Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 22nd November 2019
Here are some of the Breaking News in Nigeria Today Friday 22nd November 2019 on some of the nation newspapers .
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Finance Bill: VAT increase not targeted at the poor – Senate
…as rift between Senate and House over bill widens The Senate, yesterday, said that the increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) paid on luxury goods from 5% to 7.5%, as requested for by the executive in the Finance Bill 2019, was not intended to impose economic hardship on poor Nigerians. The Senate made
Supreme Court judgement not for sale, Ogun APC tells APM
The Ogun State branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and its candidate in the March 9 governorship election in the state, Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, on its plan to approach the Supreme Court. APC told Akinlade and his party that “the judgement of the Supreme
Season of police brutality
In Asaba, the Delta State capital, some citizens are facing the wrath of the police for the worng reasons. DOMINIC ADEWOLE, in this report, writes on what has become a common occurrence in the state If the spate at which police officers usually brutalize civilians in Asaba, the Delta State capital, is anything to
Odumosu to tackle gridlock in order to check robberies
The Lagos State Commissioner of Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, yesterday, vowed to use his men to ease the escalating cases of gridlocks on Lagos State roads, in order to curb traffic robberies. Odumosu stated this yesterday while meeting with traffic policemen at the Command’s headquarters, Ikeja. Odumosu said: “We summon the meeting to review the current
Comptroller: Smugglers use over 2,000 illegal routes for their activities
The Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone B, Mustapha Sarkin-Kebbi, yesterday, disclosed that smugglers in the zone use over 2000 illegal routes for their nefarious activities. This is also as he revealed that the zone made seizures worth over N43 million within a week. Speaking with journalists on the seizures made within
Driver killed, police orderly injured as gunmen attack commissioner’s vehicle
A driver was killed and a police orderly injured on Wednesday evening after gunmen attacked the official vehicle of the Oyo State Commissioner for Lands and Housing, Mr Abdulraheem Abiodun. The Commissioner narrowly escaped death because his driver and Police Orderly had earlier dropped him off at his residence. The two men were returning the car
Siblings confess how they robbed, killed cyclist
Two siblings in Oyo State, Yakubu Suara (26) and Lateef Suara (20), have been arrested in connection with alleged robbery and murder of a 21-year-old cyclist, Oladapo Toheeb. Others arrested with the siblings are Job Ogbile (20), Rilwan Suleiman (18), and Azeez Lateef (19). The suspects were paraded at the Eleyele Police Headquarters, Ibadan, along
Maina’s ill-health stalls corruption trial
Court accuses prison authorities of frustrating proceedings The trial of the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM), Abdulrasheed Maina, before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, was stalled yesterday owing to the ill-health of the defendant Maina was said to be bleeding in an undisclosed part of his body. The
Invictus Obi permanently forfeits N280.5m to FG
Justice Rilwan Aikawa of a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of N280.5 million warehoused in the bank accounts of two firms linked to Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, to the Federal Government. The 31-year-old Okeke is currently standing trial in the United States of America for an alleged
Two traders collapse after fire guts shops in Lagos
Two traders collapsed on Wednesday and were rushed to the nearest hospitals, after fire gutted 10 shops at the Balogun bus stop area of Iju-Ishaga, Lagos State. According to eyewitnesses, the fire outbreak was caused by power surge and started from one of the shops at about 2am. One of the shop owners, simply identified
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