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The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has expressed hope that the current constitution review exercise will genuinely reflect the aspirations of Nigerians to prove pundits’ negative perceptions wrong. CAN pledged to support the exercise aimed at ensuring that the current exercise meets national interest by transcending self-seeking interests of the political elite as canvassed in some quarters. A memorandum on the review of the 1999 constitution submitted to the committee, the President,...

Daily Times May 26, 2021 The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday exempted withholding income tax on import of oxygen generators and oxygen gas in order to ensure sufficient supply of products for treatment of coronavirus pandemic. The FBR issued SRO 589(I)/2021 to make amendments in the Second Schedule of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. The FBR said that the provisions of Section 148 of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 shall not apply on import of following goods (PCT Code) for a period of 180 ...

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has kicked against the plan of the federal government to begin rehabilitation of grazing reserves in the country next month. “We find the move not only shocking and curious but also as a misplaced priority,” the governor said through his spokesperson, Terver Akase. Mr Akase stated that at a time the country is worried about the worsening security situation, the federal government considers the reopening of cattle grazing routes as the only solution av...

Grazing reserve: Count Benue out, Ortom tells presidency John Charles, Makurdi John Charles, Makurdi Published 25 May 2021 Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday asked the federal government to count the state out of its planned rehabilitation of grazing reserves. Governor Ortom stated this while reacting to the earlier statement of the Senior Special Assistant on Publicity and Media to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu, that the federal government was planning to rehabilitate grazing...

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has said that Nigeria could have been on the right path but for past constitutional amendment proposals that were botched.   He said that present challenges of insecurity and poor state of the economy could have been successfully navigated by the solutions...The Advocate

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said the insistence of the federal government to reintroduce grazing reserves and cattle routes in the country despite the astronomical growth in Nigeria’s population and urbanization is indicative of a hidden agenda.

Ortom to Buhari: Count Benue out of grazing reserves plan Governor Ortom says the Presidency is the only one supporting the continuation of open grazing and the return of cattle routes of the 1950s and 60s. ADVERTISEMENT The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has kicked against the plan of the federal government to begin rehabilitation of grazing reserves in the country next month. “We find the move not only shocking and curious but also as a misplaced priority,” the governor said through ...

Daily Times Report says tax affecting viability of petroleum industry’s downstream sector May 25, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Policy Institute (IPI) proposed a review of the ‘turnover tax’ on the oil marketing companies in the upcoming budget for FY-2021-22, saying the tax is affecting viability of petroleum industry’s downstream sector. The think tank launched a report on the turnover tax, which contends that the tax was discriminatory, arbitrary and against the spirit of tax laws. There...

Views: 181 Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday asked the federal government to count Benue state out of its planned rehabilitation of grazing reserves. Governor Ortom said this while reacting to an earlier statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Publicity and Media to the President, Garba Shehu, that the federal government was planning to rehabilitate grazing reserves across the country. Ortom in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, said there is absolu...

When the Court of Appeal sits to hear the cases filed by President Uhuru Kenyatta, ODM leader Raila Odinga, Attorney General Kihara Kariuki and the...