Regulations
2 Oct
With effect from January 2025, small businesses with an annual turnover below N25 million will no longer be liable for withholding tax. This follows the publication of the Deduction of Tax at Source (Withholding) Regulations, 2024, in the official gazette. The publication was announced by the Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms…
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US pastor, Tony Carpenter, has shared a powerful testimony of deliverance from drug addiction and three suicide attempts at Dunamis International Gospel Centre in Abuja. Speaking at the church’s Glory Dome, Carpenter recounted his struggle with addiction and how God’s intervention saved his life. “I tried to kill myself three times, but God rescued me.…
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Goalkeepers who hold on to the ball beyond eight seconds will be punished by conceding a corner from next season after a rule change by football's lawmakers IFAB. As the rules currently stand, 'keepers are supposed to be sanctioned with an indirect free-kick if they hold on for more than six seconds. However, the offence…
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The Federal Government has restated commitment to power infrastructure development to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply in the country. The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu said this in a message to mark the 2025 Ramadan fast, on Saturday in Abuja. He described Ramadan as a period of spiritual reflection, self-discipline and devotion, stressing that the…
29 mins ago
No fewer than 990 new students were matriculated by the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUHS), Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi for the 2024/2025 academic session. said a total of 990 students have been admitted in the various departments and faculties of the institution in Prof. Jessy Uneke, Vice-Chancellor of…
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Atalanta missed the chance to move level with Inter Milan at the top of Serie A on Saturday after being held to a goalless draw by lowly Venezia. Sluggish Atalanta failed to win at home for the fifth straight time in Italy's top flight and stay third, two points behind champions Inter who are at…
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Against the backdrop of reported gunmen attacks in Egbedi community, Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun, where five persons were allegedly shot, the state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday ordered a probe into the incident. He also said that perpetrators of the dastardly act will face justice, assuring that his administration will always protect…
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The Movement for the Survival of the Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has commended the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, for his leadership in tackling insecurity across the country. The organisation particularly noted that recent military operations across the country have led to a decline in the activities of…
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Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has called on Muslim faithful to embody the spirit of the fasting season to show brotherly love and devotion to God. The former governor of Anambra made the call on Saturday in his 2025 Ramadan message to felicitate with faithful on his X…
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Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dame Didi Walson-Jack, on Saturday, expressed delight over the construction of a new nine-storey civil servants secretariat by the Bayelsa State government. Mrs. Walson-Jack said when completed, the iconic structure would go down in her memory as an exciting legacy of Governor Douye Diri's administration. She stated…
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Hundreds of people in rainbow colours gathered Saturday in South Africa's tourist magnet Cape Town to honour the world's first openly gay imam, who was killed last month. Muhsin Hendricks, who ran a mosque for marginalised Muslims, was shot dead in February near the southern city of Gqeberha. "I was heartbroken. I think it's sad…