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By Halimah Olamide The chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr. Tax Oyedele, has revealed that the government has granted approval for the removal of small businesses from withholding tax in the country. Oyedele, who disclosed this through his X handle on Tuesday said the government has come to terms with the realities that confront small business. He said the removal is part of the ongoing fiscal policy and tax reforms recommended by his committee. “The key changes introduced are to address the identified challenges and specifically include exemption of small businesses from Withholding Tax…

Agency Report At least 39 people were killed and many injured in the recent anti-tax hike protests across Kenya as youth took to the streets on Tuesday for a new round of protests. “Data from our records indicates that 39 people have died and 361 injured in relation to the protests countrywide,” state-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) Chairperson Roseline Odede said in a statement issued in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, Monday evening. The KNCHR said there were 32 cases of involuntary disappearances and 627 instances of arrests of protesters who were demonstrating against a wide…

By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday named a former Managing Director of Wema Bank Plc, Mr Adebola Adebise as the Chairman of the Board of Family Homes Funds. Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL) supports families on low-income attain their home ownership dreams, according to information on its website. Apart from Adebise, Tinubu also approved the appointment of Mr. Abdul Mutallab as the Chief Executive Officer of the organisation. Others named on the new board include: Mr. Abdullahi Musa – Executive Director (Finance) Mr. Emeka Henry Inegbu – Executive Director (Operations) Representative of the Ministry of Finance Incorporated -…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Tuesday said it has declared a ‘war’ that will enable it and other partners realise the potential of crude oil production sufficiency. Mele Kyari, NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, said that the country has enough capacity to produce no less than two million barrels of crude oil per day without deploying new rigs. He said this has however been impeded by failure of the partners to act in “timely manners.” Kyari, disclosed this in a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 23rd edition of the Nigeria Oil &…

By Halimah Olamide Tragedy struck on Tuesday as a young Nigerian Islamic scholar, Dr. Abdur Rasheed Abdul Jabar Salman Buwaeb was reported to have died at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC), Ife, Osun State. The news of the death of Buwaeb has created shock among many Muslims especially those in Osun South West Nigeria. He had served as a member of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria’s Ulamah Team for Hajj 2022 and 2023. According to another scholar, Dr. Sirajudeen Al-Asrau, Buwaeb “returned to Allah early morning of Tuesday at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC), Ife,…

By Halimah Olamide Tragedy has struck in India as about 27 people have been reported killed after a a stampede at a religious gathering. Officials have said most of the victims were women who came for a Hindu temple event in the Hathras district of the Uttar Pradensh state of India. The religious event is called Satsang (a Hindu religious event) where, at least, 23 women and three children have died. A video of the incident shared by by OpIndia.com showed many women lifeless on the ground after they were pulled of the stampede area. See the video below:…

By Halimah Olamide The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism is today holding a session to examine how the media have acted in their reporting of the food inflation in the country. Expected to speak at the event which holds virtually on Space are journalists covering agriculture, economists, and other experts in various areas connected with the food value chain. NPO Reports that among those expected to speak at the event are Paul Alaje, a Senior Economist at the SPM Professionals, Collins Nnabuife, a journalist with the Nigerian Tribune, Yunusa Halidu, National Secretary of the All Nigerian Farmers Association, Veronica…

By Kamil Opeyemi An actor and event anchor, Ibrahim Bello Sanyo, popularly called Baba Lawori, has accused a chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)) Ganiyu Oyedele also called Koko Zaria of smashing a bottle of wine on his head causing him to land in hospital. Lawori said this happened on June 25 at the annual Idimu Day where he anchored the event. In a video shared on Monday by an X user, Oyindamola, tweeting as #dammiedammie35, Lawori narrated how a bottle of alcoholic drink was smashed on his head leading to stitching on his head. In…

Agency Report The Lagos State Government has refunded 145 subscribers to the Egan-Igando Mixed Housing Estate following their indication to opt out of the housing scheme. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Housing, Mr Abdulhafis Toriola, confirmed this in a statement issued by Mr Adesile Rufai, the Chief Public Affairs Officer, Ministry of Housing, on Monday in Lagos. Toriola said that reasons for the delay was because the completion of the estate faced issues such as bureaucracy and vandalism. He added those who previously subscribed and paid in full, but no longer interested in the house, could apply…

By Halimah Olamide The Lagos state government on Monday boasted of financing about 500,000 small businesses to the tune of N10bn since the inception of the scheme, the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF). The details were made public by the LSETF Acting Executive Secretary, Mrs. Feyisayo Alayande, while briefing reporters at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa on the activities lined up for the third Lagos Employment Summit being organised by the agency. She said no fewer than 500,000 private business enterprises operating in Lagos State have been successfully supported and stabilised through the tenure-bound credit programme and…