The Federal Government, FG, has inaugurated the National Tax Policy Implementation Committee (NTPIC), marking a deliberate shift toward a more predictable and market-aligned rollout of the newly enacted capital-gains-tax (CGT) provisions. The move follows extensive technical engagements with key capital-market institutions, […]
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday stopped Oluseye Opasanya (SAN) from appearing as counsel for General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) in its suit against the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and three others. The judge held that […]
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will continue to support the judiciary to enhance productivity, reduce delays, and uphold the independence and integrity of the judiciary. The Minister disclosed that budgetary […]
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA The Federal Government, on Monday, urged the judiciary to expedite hearings on cases involving terrorism, human trafficking, kidnapping and similar serious crimes. According to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused a request by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking to be moved from the Sokoto Correctional Centre to a custodial facility within the Federal Capital […]
By Ochuko Akuopha ASABA—THE Delta State Police Command, yesterday disclosed that it has arrested a security guard, one Godwin Mngumi and one other suspect in connection with the murder of retired Delta State High Court Judge, Justice Ifeoma Okogwu. Police […]
By Henry Ojelu A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting in Bwari, has issued an interim order restraining Galactic Aviation Limited and two others from selling an Embraer EMB-145LR aircraft identified as 5N-BZM. Justice M. A. Madugu […]
Ahead of the change in its nomenclature come January 1, the Federal Government has begun the restructuring of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), it was learnt at the weekend. Senior officials of the FIRS confirmed to The Nation that […]
The Kabiru Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Justice Joyce Abdulmalik to recuse herself from the suit filed against the leadership of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a faction of the party in the […]
The Department of State Service has reportedly taken into custody a medical doctor who was allegedly ferrying drugs from Sokoto State to kidnappers in parts of Kwara State.A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, […]