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Views On Court’s Ruling In Favor OF Right Of States To Collect VAT BY FIRST BABA ISA

The issue many are not putting in proper perspective on this VAT ruling by Port Harcourt Federal High Court is that the advantage Lagos, Rivers and FCT have over other states per VAT is the fact that Nigeria’s formal economy is concentrated in these places while others run an informal economy, largely. It is not

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Former Military Governor Of Rivers Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo Is Dead

By Jonathan Ugbal The former military Governor of River’s State, Brigadier General Anthony Ukpo has died aged 74. Born Stephen Anthony Ukpo, the late military man who also served as Nigeria’s Minister of Information during the General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida’s regime died on Monday after a brief sickness. A native of Okpoma in Yala Local

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Living On The Edge: Abandoned Coal Mines In Enugu Are Eclipsing Communities

By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Years of coal mining in some communities in Enugu State and attendant negligence of those mining sites are now leading to dangerous environmental degradation that threatens those communities. In this report, Ben Aroh, who visited Enugu North, Udi and Ezeagu local government areas of Enugu State where the mines are

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Duke, Imoke, Ayade’s Imminent Showdown In Cross River BY CHUKS OKOCHA

With the recent defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, and the realignment of forces between former Governors Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke within the PDP, Chuks Okocha writes that the 2023 general election will no longer be an easy ride for any

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Terrorism Alert! Abandoned Buildings Expose NNPC Towers, CBN, Others To Attacks

By Tayo Olu, The Whistler The NNPC Towers and the Central Bank of Nigeria Building, both iconic national edifices, amongst others, may be vulnerable to attack by unscrupulous interests and terrorists who may hide to unleash attacks in the several high rise uncompleted buildings surrounding them. There are believed to be more than 460 abandoned

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If We Implement Decisions Urgently Like Twitter Ban, Nigeria Will Be Better – Cross River NUJ Chairman

By Archibong Jeremiah As Nigerians and the world tries to make sense of the Twitter Nigeria ban with some for and against the decision of the General Muhammadu Buhari (retired) administration. From the web of critical views that the issue has generated so far, is that of the Cross River State Chapter Chairman of Nigeria

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Another Look At Ayade’s Voyage To APC BY DISIRU YAKUBU

For months, speculations of his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dominated discourse in the new and traditional media. Like others before him, Professor Ben Ayade, twice elected Governor of Cross River State on the platform of the PDP, played the ostrich, in a fashion that was

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Local Councils … When Grassroots Government Is Far From The People

By Onyedika Agbedo, Tobi Awodipe, Maria Diamond (Lagos) and Gordi Udeajah (Umuahia), Isa Abdulsalami Ahovi (Jos), Uzoma Nzeagwu (Awka), Ayodele Afolabi (Ado Ekiti), Timothy Agbor (Osogbo), Agosi Todo, (Calabar) and Charles Ogugbuaja (Owerri) – The Guardian Local Councils in Nigeria have their roles in the governance chain clearly spelt out in the 1999 Constitution. As

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