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Dec

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2022

NASS to pass new revenue-sharing formula, budget Thursday

Business, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsBudget, Economy, National Assembly, Representatives, Senate

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has transmitted the Finance Bill 2022 to the National Assembly as the federal parliament is billed to pass the 2022 Appropriation Bill by Thursday. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Tuesday, read out the cover letter of the President on the bill, which was titled ‘Transmission of the Finance Bill 2022 to the National Assembly for Consideration and Passage into Law in Support of the 2023 Budget.’ In the bill, the Federal Government proposed expanding the tax net and more equitable revenue-sharing formula and allocation to state…

Dec

21

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Soldiers kill guest at funeral as siblings clash over property ownership

Lifestyle, MetroAccident, Crime, Metro, RIP, Security

A guest, David Chinonso, has been reportedly killed at Owode, Ogombo community, in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, after some military men stormed the burial of one late Mathew Ekpu. The uniformed men, numbering 15, were said to have arrived at the venue in an attempt to stop the corpse from being interred on the premises of the deceased. This led to a confrontation, as one of the deceased’s sons, Victor, was hit in the head with an iron, while Chinonso was shot in the chest. The children of the deceased, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, accused their sibling, Richard, of…

Dec

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Govt silent as Fulani Herdsmen kill 46, houses razed down in Southern Kaduna – SOKAPU

Lifestyle, Metro, News2023, Boko Haram, Crime, Herdsmen, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

The people of Southern Kaduna have cried out against the government’s inability to arrest and bring to book the perpetrators of several attacks on the area since 2014. A statement issued by the spokesman of Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), Mr. Luka Binniyat, said, “Let it be put on record that in the hundreds of attacks that have put many parts of Southern Kaduna into ruins and thousands killed since 2014, we have not seen anyone arrested and brought to book over these heinous crimes against humanity.” The union lamented what it called “the gruesome mass murder of not less…

Dec

20

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

World Bank warns CBN on negative impact of Naira redesign on economy, poor households

Business, Economy, Lifestyle, NewsBusiness, Economy, Lifestyle, Opinion

The World Bank has warned that the time and short transition period to the redesigned naira notes will have a negative impact on economic activities and in particular the poorest households. The redesigned N200, N500, and N1000 naira notes came into circulation on Thursday, December 15th while the old ones will cease to be legal tenders from January 31st of next year. The World in its latest Nigeria Development Update, December 2022, agreed with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, that the need to redesign the nation’s currency is overdue noting the naira has not been redesigned for two decades.…

Dec

18

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

I’m heartbroken – London Mayor reacts to Asake’s concert disaster

Entertainment, LifestyleAsake, Entertainment, Lifestyle, London Mayor, Metro, RIP

London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has expressed sadness over a crash outside a South London venue hosting a concert by Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Ahmed Ololade, professionally known as Asake. Asake was reportedly forced to end his sold-out performance at the O2 Academy Brixton on Thursday after a huge number of followers who did not have tickets attempted to force access to the venue. According to a Police report, eight people were transported to hospitals, while two more who suffered fewer injuries were attended to at the scene. Asake, in a post shared on his Instagram on Friday, publicly apologized to his…