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The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, failed to decide on the zoning of party offices in its meeting, pushing it to another session to be held at a later date. The 93rd National Executive Committee (NEC) of the opposition party at its national secretariat in Abuja only, but ratified members of the zoning committee, which it said, would now recommend the positions to be allotted to the different zones for the consideration of the next meeting of the NEC. The NEC has been widely expected to settle the issue of zoning to finally…

Rihanna has withdrawn a legal case against her father, Ronald Fenty, weeks before they were due to meet in court. In 2019, the music star alleged that her dad had misused her ‘Fenty’ trademark and his connection with her for the benefit of his own entertainment company. She said Ronald had tried to book an overseas tour for her without permission and brought a legal case against him, suing him for false advertising and invasion of privacy. Rihanna’s case to bring an injunction against her father was due to come to trial on 22 September, but this week, Rihanna filed…

Following the footstep of Rivers State, Lagos State House of Assembly, Thursday, passed Value Added Tax, VAT bill, into law. Before passage of VAT,  the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had reported that the title of the bill is “A Bill for a Law to impose and charge Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain foods and services, provided for the administration of the tax and for related matters.” In compliance with the Southern governors’ directive for the states to ban open grazing, Lagos also passed the bill that prohibits open cattle grazing in the state. The two bills have been…

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…