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Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2024 Edo State governorship election, has strongly rebuked Senator Monday Okpebholo over his recent allegations on TVC News’ Journalist Hangout. Okpebholo, the governor of Edo State, had claimed that Ighodalo and his team “are mopping up money to go and bribe tribunal people,” a statement…
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The Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA) says the proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) sharing formula would serve as an incentive for economic expansion across all states. Speaking on the sidelines of the public hearing on the tax reform bill at the House of Representatives, PAACA’s Executive Director, Ezenwa Nwagwu, highlighted the importance…
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Moved by revelations made by former military Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (retd), that the 1966 coup was not an Igbo coup, an Igbo group, Njiko Igbo Forum, has demanded the sum of N100 trillion from the Nigerian government on account of the injustice suffered by the Igbo people from 1966 to date. Babangida,…
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Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, believes the Niger Delta region deserves a lot of accolades for keeping the country together as a unit despite its constant neglect by each ruling government. Speaking during his condolence visit to the late Chief Edwin Clark’s residence in Abuja, El-Rufai maintained that Nigeria would have…
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has rejected the proposed creation of additional states in Nigeria, stating that the South-East is only interested in a referendum to determine its exit from the country. In a statement on Monday, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said the group opposes the creation of new states because the existing ones…
