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A lawyer based in Abuja, Kenechukwu Maduka, has narrated how he and his wife almost lost their lives on Tuesday after being forced to board a rickety Toyota Sienna vehicle from Awka, Anambra State, to the Federal Capital Territory by God is Good Motors, a popular transport company in Nigeria. According to the legal practitioner, he booked two seats on a Toyota Hiace bus and paid N23,000 for himself and his wife for the journey but was shocked to realise that the transport company did not have the bus displayed on their online platform on the ground when they got…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday gave an update on the death of gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, saying that investigations on the death will soon be completed. IGP Baba said this when he received the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Kedem Tallen, who paid a courtesy visit on the IGP in his office at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja. According to a release signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Minister discussed amongst other things, the plight of women in Nigeria, particularly in relation to gender and domestic-based violence. She…

The Chief Justice Of Nigeria CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad Wednesday warned judges in the country to run away from unmerited wealths so as not to run foul of the law. Justice Muhammad gave the advise in Abuja while inaugurating six judges for the Federal High Court of Nigeria and one for the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory high court, adding; “The National Judicial council NJC, will fish out the bad eggs within the judiciary and show them the way out.” Muhammed noted that as judicial officers, judges must shun vainglory, dishonest disposition and ostentatious life style, borne…

Usman Baba, inspector-general of Police (IGP), has ordered all commissioners of police (CPs), tactical commanders and their supervising assistant inspectors-general of police (AIGs) to boost security around schools and colleges. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the force public relations officer (FPRO), in a statement on Wednesday, said the IG also ordered the review of police personnel and operational asset deployments to schools and colleges nationwide. Adejobi said the IG gave the order on Tuesday, at a meeting of the force management team in Abuja. He said the order followed a review of the general security in the country, including the security of schools…

by Nnamdi Oragwu , Patience Obiagbaoso and Favour Babajamu PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors Introduction Generally, the basis for imposing and collecting personal income tax under the Personal Income Tax Act as amended (PITA) in Nigeria is classified into two viz the residence and source. On this premise, income derived from, received in or brought into Nigeria are chargeable to tax in Nigeria under the Nigerian personal income tax regime. The principle of residence which remains the focus here posits that there is sufficient nexus between a taxpayer and a relevant tax authority and where it is shown that a taxpayer…

Officials of Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies, EFCC and ICPC, say their morale and commitment to work have been affected by the controversial presidential pardon of Jolly Nyame, former governor of Taraba State, and Joshua Dariye, former governor of Plateau State. Both men had been convicted and jailed for stealing state funds. The officials of the two institutions, in separate interviews with PREMIUM TIMES, lamented the pardon and accused President Muhammadu Buhari of sabotaging the anti-corruption fight. The officials asked not to be named for fear of victimisation. “We used to say our problem in our work against corruption is the judiciary but we see a…

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, has reversed his rejection of a request by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for the transfer of a case over his ministry’s award of a critical maritime security contract to unqualified companies. The chief judge two weeks ago turned down Mr Amaechi’s request to reassign the case to a vacation judge, claiming the nation was losing revenue as a result of the project’s delayed implementation. The judge had in a letter dated April 7, 2022 written by his special assistant, Ambrose Unaeze, rejected Mr Amaechi’s March 31 request made…

Justice Nayai Aganaba of the Bayelsa High Court was stoned by dozens of hoodlums, who stormed his court to stop proceedings in a political case. Justice Aganaba was on Thursday hearing in his court a case on the disputed ward, local government and State congresses of the All Progressives Congress (APC), The claimant, Alex Blackson and his brother, Osom Blackson, were injured during the stampede in the court room. While the judge was later whisked to safety by his police orderly, the lawyers were chased out. Those who came with the claimant were reportedly brutalised. The hoodlums were said to…

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has directed the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to handover tickets and passengers’ identification to Secure ID, the company in charge of the E-Ticketing platform for Abuja-Kaduna rail service. According to Mr Amaechi, this will help in reducing incidents of crime and also curb security challenges on the route. Mr Amaechi said this when the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) visited and presented the Full Business Case Certificates (FBC) for the Lagos-Ibadan and Itakpe-Warri E-Ticketing service, to him in Abuja. He said the introduction of the E-Ticketing platform for Abuja-Kaduna train blocked all revenue leakages…

Billionaire Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter (TWTR.N) for about $41 billion in cash, saying the social media company he has often criticized needs to go private to see effective changes. Musk’s offer price of $54.20 per share, which was disclosedin a regulatory filing on Thursday, represents a 38% premium to Twitter’s April 1 close, the last trading day before the Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO’s more than 9% stake in the company was made public. The total deal value was calculated based on 763.58 million shares outstanding, according to Refinitiv data. Musk rejected an offer to join Twitter’s board earlier…