Fire: Sokoto central market razed, traders loss property worth millions
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto SOKOTO central market was Tuesday razed by fire with property worth millions of naira lost to the inferno that lasted hours before it was brought under control. Reports say that the fire sparked off in the early hours from the plastic section and spread to other parts of the market. Though, […]
Buhari regime protecting only Fulani interests – Afenifere
The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, condemned the President, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd) position on the directive of Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu asking unregistered herdsmen to vacate the state government reserves within seven days. The group in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin, titled “Ondo Forests: Fulani Presidency Again,” […]
FUEL PRICE INCREASES AHEAD – By Izielen Agbon
“Leaders who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.” Bill Carney The Federal Government plans to increase fuel (PMS) prices in 2021. The plans are already in an advanced stage. In March 2020, the Federal Government asserted that it has deregulated the PMS market. However,the PMS market is not […]
Kaduna State: Development Levy and matters arising
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje The Executive Chairman, Dr. Zaid Abubakar, of Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), last year announced at a press conference that by 2021 every adult in the state will annually pay a mandatory N1000 development levy. The planned enforcement is backed by the just amended Kaduna State Tax (Codification and Consolidation) Law, […]