Day: October 26, 2024

PDP Group reveals why some leaders want Damagum out,says it’s about 2027

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Concerned PDP League (CPDPL), a pressure within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the 2027 presidential ticket of the party is the major reason some PDP leaders wanted the acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum to stepdown.   The group in a statement jointly signed by its National Secretary, Alhaji Tasiu M. Muhammed, and Acting Director of Publicity & Communication ,Comrade Justina D. Dashi, claimed that former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Bauchi State governor Bala Mohammed, who the group said has presidential ambition, believed Damagum’s leadership…

Rivers Assembly : Plot by Gov Fubara to unleash mayhem exposed

Emporium Reporters

Apparently sending the game is over, the camp of Governor Siminalayi Fubara after the series of losses recorded in the ongoing litigation are clear signs that the government is gradually coming to a decisive end.   Rivers Watch reliably gathered that the governor’s camp are preparing to stage multiple protests to cry wolf. They have been warned by their lawyers that they have bad cases at different levels of the court, and they cannot win the final battle.   Rivers Watch reports “We have it on good authority that the…

Still on Tinubu’s economic tax reform By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Emporium Reporters

Nigeria’s tax reform is underway with four Executive Bills currently before the National Assembly. These bills are the ‘Nigeria Tax Bill’, which replaces existing tax law with a modern framework; the ‘Nigeria Tax Administration Act Amendment Bill’, which seeks to strengthen the enforcement powers of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS); the ‘Nigeria Revenue Service Bill’, establishing an independent revenue service; and the ‘Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill’, for the purpose of fostering inter-agency collaboration. According to Zacch Adedeji, the FIRS Executive Chairman, the reform focuses on reducing the number…

Northern Senators Forum decries incessant Power Outages in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa States ….. calls for FG urgent intervention

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Northern Senators Forum has raised alarm over the devastating power outages plaguing Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa states. Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua, Chairman of the Forum,in a heartfelt appeal in Katsina on Friday October 25, 2024, urged the Federal Government to intervene promptly to restore electricity to these affected regions. The Northern Senators said the ongoing outages, resulting from vandalism and national grid disturbances, have brought economic hardship, compromised healthcare delivery, and imposed expensive fuel costs on citizens. Added that Small businesses were struggling to operate, hospitals were also facing…