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NOA inaugurates nationwide drive to build support for tax reforms

NOA inaugurates nationwide drive to build support for tax reforms

The pledge was contained in a statement released on Sunday and signed by Bala Musa, Director of Communications and Media at the Agency.

According to the statement, the NOA Director General, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, committed during a courtesy visit by members of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, led by its chairman, Mr Taiwo Oyedele.

Four Sylva's aides still languishing in detention, says spokesman

Four Sylva’s aides still languishing in detention, says spokesman

The Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to Chief Timipre Sylva, Chief Julius Bokoru, has cried out that four aides who had been arrested and domestic workers of his principal are still languishing in detention.

Bokoru, in a statement titled, “Detention of Sylva’s aides: A call for reason, humanity and due process,” noted that Mr Paganengigha Anagha, the first to be arrested, was still kept in detention.

Four Sylva's aides still languishing in detention, says spokesman

Four Sylva’s aides still languishing in detention, says spokesman

The Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs to Chief Timipre Sylva, Chief Julius Bokoru, has cried out that four aides who had been arrested and domestic workers of his principal are still languishing in detention.

Bokoru, in a statement titled, “Detention of Sylva’s aides: A call for reason, humanity and due process,” noted that Mr Paganengigha Anagha, the first to be arrested, was still kept in detention.

A’Ibom APC, ambassadorial snub: Call for reflection, inclusion

A’Ibom APC, ambassadorial snub: Call for reflection, inclusion

The newly released ambassadorial list, which should reflect national fairness, competence, and unity, has completely excluded Akwa Ibom State. Not a single nominee was considered worthy of representation, either as a career or non-career ambassador.

This omission is shocking, insulting, and deeply revealing.

UniPort final-year student sentenced to death for killing girlfriend

UniPort final-year student sentenced to death for killing girlfriend

A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced 26-year-old Damian Okoligwe, a final-year Petrochemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt (UniPort), to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, 300-level Biochemistry student Justina Otuene.

Justice Chiwen Nsirim Nwosu delivered the judgment on Friday, ruling that the prosecution, led by Charles Obediah-Mbaba, proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Okoligwe killed Justina in October 2023 at his residence.