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The 2020 Finance Act recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari exempts workers under the minimum wage bracket of N30,000 from personal income tax. The Act, which amended no fewer than 14 different fiscal laws, also contains over 80 changes in more than 14 laws. Making a virtual presentation of the 2021 Budget in […]
Continue ReadingA planned protest outside Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters against the social media platform’s ban of Donald Trump fizzled out Monday when just a handful of the US president’s supporters turned up. Messages posted this weekend on popular far-right forum TheDonald.win had called on pro-Trump activists to assemble outside the tech giant’s offices, which are largely […]
Continue ReadingThree suspected thieves were roasted to death by angry mob at different locations in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The incidents, which took place in the early hours of Monday, occurred at different locations in Calabar South Local Government Area of the state. One occurred at Atu by Palm Street, […]
Continue ReadingThe Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has called for WhatsApp to be banned following its new policy . According to the new privacy policy updated by WhatsApp, “all kinds of personal data, payment transactions, contacts, location and other vital information of a person who is using WhatsApp will be acquired by it and can […]
Continue ReadingSome Muslim Facebook users accused the Super Eagles and international footballer, Ahmed Musa, of impropriety after he shared on social media, a photo of his wife giving him a kiss on the cheek. The photo immediately generated lots of comments, with some Nigerians telling him that such photo should be private. See their reactions below: […]
Continue ReadingFrench professional footballer, Christopher Maboulou has died of a heart attack at the age of 30. The tragedy struck on Sunday as the winger was enjoying a friendly game of football with his friends at Montfermeil, the Paris suburb where he was born. According to the UK Sun, he collapsed on the pitch and was […]
Continue Reading“The Nigerian government is keenly monitoring the situation in the US and may impose sanctions on specific Americans and also a travel ban on President Donald J. Trump and his family. In addition, all those connected with attempts to scuttle democracy in the US may be restricted from traveling to Nigeria. We will not stand […]
Continue ReadingThe government of Ekiti State, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew between 8pm and 6am, which takes effect from Monday night. Commissioner for Information, Mr. Akin Omole, who made this known in a statement in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, announced ban on gatherings of more than 20 persons. Omole said the new guidelines were necessitated by the need […]
Continue ReadingA court in Istanbul on Monday January 11, handed Adnan Oktar, the head of a cult considered a criminal organization by prosecutors, hefty prison terms for 10 separate crimes. The 64-year-old Oktar and dozens of his followers were arrested simultaneously during nationwide raids in 2018. Oktar, whose online A9 television channel began broadcasting in 2011, […]
Continue ReadingA Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, Nigeria, has granted bail in the sum of N20 million to human rights’ activist, Omoyele Sowore with two sureties, one of whom must be a federal civil servant not below grade level 12. Sowore and four others were arrested and brutalized by armed policemen on […]
Continue ReadingLost the White House Lost the Senate Lost the House Lost the popular vote Lost Electoral College Lost 60 suits in an attempted coup The end of a pathetic Trumpian era. Watching the Trump mob took over the United States capitol complex evening of Wednesday, 6 January ’21, will go into the history books as […]
Continue ReadingDesmond Yunana, a reverend of Anglican Church Nigeria based in Borno state in his Sunday sermon disclosed that Boko Haram factional leader Abubakar Sheaku is critically ill and wants prayer from Nigerians. In the sermon delivered after a captured teenage fighter, Mohammed Adam disclosed that Shekau can no longer walk effectively. Adam, who is currently in […]
Continue ReadingFabrizio Soccorsi, the personal doctor of Pope Francis has died from COVID-19 complications. Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported that the 78-year-old physician was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for a previous health issue on December 26. While he was dealing with an “oncological pathology,” COVID was the cause of death, the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano reported. […]
Continue ReadingA National Youth Service Corps member serving in Akwa Ibom has reportedly been arrested for allegedly hacking a young man to death with a machete. Facebook user, Godwin George, who narrated the said event on his page, said he saw a large crowd attacking a lady on Sunday morning, January 10, around 9.30am at Abak […]
Continue ReadingPolice officers in Yobe State have arrested four people over the death of an 18-year-old girl, Bilikisu Alli, at a government guest house in Damaturu, the state capital. The suspects are in detention at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Yobe State Police Command. The Police Public Relation Officer in the command, Dungus Abdulkarim, an […]
Continue ReadingYounger sister of veteran Yoruba actress Mrs. Folake Aremu popularly known as Orisabunmi, Mrs. Janet Ademola, has died. According to reports, Mrs. Ademola died on Saturday, January 9, four days after the actress died. Ademola’s death also comes barely 48 hours after their older brother, Steve Onisola, also died. Onisola died on Thursday, January 7. […]
Continue ReadingMrs. Rosemary Adebutu, one of the wives of Chief Kessington Adebutu, the owner of the defunct Face-to-Face Pools, is dead. She was said to have died in a highbrow hospital on Lagos Island on Saturday afternoon after a brief illness. Chief Kola Oyefeso, a close associate of the bereaved billionaire, confirmed the news of Rosemary’s […]
Continue ReadingSadly, the United States last week became the laughing stock of the world. It is important to admit this: that the nation which has led the world in advancing the democratic principle for so long seemed to unravel, and on live television. In some fledgling democracies and failing states around the world, I am sure […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian ambassador to the United States, Israel, and Cyprus, Prof. George Obiozor, has emerged President-General of the Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo. According to Punch, Obiozor emerged in an election held at Dan Anyim stadium in Owerri, the Imo state capital, on Sunday. Reports coming in say, other candidates for the position of the […]
Continue Reading47-year-old Nigerian man based in Canada identified as Nafike Malafa Bala has died. His death occurred on his birthday. It was gathered that the University of Jos graduate died on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, which happened to be his birthday. The circumstances surrounding his death was not mentioned. He is survived by wife, children, mother and […]
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