Atiku Files Fresh Case Against Tinubu In U.S
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said yesterday that he withdrew the case against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County, in the United States of America because he filed a fresh case against the president.
Source: Leadership
Special assistant on public communications to Atiku, Phrank Shaibu, who stated this in a statement, said the former vice president has filed a separate case No. 23-5099 (N. D. III.) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Tinubu hence the decision of the former Vice-President to withdraw an existing case before a circuit court in Illinois.
The Circuit Court of Cook County had dismissed Atiku’s lawsuit seeking to get access to Tinubu’s educational records at the Chicago State University. Reacting to the development, Shaibu noted in the state statement: “Waziri Atiku Abubakar only withdrew the case before a Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County, United States of America because he is pursuing the same matter in a higher court and he wanted to avoid an abuse of court processes. So, this is just the beginning.”
LIRS to host tax summit
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has announced it will hold a summit with stakeholders in the revenue collection system in the local governments on Tuesday.
Source: Punch papers
A statement issued by the Lead Consultant of Korki &Associates, Kehinde Bamigbetan, noted that the event built on the achievements of the seminar, on professionalizing the revenue functions in local governments, sponsored by the LIRS last year. It disclosed that the summit would address the operations of the local government revenue committees, efficient revenue collection in the informal sector, and collaboration between the LIRS and local governments to harmonize taxes for taxpayers’ convenience.
The LIRS Chairman Mr Ayo Subair, it added, would give the keynote address. Other lead presenters at the summit are the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs, Mrs . Kikelomo Abolarin, LIRS Director, Informal Taxation & Special Duties, Ms . Folashade Coker, and LIRS Revenue Manager, Mr.Segun Tijani.
Displaced Lagos residents groan as govt intensifies house demolition
The recent demolition of buildings in parts of Lagos State has rendered residents homeless. Some of the affected communities recount their challenges, UTHMAN SALAMI reports.
Source: Punch papers
The air was filled with fear when rumors that the Lagos State government was sending a task force to demolish some houses along the riverbank in the Oworonshoki area of the state started to make the rounds.
Residents gathered in small groups to engage in conversations on the looming clampdown. However, community members who were privy to the development assured residents that the demolition would only affect wooden buildings located within 50 meters of the riverbank. This news laid minds to rest. However, members of the demolition team had other plans.
Let Niger citizens confront junta, Guru Maharaj Ji tells Tinubu
The founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj Ji, has kicked against proposed moves by President Bola Tinubu to deploy military personnel for intervention in the troubled Niger Republic following the recent coup in the country.
Source: Punch papers
In a statement in Ibadan, Maharaj Ji warned that it was wrong to attempt to restore democracy in the Sahel country by the use of force such as deploying troops. “It is the right of the people of Niger to fight for the restoration of democracy in their country if they so wish, and any attempt by anybody, anywhere, other than in Niger, will be tantamount to employing undemocratic means to achieve a democratic end,” Maharaj Ji said in the statement obtained on Sunday.
The PUNCH reports that Tinubu, who doubles as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, had on Friday written to the Nigerian Senate to seek support for “military build-up and deployment of personnel for military intervention to enforce compliance of the military junta in Niger should they remain recalcitrant.”
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