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As we debate President Tinubu's planned tax reforms it is pertinent that any new law includes a Nigerian Luxury Consumer Goods element as we clamp down on ostentation and waste

Ayo Akinfe

[1] A database will be drawn up to determine what are luxury goods. This will include designer clothing, jewellery, automobiles, footwear and fashion accessories. All such items will be subject to a 20% luxury goods tax at the point of purchase

[2] All private jets will be subject to an annual tax worth 40% of their value

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Ohanaeze elects first-ever Ikwerre president as former Rivers East Senator Azuta-Mbata takes over

SENATOR John Azuta-Mbata the former lawmaker representing the Rivers State East Senatorial District has been elected as the 13th president-general of pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo.

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Sunday Igboho asks for permission to go after bandits and herdsmen operating across the southwest

YORUBA Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has called on the state governments across the southwest geo-political zones to grant him the authority to flush out the armed bandits operating in the area.

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US government returns $53m of the money Diezani is thought to have looted to Nigeria

NIGERIA's federal government has received $52.88m from the US government representing cash that was traced to former petroleum resources minister Diezani Madueke who is currently living as a fugitive in the UK.

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Governor Makinde approves the appointment of Prince Abimbola Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo

GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the appointment of Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade as the new Alaafin of Oyo to succeed Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III who died on April 22 2022.

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Would you not just love it if Nigeria's health minister Dr Muhammadu Pate got 2025 off to a flying start by sending a Nigerian Healthcare Bill which looked like this to the National Assembly

Ayo Akinfe

[1] 12 specialist hospitals shall be established in Nigeria with two in each geo-political zone. These shall include - Dermatology, optometrics, renal failure, cardialogy, neurology, ear/throat/nose, cancer, Hiv/Aids, orthopedia, rheumatics, tropical diseases and sickle cell anaemia

[2] Pharmaceutical companies will be given 10 year tax holidays if they establish manufacturing facilities in Nigeria

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo to elect first-ever Rivers State indigene as president at its summit tomorrow

RIVERS State will produce the next president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo when the organisation elects a new set of officials tomorrow  in what will be a landmark development with the Igbos of the state taking the helm of affairs for the first time ever.

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Another pressing issue the Nigerian Governors Forum should address immediately is the chronic lack of housing in the country. We need them to come up with a masterplan that looks like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Given that there are 200m Nigerians out there with about 50% of them being 18 and over, we should have a plan to build 40m housing units over the next 20 years

[2] Of these 40m units, the federal government will build 10m in Abuja and Lagos

[3] All 36 state governments must build houses as a matter of principle to make up the remaining 30m units

[4] Each state must build at least 10,000 housing units a year

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Former Malian manager Éric Sékou Chelle named as new Super Eagles head coach

FORMER Boulogne and Malian national team head coach Éric Sékou Chelle has been named by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) as the new Super Eagles manager with a mandate to qualify the team for the 2026 World Cup.

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Would you not just love it if Nigeria’s minister of marine affairs and the blue economy sent a bill like this aimed at addressing port decongestion to the National Assembly

Ayo Akinfe

[1] In 2025, we will begin work on developing 10 ports along our Atlantic coastline at Badagry, Lekki and Apapa in Lagos State, Ayetoro in Ondo State, Warri in Delta State, Brass in Bayelsa State, Port Harcourt and Onne in Rivers State, Calabar in Cross River State and Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom State

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