, highlighted on Monday via X that the reforms are the result of contributions from over 80 professionals over a 14-month period, warning that any delay in their passage could mirror the protracted 20-year legislative journey of the Petroleum Industry Bill. According to Ajayi, postponing the tax reforms would be a costly mistake…

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Top Govt Official Forfeits 753 Duplexes, Apartment In Nigeria’s Biggest Fraud Penalty

ADEOLA YUSUF

A former top brass of the Federal Government caught in the web of corruption has lost 753 units of duplexes and other apartments to the government. The anti-graft agency has not revealed the identity of the top government official whom has been sacked. Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie, on Monday, December 2, 2024 gave a ruling on a final forfeiture of an estate in Abuja measuring 150,500 square metres and containing 753 Units of duplexes and other apartments. The government official which fraudulently built the estate is being investigated by the Economic…

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Nigeria Signs MOU With France To Boost Mining Sector

ADEOLA YUSUF

In a bid to galvanize the mining sector, Nigeria and France, weekend, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to address numerous challenges including remediation of over 2,000 abandoned mining pits across the country. Both countries also agreed to develop joint projects to promote and diversify the critical minerals value chain in the solid minerals sector of both countries. According a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media, Segun to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Segun Tomori, the MoU signed by both countries on the sidelines of the official…

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Pasuma and Osupa Don’t Senior Me in Music – Malaika

ADEOLA YUSUF

  In what fuji enthusiasts described as fresh contriversy, Lagos Island-based fuji musician Alhaji Sulaimon Alao Adekunle, better known as Malaika, has declared that fellow Fuji stars, Pasuma and Saheed Osupa, are not his senior in the industry. Clarifying his stance on the hierarchy within the Fuji music industry in a recent statement, Malaika asserted that while Pasuma and Saheed Osupa may be older than him in age, they do not surpass him in musical experience or achievements. FIRE-FOR-FIRE: K1 De Ultimate, King Saheed Osupa Exchange Banters In Fresh Fuji…

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Married Nigerian Content Creator, Egungun, In Alleged S3x Scandal + PHOTOS

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Wife speaks as video of hubby flashing manhood to woman goes viral ‘The stuff is not even massive,’ reactions as video sets social media on fire     A video of popular Nigeria-born content creator, Kuye Adegoke, known as Egungun of Lagos, allegedly showing his manhood to a girl on a video call has gone viral. Platforms Africa reports that the video, in which the girl shouted it’s not massive, has instantly been greeted by reactions across the social media networks. Reuben Abati And Davido As ‘cockroaches’, By Festus Adedayo…

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Why NCDMB, MoPR Should Transition Project 100 Into Sectoral Working Group – Beneficiaries

ADEOLA YUSUF

The beneficiaries of Project 100 have urged the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to transition the programme into a sectoral working group to enhance its impact and ensure its long-term sustainability within the oil and gas industry. Platforms Africa reports that these beneficiaries who are staff of companies were equipped with advanced skills to scale up their firms as leading Nigerian oil and gas servicing companies, enabling them to deliver world-class projects and foster regional collaboration with counterparts in Ghana and across West Africa. They have, therefore, called…

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Witness To CJID And Genuine Resilience With Developmental Strides, By Tunde Akanni, PhD

ADEOLA YUSUF

At the height of the activities to mark the tenth anniversary of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development, CJID, the truism of the reward for hard work being more work was unmistakable. It was an auspicious time to showcase the organisation’s efforts on development of Artificial Intelligence , AI tools. Thus, some four gangling, promising young men were called forward to formally present the AI, tools which were the outcome of months of the work CJID had mobilised them to do as teams of techies, journos and analysts. The…

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Shell’s Ex-Country Chair, Mutiu Sunmonu, Delivers UNILAG Alumni Association’s 55th Anniversary Lecture

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Former Country Chair of Shell Petroleum Development Company, Mr. Mutiu Sunmonu will be the guest speaker at a public lecture marking the 55th anniversary of the University of Lagos Alumni Association. Platforms Africa reports that a statement by Funmi Falobi, National Publicity Secretary, read that the anniversary lecture is slated for Tuesday, December 3, at the J. F. Ade-Ajayi Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos at 11am. Mr. Sunmonu, who is Chairman of Julius Berger Plc, will speak on the topic “Nation Building in a Deregulated Economy: A Clarion Call…

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Pope Urges Lebanon To Elect New President Immediately

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Pope Francis called on Lebanese politicians on Sunday to urgently elect a new president, to get the country’s governing institutions functioning again. “I address an urgent invitation to all Lebanese politicians to elect the president of the republic immediately,” the pontiff said at Saint Peter’s Square at the end of Sunday Angelus prayer. READ ALSO: How Liverpool Defeated Man City 2-0 At Anfield Reuben Abati And Davido As ‘cockroaches’, By Festus Adedayo Group To Tinubu: Publish Names Of Contractors Who Disappeared With N167b Platforms Africa’s Abibat Babalola Bags BSc, Dedicates…

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How Liverpool Defeated Man City 2-0 At Anfield

ADEOLA YUSUF

. The Reds secure the most significant win of their season so far as they hand the champions a sixth loss in seven matches   Liverpool confirmed their place as top contenders for the Premier League title as they piled yet more misery on Manchester City with a 2-0 victory at Anfield. Arne Slot’s extended their advantage at the top of the table to nine points and now lead their long-time title rivals by 11 points. Cody Gakpo turned home the opener early on after a rampant start from the…

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