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Buhari tells Ndigbo they are going nowhere as they are fundamental to Nigeria's future

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigeria's 31m Igbos to abandon the idea of leaving Nigeria as they are absolutely fundamental to the growth of the nation's economy and the country's future prospects.

 

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Ondo State Amotekun Corps successfully rescues nine kidnap victims unharmed

MEMBERS of the Ondo State Security Network Agency popularly known as the Amotekun Corps have stepped up its operations over the last few days by successfully rescuing nine of the 12 victims who were recently kidnapped from an 18-seater passenger bus.

 

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Arsenal signs nine year old Nigerian wonderkid Sada in desperate bid to reverse its ailing fortunes

ENGLISH Premier League giants Arsenal have signed nine year old Nigerian wonderkid Munnir Muhammed Sada in a desperate bid to combat its current dearth of talent that has seen the club's slump so badly that it is now last in the table.

 

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President Buhari should follow up his visit to Imo State with a comprehensive pan-Igbo industrial expansion programme

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all the military clampdown must end today. There are no Boko Haram or Iswap terrorists in the southeast, so all political prisoners should be released, all charges against Nnamdi Kanu should be dropped and Ipob should be recognised as a civil society agitation group. Southeast Nigeria is not Sambisa Forest or Zamfara, so the solutions to her problems are not military

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Lagos State House of Assembly passes value added tax and anti-open grazing bills unanimously

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu is soon to be presented with a formal bill domesticating value added tax (Vat) after the Lagos State House of Assembly passed legislation vesting the power to collect the tax in the state government.

 

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UK offers to invest in Nasarawa State as well as help it develop its infrastructure

BRITAIN has offered to assist Nasarawa State in attracting investment into its agriculture and solid minerals sector as well as help with developing its infrastructure as part of a programme to enable the state become self-reliant.

 

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Macban says passing of anti-grazing law in Lagos State will push up the cost of cattle to N2m each

FULANI herdsmen's body the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (Macban) has warned that the price of a cow could skyrocket to as much as N2m in Lagos State if the government goes ahead with the passing of an anti-grazing bill.

 

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Ohaneze Ndigbo uses Buhari's visit to Owerri to call for release of Igbo youths held by security operatives

PAN-cultural association Ohanaeze Ndigbo has used the occasion of President Muhammadu Buhari's visit to Imo State to urge him to release all the Igbo youth currently being held in detention centres across the country simply for agitating for a better society.

 

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Okocha and Ammunike named in Fifa technical advisory group supervised by Wenger

GLOBAL footballing body Fifa has named Nigerian legends Austin Okocha and Emmanuel Ammunike in a newly-constituted technical advisory group supervised by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

 

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We need to follow up this localisation of value added tax (VAT) with a radical income generation programme to make taxation a major cash cow for state governments

Ayo Akinfe

[1] First of all the Federal Inland Revenue Service (Firs) should set an income tax revenue target of $50bn by 2030

[2] New Firs boss Muhammad Nami, should forward proposals to the National Assembly introducing a regime whereby no public official will receive more than four times the national minimum wage

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