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BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja President Bola Tinubu has disclosed that the colonial tax laws impoverished Nigerians through fragmentation, multiplicity, and inconsistencies while the new reforms will deliver prosperity to Nigerians.  This was even as he emphasised that the new tax system is designed to be people-centred and investment-friendly, thereby advancing the nation’s development goals. He stated this on Tuesday at the commissioning of the 16-storey Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) Headquarters in Abuja. Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, were in attendance, alongside the ministers, senators, members of the House of Representatives, private-sector leaders, and the governors of Kwara, Imo, Borno, Kogi, Plateau, and Anambra States. President Tinubu explained that the new tax laws, which became fully operational in January, are intended to liberate the economy from the constraints of archaic laws and make it more ...

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi on Saturday joined other top political leaders and dignitaries to pay final respects at the funeral of former Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Senator Barinada Barry Mpigi.  The teary event which held at Koroma, Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State, attracted mourners to a man widely regarded as a committed public servant and accomplished lawmaker. Other dignatries in attendance were President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio; Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin; Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike; and Senator Adams Oshiomhole, among others. The funeral service, held at the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Koroma Deanery Beth-El Church, was presided by Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ogoni, Ven. T.S.D. Kagbara.  He reminded the congregation of the transient nature of life, adding that the world is not an everlasting home. "In heaven, there is no more hunger, no mo...

          President Bola Tinubu  President Bola Tinubu has signed the new minimum wage bill into law, mandating all employers to pay at least N70, 000 to workers. News Rider reports that the new minimum wage was endorsed by the leadership of two labour unions,  comprising Trade Union Congress and Nigeria Labour Congress.  Tinubu, who signed the bill on Monday at the State House in Abuja, was surrounded by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and other National Assembly leaders. According to the new law, the sum of N70, 000 was set aside as a national minimum wage for both the public and private sectors. Addressing journalists, Akpabio commended President Tinubu for increasing the minimum wage, adding that the new wage mandated both the public and private sectors to pay workers at least, N70, 000. He said: "We are not only doubling the minimum wage, we have added something on top. Initially, it was N30,000, now it is N70,000. “I’m ecs...