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As the controversy over collection of Value Added Tax rages, Kano State Hisbah Board says it has confiscated two vehicles loaded with 5,760 cartons of assorted beer. VAT is collected from beer too and paid into the Federal Government’s coffers for distribution to the benefitting parties. The Public Relations Officer of the board, Lawan Ibrahim-Fagge, who stated this in a statement said the vehicles were intercepted by Hisbah officials along Kano/Madobi Road at about 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 8. The Commander­­-General of the board, Dr Harun Ibn-Sina, while inspecting the vehicles at the headquarters, said the board has prohibited sale…

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Imo State to the warm embrace of Imolites adorned in leopard-coloured Igbo traditional attire called ‘isiagu’  with red caps. Buhari landed at the Sam Mbakwe Airport in Owerri, the state capital where he was received by dignitaries. Among the dignitaries were the Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi, the deputy governor of Ebonyi,  Eric Kelechi Igwe and Secretary to Enugu State government, Prof. Ortuanya, among others. The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, in a post on Facebook, stated that the President is in the state to commission some projects. He wrote, “It is with…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has knocked his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi, over his comment on praying to God to give Nigeria another president who has a good heart like President Buhari in 2023. Recall that Umahi stated this on Monday while addressing State House correspondents after meeting with the President at Aso Villa, Abuja. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, September 8, Governor Wike said that Umahi needs to undergo a psychiatric check, adding that the President himself knows that God won’t give the country another leader like him in 2023, Punch reports “That was how…

A 10-year-old genius girl, whose Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is higher that of than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, wants eyeing to colonise Mars. Adhara Pérez Sánchez from Mexico, scored 162 on her IQ test, which is believed to be two points higher than Einstein and Hawking, two of the cleverest men who ever lived. Adhara who hopes to be an astronaut, travels to space also plans to colonise Mars. Though 10, she is already pursuing two degrees in her native Mexico, one in systems engineering and the other in industrial engineering with a focus on Mathematics. Adhara was bullied at school by…

Bitcoin nursed losses Wednesday after plunging amid El Salvador’s troubled rollout of the largest cryptocurrency as legal tender. The virtual coin was trading near $46,260 as of 12:32 p.m. in New York, having slid as much as 17% a day earlier before paring some of the losses. The downdraft also swept across tokens such as Ether and Dogecoin, as well as the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index. El Salvador’s experiment with Bitcoin — the biggest test of the token’s real-world usefulness — had a rocky start because of technical glitches to the official digital wallet. El Salvador disconnected the wallet between…

Contrary to the hard stance of Myetti Allah Breed Association of Nigeria against open grazing, Governor of Katsina State in Nigeria’s northwest, Aminu Masari said his government has concluded plans to proscribe open grazing of cattle in the state. Speaking during an interview on a national television station, Masari who is a Fulani and a Muslim said once certain structures were put in place for ranching, nomadic herding would be outlawed in the state.  The governor spoke against encouraging open grazing of animals in any form, adding that the practice is even contrary to Islamic doctrines, which forbid allowing animals…

Nigeria has joined the comity of countries globally in hooking onto 5G networks. This follows the Federal Executive Council’s approval of a national policy on 5G networks for Nigeria’s digital economy on Wednesday. The approval was based on the presentation by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, during the Federal Executive Council meeting. Straightnews finds out that 5G is hitting the mainstream fast. According to a GSA report, 58 countries had 5G networks as of June 2021, up from 38 about a year ago. A dozen more have had 5G mobile technology deployed in part. It is…

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has exposed the undercover moves of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, to manipulate the law to enable it continue to generate revenue by way of Value Added Tax and other forms of taxes. The governor has, therefore, directed corporate organisations in the state to commence payment of their taxes to the state government from this month, going by the state law empowering the state to collect such taxes. He said at a meeting with corporate firms in the state on Wednesday that efforts by the FIRS to amend the constitution through the back door…

The General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch  Adeboye, and his wife, Folu, have marked their 54th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. The couple got married in 1967. Their last child, Leke Adeboye, took to his verified Instagram page to announce the good news as he shared a picture of his parents. Leke captioned the post, “Happy wedding anniversary. 54years. Wow! May God keep you both as you show us it’s possible.” Members of the ministry and well-wishers took to the comment session to congratulate the couple. Gospel music artiste, Bukola Bekes, wrote, “Happy wedding anniversary, Daddy and…

The ecstasy and convenience of journeying through Calabar-Itu-Ikot Ekpene Highway used to be a pleasant voyage for road users in time past. The polished macamised road snaking through the riverine and swampy communities of the then Cross River State emptied into then Mainland now Akwa Ibom State. On completion, the late Uko Akpan, a musical icon hallowed the exquisiteness of the road. In fact, most taxi cab drivers who plied Uyo-Calabar route then hollered to passengers ‘’Uyo by air! Uyo by air!’’ and it took them just 45 minutes to land the legendary Canaan city. Over the years, the once…