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After receiving briefing on the Tax Reform Bill, the National Economic Council (NEC) yesterday urged its withdrawal from the National Assembly to allow for wider consultations....

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, says the ministry is set to launch the first-ever state of health report in the country....

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) challenging its proscription as a terrorist organization by the Federal Government.A three-man panel of the court led by Justice Hamma Barka, adjourned the matter for judgment, after the Federal Government and IPOB, through their respective lawyers, adopted their final briefs of argument.While a counsel from the Federal Ministry of Justice, Oyilad...

The presidency has said the tax reform bill before the National Assembly is not targeted at the 19 northern states.The governors of the 19 Northern states had rejected the bill, especially the proposed amendment to the distribution of Value Added Tax (VAT) to a derivation-based model.But in a statement, presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the new proposal, as enunciated in the bill, is designed to create a fairer system that will benefit all states....

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the oil-producing communities in Bayelsa and Delta State, seeking to nullify the alleged illegal appointment in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).The communities had approached the court, seeking a nullification of President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Chiedu Ebie, as Chairman of the NDDC.In their suit, the plaintiffs argued that Ebie was not qualifie...

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A  female resident medical doctor at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna State, Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped by bandits in December 2023,  has finally been released after being held captive for 10 long months  ...