2023 poll: I regretted supporting Labour Party — Col Obi
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A once die-hard supporter of the Labour Party, Col Chinyere Obi (rtd), has said that she regretted supporting the Party in the 2023 general elections.
Obi, at a press conference yesterday in Abuja, noted that in the course of the election, she was shot by some thugs in Ideato in Imo State while trying to prevail on some thugs who were beating up a voter, to stop.
She claimed to have called the Labour Party Chairman, Julius Abure and the Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi but they did not come to her aid.
In fact, she said she ran out of cash and even had to sell her car to offset her medical bills.
The retired military officer added that if she had known, she would have rooted for the then Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
I’m With Tinubu’s Govt, I’ll Criticise When I Have To — Fayose
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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose says he is with the government of President Bola Tinubu but he won’t hesitate to criticise the current administration if it fails to fulfill its campaign promises to Nigerians.
If the government in power is not doing the right thing, we’ll be courageous enough to tell the government in power,” Fayose told State House correspondents after a meeting with the President on Thursday.
“When (Muhammadu) Buhari was President in this country I didn’t shy away from telling him the truth and the government. If President Ahmed Bola Tinubu is shying away from his brief, I Ayo Fayose, Oshoko, will be courageous enough to tell him,” he noted.
Fayose said now that elections are over, it is time for governance and Nigerians will need to rally round the President, whom he said has good intentions for the country.
The ex-governor said he does not expect the President to fail, noting that if there is any delay, it will not be a deliberate act on the part of the President.
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Respite For Businesses As Tinubu Moves To Curb Arbitrary Taxation
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In a bid to allete the tax burden on Nigerians and their businesses, President Bola Tinubu has signed four executive orders suspending some taxes.
The president’s action is in response to concerns raised by manufacturers and other stakeholders regarding recent tax changes.
This is as private sector operators in the manufacturing, telecommunications, maritime sectors have unanimously commended the federal government for amendments to the tax regime in the country.
Special adviser to the president on special duties, communication and strategy, Dele Alake, who led members of the administration’s revenue team, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday.
According to the team, the move became necessary as a response to the need for clarity and adequate notice for tax adjustments, as specified in the 2017 National Tax Policy.
Cyber Criminals Using COVID 19, Russia-Ukraine War To Scam Victims – EFCC
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Cyber scammers have found more ways of exploiting unsuspecting victims through the COVID 19 pandemics and Russia-Ukrainian war episodes just as the US is believed to have lost as much as $5 trillion on scams relating to the global pandemics alone, Daily Independent has learnt.
This detail was disclosed at a training on Financial Crimes Reporting put together for journalists in Ilorin by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
As gathered from a presentation by one of the resource persons at the training, Alex Ocheme, a cyber crime bursting operative of the commission, $8 trillion is involved in cyber crime annually.
It’s the size of a national economy after the US and China,” explained Ocheme, trying to illustrate the volume of money lost to cyber fraud globally.
According to him too, the criminality finds ready victims with the use of well known events to create scams.
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