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Employers’ association fumes as government impose over 50 different taxes, levies on businesses

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NECA, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has raised alarm over 50 different taxes, levies and fees imposed on organised businesses by local, state and the Federal Government. The employers’ body, also revealed that, currently, at the National Assembly, there are over five different Bills, which also seek to impose various taxes and levies on businesses, in addition to the notable taxes and levies which are of general application, such as The National Information Technology Development Levy (NITDA Levy), Education Tax (or Tertiary Education Tax), National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF),…

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Evans, ex-soldier sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping

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Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, was yesterday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment, by a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, for kidnapping a businessman, Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting $420,000 ransom from his family.     The trial Judge, Oluwatoyin Taiwo, sentenced Evans along with his accomplice, Victor Aduba, an ex-soldier after finding them guilty for kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms.   The court found them guilty of a four-count charge, bordering on kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms.     The prosecution witnesses, Ahamonou and his wife, Chimebere had…

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N194bn worth of cocaine seized by NDLEA in Lagos, five arrested

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Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday uncovered a major warehouse where 1.8tons of illicit drugs worth over $278, 250,000, an equivalent of about N194, 775,000,000 in street value were seized in a secluded estate in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Monday, said at least four drug barons including a Jamaican and the warehouse manager were arrested in the well coordinated and intelligence led operation that lasted two days across different locations in…

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Travellers miss flights, motorists held up for hours as students lock down Lagos airport road

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Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), yesterday, took over the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Road, in protest against the seven-month old industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The resultant effect was that many travellers missed their flights, while motorists shunned the road to avoid being caught up in a likely scuffle. Those who dared were stranded as the students, who converged on the road as early as 5:0a.m. defied the heavy downpour to remain on the road. Some parents, who joined the…

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Tributes as Queen Elizabeth II was finally laid to rest

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The United Kingdom and the world bade farewell to Queen Elizabeth II with a state funeral that had the trappings of all the awe, pomp and prestige ever witnessed in decades. The funeral drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers and crowds in the streets of London and at Windsor Castle, to honour a monarch, whose 70-year reign defined an age. In a country known for pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle: Before the service, a bell tolled 96 times — once a…

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18 guns, 2,300 cartridges intercepted by NDLEA in Kogi

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A J5 vehicle coming from Onitsha enroute Kaduna-Zaria was intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on patrol along Okene-Abuja expressway, on Saturday, September 17, with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges. While the two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested, another suspect, Anthony Agada, 37, conveying 1,000 cartridges, was also nabbed in a bus coming from Onitsha to Abuja on the same day. The anti-narcotic agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, revealed in a statement on…

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Church invaded by masquerades, worshippers flogged

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A church in the Shikal community, Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State was yesterday invaded by masquerades, disrupting service, as they flogged bewildered worshippers, destroying the church property. It was gathered that the masquerades arrived at the church premises while service was ongoing and started flogging worshippers as they scampered for safety. The invaders later turned to the church’s musical instruments and other property and destroyed them. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident but gave no details. He said: “The DPO of the…

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Wife reportedly dies while chasing husband over side-chick

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A middle-aged woman has reportedly died in a lone incident in Calabar yesterday while chasing after her husband over his “mistress.”. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Cross River State, Maikano Hassan, who confirmed the incident, said it was caused by over-speeding. He said the incident involving a Toyota Highlander, which occurred on Murtala Muhammed Highway in Calabar, claimed the life of the lone female driver who veered off the road into a ditch by the road. His words: “Though the woman was immediately rushed to a nearby…

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It’s an act of disrespect to Nigeria to beat an officer in uniform -Force PRO

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CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Police Force Public Relations Officer, has said no Nigerian has the right to confront policemen or retaliate, even if the cop slapped a ‘civilian’. Speaking through his Twitter account, the Force PRO advised any such victim of Police brutality to rather file a complaint with the law enforcement agency. He was reacting to a viral video of a man dragging a rifle with a policeman during a heated argument and suspicious molestation over his phone. Adejobi further stated that if a person assaults police personnel in uniform,…

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Stop imposing persistent head covering on ladies, it causes odour -Pastor Kumuyi

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Pastor Williams Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church, has cautioned ushers in his church to stop imposing head covering rules on ladies, stressing that persistent coverings causes heat in the hair and it will emit odour. The revered pastor lamented that many Christians who don’t know how to interpret the word of God are driving people away from the church. Kumuyi made the remarks in a sermon shared on the Facebook wall of the Ekiti State Deeper Life Church. His words, “Somebody is coming to our church for…

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