Labour Party’s 2023 governorship candidate in Enugu State, Barrister Chijioke Edeoga, has called on Governor Peter Mbah to reconsider the state’s current tax regime, which he claims has imposed an overwhelming burden on residents and businesses. In an open letter on Sunday, Edeoga highlighted the alleged multiple taxations under the Mbah administration, urging the governor to have mercy on the people and reduce the excessive levies that are reportedly causing economic strain and driving businesses out of the state. Edeoga appealed to Governor Mbah to “have mercy on the people of the state” by reducing the tax burden that purportedly…
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The Kano State Government has shifted the resumption date for all-day public and private primary and post-primary schools to Tuesday, September 17, 2024. Pupils and students in boarding schools across the state will resume on Monday, 16 September 2024. The development was confirmed in a statement signed by the Director of Public Enlightenment of the State Ministry of Education, Balarabe Kiru. He quoted the State Commissioner of Education, Umar Doguwa, explaining that the adjustment followed the declaration of 16 September 2024 as a public holiday to mark Eid-el-Maulud. “The adjustment is to allow students to celebrate the holy date marking…
All flights at Shanghai’s two main airports were cancelled on Sunday as authorities in the Chinese megacity prepared for a strong typhoon bringing high winds and heavy rain. Typhoon Bebinca is expected to make landfall along a swath of China’s densely populated eastern seaboard between Sunday night and Monday morning, according to Beijing’s emergency management ministry. State broadcaster CCTV reported that all flights at Shanghai’s two main airports would be cancelled from 8 pm on Sunday (1200 GMT) because of the storm. “Affected by Typhoon Bebinca, the traffic capacity of Shanghai’s Pudong and Hongqiao airports has decreased today,” CCTV said.…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu, requesting a reduction in the petrol price from N845 per litre to N600 per litre. The organisation, in a suit numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/1361/2024, filed last Friday by SERAP’s lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, is challenging the president over “the failure to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to reverse the apparently unlawful increase in the pump price of petrol.” The lawsuit also addresses the “failure” to investigate allegations of corruption and mismanagement within the national oil firm. The statement, made available…
Marketers have demanded direct access to Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from the Dangote refinery, criticising the firm grip of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on the market. The National Publicity Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chinedu Ukadike, said the market should be open for all in line with the willing-buyer and willing-seller commitment earlier made by the corporation. The NNPCL had last Saturday said it was not the sole off-taker of products from the Dangote refinery, adding that the refinery was free to sell its petrol to any marketer. But a week after the statement, the…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has been released minutes after his arrest. PUNCH Online earlier reported that Sowore was arrested on Sunday morning at Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. He wrote: “I had just arrived in Nigeria from the USA at MMIA in Lagos; upon reaching Nigerian Immigration, my passport was seized, and they told me they had orders to detain me. “This is not unexpected because I have always known that it is part of the broader clampdown by the fascist @officialAbat regime on dissent and their…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested. PUNCH Online gathered that Sowore was arrested Sunday morning at Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. His flight left Washington Dulles International Airport at 6.14 EDT and arrived in Lagos at around 9.43 WAT. On Thursday, 12 September 2024, a DSS memo ordering the arrest of Sowore upon his arrival in Nigeria was leaked. In a post via his official X handle, Sowore disclosed that he had been detained by the Nigerian Immigration Service and his international passport confiscated. He wrote:…
In response to the floods that have displaced thousands of people in Maiduguri, Borno State, officials from the United Nations and humanitarian organisations have pledged immediate support for the affected population. This was stated in a press release made available to journalists on Sunday by the National Information Officer of the UN Information Centre, Oluseyi Soremekun. The floods, caused by the collapse of the Alau Dam on 9th September, have left thousands homeless, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation in Borno State. Led by Mohamed Fall, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, a high-level delegation of UN agencies,…
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers has appealed to the Nigerian Communications Commission for an extension of the NIN-SIM Linkage deadline from September 14 to September 30. The National President of NATCOMS, Mr Deolu Ogunbanjo, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday that an extension was needed due to challenges with the National Identity Management Commission’s portal. NAN reports that the NCC had set a deadline of September 14, 2024, for all mobile users to link their SIMs to their National Identification Numbers. The NCC stressed the importance of the NIN-SIM linkage for improving digital…
The family of the late Brigadier General Benjamin Adekunle on Saturday called on the relevant government agencies to immortalise the civil war hero for his significant contributions to Nigeria. Adekunle, a soldier from Ogbomoso in Oyo State, trained at the Sandhurst Military Academy and passed away about 10 years ago. He was renowned for his leadership in reclaiming the Delta and riverine areas from Biafran forces during the Nigerian Civil War. Speaking to journalists during the Golf Kitty organised by the family in his honour at the Ogbomoso Recreation Club, his eldest child, Busola Olagunju, said that the recognition of…