10 drastic policies I would like Muhammad Nami the new head of the Federal Inland Revenue Service to introduce

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Set an income tax revenue target of $50bn by 2030

(2) Forward proposals to the National Assembly introducing a regime whereby no public official will receive more than four times the national minimum wage

(3) Peg the salaries of the president, governors, senators, ministers, commissioners, members of the House of Representatives, state assembly members, etc to grades in the Nigerian civil service

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Kano to introduce new law barring girls from getting married until they complete secondary school

KANO State government is proposing introducing a new law that will make it compulsory for al girls to complete secondary school before they are allowed to get married as part of a plan to curtail teenage marriages and high drop-out rates.

 

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Keyamo appears to distance himself from Sowore's arrest saying he did not justify court invasion

MINISTER of state for labour and employment Festus Keyamo appears to have distanced himself from the recent raiding of an Abuja courtroom by the Department of State Security (DSS) by denying a statement justifying their actions.

 

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Ebonyi housewife sentenced to death by hanging for killing co-wife and her seven children

EBONYI housewife Agnes Nwefuru has been sentenced to death by the state high court sitting in Abakaliki by hanging for killing her co-wife and seven children in a fit of jealousy that wracked her polygamous home.

 

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World bank funded solar hybrid mini-grid power plant commissioned in Niger State

NIGERIA'S federal government has commissioned a solar hybrid mini-grid power plant in Rokota in Edati Local Government Area of Niger State as part of an ongoing plan to address the country's chronic electricity shortage.

 

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House of Reps institutes probe into DSS invasion of courtroom fearing that it might be next

NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has instituted a probe into the recent actions of the Department of State Security (DSS) in response to the recent storming of an Abuja courthouse by armed operatives who sought to arrest publisher Omoyele Sowore.

 

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Joshua reveals that his next defence of his titles against Andy Ruiz might take place in Nigeria

WORLD heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Olufemi Oluwaseni Joshua has revealed that he would hope to defend his title against Mexican Andy Ruiz who he defeated over the weekend in Nigeria.

 

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Everyone of the 200m Nigerians out there should be ashamed about the fact that the country does not produce one gallon of aviation fuel

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigerians have made a habit of hiding behind incompetent governments but for me, that is just a convenient excuse. If you have a crap government and an industrious people, you can generate enough wealth to address many of your socio-economic problems

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African Development Bank boss says investing in women will fast-track economic development

AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) president and former Nigerian agriculture minister Dr Akinwumi Adesina has called on African leaders to invest in women and girls as a means to fast track economic growth.

 

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Ebonyi and Anambra states have the highest cases of spousal violence in Nigeria according to new report

EBONYI and Anambra states have been reported to have the highest cases of spousal violence in Nigeria according to a recent report published by the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).

 

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