Nigeria news today headlines : Friday 22nd November 2019
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Kano Govt Vows To Recognise Four Emirs Sacked By Court
Kano – Kano State government on Thursday vowed that it will continue to recognise four emirs sacked by a Kano State High Court. Justice Usman Na’Abba of Kano High Court on Thursday dissolved four new emirates and first class emirs created by Kano State government in May. The emirs are Aminu Ado Bayero (Bichi emirate),
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Nigeria Imports $600m Cassava Derivatives Annually — CBN
Godwin Emefiele, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said Nigeria imports cassava derivatives valued at about $600 million annually. Emefiele disclosed this at a meeting with state governors of cassava producing states in Abuja on Thursday. CBN also signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nigeria Cassava Growers Association and Large Scale Cassava Processors at
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Despite Opposition Senate Okays 7.5% VAT Increase
Abuja – The upper chamber of the National Assembly on Thursday passed the Finance Bill and raised Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5% to 7.5% amidst protests from some lawmakers. The Senate passed the 56 amendments on the 2019 Finance Bill but some senators kicked against the increase in VAT during the presentation and consideration
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NEC Raises Committee To Review Ownership Of DisCos
Abuja – The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday announced the setting up of an ad-hoc committee to review the ownership of Power Distribution Companies (DisCos). Specifically, the federal, states and local governments through the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) all have investments in DisCos. NDPHC is a private limited liability company fully subscribed
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Hate Speech Bill: Govs Tell NASS To Seek Views Of Nigerians
Abuja – Governors of the 36 states of the federation, under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), have called on the National Assembly to seek the views of Nigerians with regards to the Hate Speech Bill before it. Aminu Tambuwal, Sokoto State governor and vice chairman of NGF, gave the advice Wednesday night
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Cancel Bayelsa, Kogi Polls, They Are Products Of Bloodshed — PDP
ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the outright cancellation of the governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states. The party said the elections were products of bloodshed and did not reflect the true wishes and aspiration of the people of the states. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the national chairman of the
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Protesters Storm APC Secretariat, Call For Oshiomhole’s Resignation
Abuja – There appears to be no end to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s headaches with protesting members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) calling for his resignation on Thursday. The protesters, who stormed the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, called for their national chairman’s exit from office ahead of the national caucus and NEC
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INEC Has Reversed Electoral Gains Made In 2015 –Onuesoke
Chief Sunny Onuesoke, a public affairs analyst and former governorship aspirant is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State. In this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, he speaks on the just concluded governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states, agitations for Presidency in 2023 and other issues. Excerpts: As a politician and
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No End In Sight For Lagos PDP Leadership Tussle
LAGOS – The ongoing crisis in the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seems to be unending even with the election of a new State chairman of the party, through an election conducted few days ago by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. The election produced Deji Doherty as State
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‘Nigeria Needs Deregulation To Sustain Petroleum Industry’
Chief Executive Officer, OVH Energy, Huub Stokman, yesterday advocated the need for the Federal Government to deregulate the nation’s petroleum industry. Stokman gave the advice at a media parley in Lagos, where he also explained that the ills besetting the nation’s downstream sector would be nipped in the bud if the Federal Government completely adopts
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