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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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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...
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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...
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 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...
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...