By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja The Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) has launched an aggressive statewide sensitisation campaign on Nigeria’s new tax laws, taking the message directly to taxpayers in Kogi Central with a pledge to dismantle misconceptions, tackle multiple taxation and secure wider public support for the reforms. The first phase of the campaign was held in Okene, where residents, business owners, trade groups and other stakeholders were given the opportunity to question tax authorities and seek clarification on the new regime. The exercise is expected to move to Kogi East and Kogi West Senatorial Districts as the state…
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has cleared a major legal hurdle confronting the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections, setting aside a Federal High Court judgment that ordered their deregistration. In a unanimous decision delivered on Tuesday by a three-member panel led by Justice Abba Mohammed, the appellate court held that the Federal High Court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit that culminated in the deregistration order. The court declared the June 15 judgment of Justice Peter Lifu a nullity, ruling that the case was incompetent because it was instituted by…
The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has identified lack of character among Nigeria’s political leaders as one of the major reasons the country continues to struggle despite producing highly educated citizens. The SDP chairman made the observation while receiving the leadership of the Arewa Students Forum, which visited the party’s national headquarters in Abuja to honour him for his contributions to society. He said Nigeria was not short of educated people, noting that the country was populated by politicians and public officials with impressive academic qualifications and titles, but that education without character had done little to…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police in Osun State, alleging that elements within the command are working with suspected political thugs to intimidate members of the Accord Party ahead of the August 15 governorship election. HURIWA, in a statement issued on Tuesday by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Nnadozie Onwubiko, alleged that the police command had become increasingly politicised and was being used to harass, arrest and attack opposition politicians and supporters. The organisation alleged that police personnel had accompanied suspected All Progressives Congress (APC) thugs to…
The post-primary crisis rocking the Niger State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has deepened, with more than 200 members of the ruling party dumping the party for the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC). The latest wave of defections, which cuts across the 12 wards of Bosso Local Government Area, came despite a series of reconciliation meetings initiated by Governor Umaru Mohammed Bago to pacify aggrieved party members and aspirants who lost out in the APC’s controversial consensus arrangements. The defectors, comprising youths, women and prominent APC chieftains, were led by a former commissioner in the immediate past administration,…
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has dismissed as “nonsense borne out of ignorance” allegations that former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, deliberately continued to collect government salary months after his resignation. HURIWA, reacting to a petition by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), said Nnaji neither put himself on the government payroll nor authorised the continued payments. The rights group said the former minister, upon discovering that salary and emolument payments had continued after his exit from office, promptly notified the Secretary…
The Senate has moved to douse growing controversy over the proposed amendment to the Federal Road Safety Commission (Establishment) Act, clarifying that the bill does not seek to ban street preaching or introduce a fresh prohibition on hawking. The clarification followed public concerns over provisions in the proposed legislation relating to preaching and hawking in commercial vehicles. The Senate’s position was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs, Office of the Leader of the Senate. According to the Senate, the practices being referenced were already prohibited under existing laws and regulations, long…
Former Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, is taking his decades of experience at the centre of Nigeria’s security establishment into the political arena, declaring that he wants to use the Senate to push stronger security measures and deliver what he described as “quality representation” to Jigawa South-West. Abba made the declaration when he visited the Emir of Dutse, Alhaji Hameem Nuhu Muhammad Sanusi, to formally announce his intention to contest the Jigawa South-West Senatorial District seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. The former police chief’s bid comes at a time when insecurity remains one of the most…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has urged Arewa students and young Nigerians to take active responsibility for Nigeria’s political future by voting for credible, competent and patriotic leaders in the 2027 elections. The party’s National Chairman Professor Abubakar Sadiq Gombe who spoke while receiving the leadership of the Arewa Students Forum at the party’s national headquarters, Abuja, said young Nigerians could no longer afford to remain passive as the country grapples with worsening socio-economic and political challenges. He urged the students, who he said represented about 2.1 million people, to recognise the strategic importance of their votes and deploy them…
Three passengers remained in captivity on Monday after suspected bandits intercepted a commercial bus on the Jos-Kano highway in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State, even as a police response led to the rescue of nine others. The incident has renewed concerns over the security of one of the major road links between Kano and Plateau states, after the attackers reportedly stopped the Toyota Hiace bus around the Folgore Forest axis on Sunday evening. The Kano State Police Command said five suspected bandits attacked the bus, which was travelling from Jos to Kano, and abducted 13 of the 20…