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Posts tagged with "Rivers State"

Governor Wike gives federal government 48 hours to unveil those who raided Odili's home African News

Governor Wike gives federal government 48 hours to unveil those who raided Odili's home

Governor Nyesom Wike has given the federal government 48 hours to unveil the invaders of Justice Mary Odili’s Abuja home after she was subjected to a humiliating raid on her house over the weekend.   Justice Odili's the second most senior judge in the country, is the wife of former Rivers State governor Chief Peter Odili. On...
Northern State Governors’ Forum hold emergency meeting in Kaduna in response to VAT saga African News

Northern State Governors’ Forum hold emergency meeting in Kaduna in response to VAT saga

MEMBERS of Nigeria's Northern State Governors’ Forum (NSGF) are meeting in Kaduna today to debate the vexed issue of value added tax (VAT) that has become a hot potato over the last week as southern states have won the legal right to localise it.   Up until now, VAT has been paid into the federal coffers but in August, a...
Value added tax debate saga rages on as Nigeria's Court of Appeal allows Firs to keep collecting it African News

Value added tax debate saga rages on as Nigeria's Court of Appeal allows Firs to keep collecting it

NIGERIA'S ongoing value added tax (Vat) debate took a further twist today after Nigeria's Court of Appeal decided to keep the Federal Inland Revenue Services (Firs) as the recipient of all monies pending the determination of all legal issues on the matter.   Over the last month, Nigeria has been caught up in a complex debate...
Gombe State government pleads with southern states to reconsider move making VAT a local tax African News

Gombe State government pleads with southern states to reconsider move making VAT a local tax

GOMBE State government has appealed to governors of Nigeria's 17 southern states to reconsider their recent decision to make Value Added Tax (VAT) a state source of revenue as they need to be their brother's keeper.   Up until now, VAT has been paid into the federal coffers but last month, a high court issued an order...
Supreme Court grants Rivers State request restraining federal government from ceding 17 oil wells to Imo African News

Supreme Court grants Rivers State request restraining federal government from ceding 17 oil wells to Imo

NIGERIA'S Supreme Court has restrained the federal government and its agencies from ceding 17 oil wells to Imo State after the Rivers State government successfully challenged the handing over of the facilities located in Akri and Mgbede communities.   Imo and Rivers states share a boundary and the 17 wells are located in the...
10 things I would do to bring about peace across the southeast African News

10 things I would do to bring about peace across the southeast

Ayo Akinfe Immediately release Nnamdi Kanu and drop all charges against him Reclassify the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) as a socio-cultural organisation Get the South East Governors Forum to take over the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and turn it into a regional security body similar to Amotekun Release all...
Nigeria has 853 km of Atlantic coastline but alas we ate not tapping into its economic potential as there is no coherent marine policy in place African News

Nigeria has 853 km of Atlantic coastline but alas we ate not tapping into its economic potential as there is no coherent marine policy in place

Ayo Akinfe Build an 830km Atlantic windmill wall along our coast from Badagry to Calabar. We should set ourselves a target of generating at least 5,000MW from this project Build a 25,000MW hydro-electricity power plant at the confluence of the Rivers Niger and Benue in Lokoja. This will involve the creation of an artificial Lake...
Government forces kill seven ESN fighters as they raid their camp in Rivers State African News

Government forces kill seven ESN fighters as they raid their camp in Rivers State

SOLDIERS from the Sixth Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies have reportedly killed seven Eastern Security Network (ESN) fighters during a gun battle in Agbochia Forest in Rivers State.   Created by secessionist group the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), the ESN is an armed group created to...
Governor Wike says ban on open grazing by southern governors is final and irrevocable African News

Governor Wike says ban on open grazing by southern governors is final and irrevocable

GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared that the recent decision by the Southern Governors Forum to ban open grazing across the south of the country is irrevocable and will not be open to discussion.   Last week, the Southern Governors Forum met in Asaba, the Delta State capital and at the end of their meeting they...
Attacks on security facilities grow across the south-south and southeast geo-political zones African News

Attacks on security facilities grow across the south-south and southeast geo-political zones

NIGERIA'S insecurity crisis has taken on a new dimension across the southeast and south-south geo-political zones with law enforcement agents now fleeing from armed hoodlums and seeking refuge within the populace.   Over recent years, Nigeria's insecurity gas grown out of control with banditry, terrorism, kidnapping, rape and...
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