Thisday Newspaper News Today Tuesday 24th December 2019
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CBN: N50 PoS Charge to be Paid by Businesses Not Customers
Nume Ekeghe with agency report The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged customers not to pay N50 charged to businesses for using point of sale (PoS) machines. A Director in CBN’s Payment System Management Department, Musa Jimoh, explained the central bank’s merchant charge directive in a chat with TheCable yesterday. “The stamp duty is
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DHQ Counters Borno Gov, Insists No Nigerian Territory under Terrorists’ Control
•Explains delay in rescuing Leah Sharibu, other hostages Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Damaturu The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) yesterday dismissed calls by the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on the military to recapture some local governments in the state from insurgents. The DHQ told reporters yesterday in Abuja that contrary
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FG: Visa Policy Will Boost Investment
James Emejo in Abuja The federal government yesterday reiterated that it was working with airport authorities to ensure that the newly-announced visa-on-arrival policy would allow for easier and faster processing of documents of persons and goods to encourage foreign investment. The government also said it would launch an intervention programme for the country’s border communities
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Soku Oil Wells Belong to Rivers, Wike Insists
•Argues extant court judgment confirms claim •Says Dickson’s outburst due to self-inflicted frustration Ernest Chinwo in Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has declared that the Soku oil wells belong to the government and people of Rivers State as affirmed by the Federal High Court and based on the admission by the National
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Again, Presidency Denies Alleged Third Term Agenda by Buhari
Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja For the third time, the presidency last night denied allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari was nursing a third term agenda. Reacting to repeated allegations by rights’ activist, Mr. Femi Falana, that the president has a third term agenda, presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, restated that Buhari had no such plan to
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Ndume: Why Buhari Can’t Appoint New Service Chiefs
Chuks Okocha in Abuja The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has given reasons why President Muhammadu Buhari cannot afford to change or appoint new service chiefs for now. He told THISDAY in an interview that Buhari could not afford to change the military leadership because Nigeria was in a complete
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Citing Likelihood of Bias, Judge Recuses Self from Sowore’s Suit
Alex Enumah in Abuja Hope that the detained convener of#RevolutionNow protest, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, would regain freedom before Christmas was yesterday dashed following the refusal of Justice Ahmed Mohammed to take his motion challenging his continued detention by the Department of State Services (DSS) and his subsequent withdrawal from the suit. Sowore had on December
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CBN: Nigeria’s Non-oil Revenue Rises to N370bn in Nov
Obinna Chima Nigeria’s total non-oil receipt increased by 16.7 per cent to N369.84 billion in November, up from the N316.79 billion realised the previous month. This formed part of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) monthly economic report obtained yesterday. However, the amount of non-oil earnings, which was 43.1 per cent of total revenue in
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Buhari Names Akande as NCC Board Chairman
Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday named Prof. Adeolu Akande as the new Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Board of Commissioners. Akande, who hails from the South-west, replaces Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, who has held the office in the last four years. A statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and
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Court Dismisses Kalu’s Request for Post-conviction Bail
Davidson Iriekpen Justice Muhammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday dismissed a post-conviction bail application, filed by the convicted former Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu. The judge, after ruling against all four issues raised for determination by Kalu, said his application lacked merit. He ordered Kalu to remain in
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