What happens when the laws a government is enforcing are not the same laws its parliament approved? In this episode of The Other Side, Rimamnde Shawulu Kwewum examines a growing constitutional controversy surrounding Nigeria’s new tax regime. Allegations have emerged that the tax laws currently being implemented differ from the versions passed by the National…
The senator representing Plateau south senatorial district, Simon Lalong, has urged President Bola Tinubu to fill Plateau state’s vacant ministerial slot. Lalong, a former governor of the state stated this on Monday at the stakeholders meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jos. Lalong was appointed minister of labour and employment by President Bola…
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba state, under the umbrella of Progressives Frontliners (PF), have raised the alarm over alleged plans by two lawmakers, elected on the platform of the party, to defect to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. In a statement, the group which championed grassroots…
The convoy of Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, was attacked on Saturday by gunmen, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. The Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, made the disclosure in a statement in Lokoja. He said the attack took place near a Naval Base, few kilometers away from Lokoja, the state capital. Fanwo alleged that the gunmen…
Minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned politicians against destroying the “ladder” they used to get to exalted positions. Wike spoke on Sunday when traditional rulers of Ogbaland visited him at his Port Harcourt residence to felicitate with him on his 56th birthday. In the past few weeks, Wike and successor,…
Three persons, including a pastor, have been killed in fresh attacks by bandits on Suwa and Ding’ak communities, Mushere chiefdom of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau state. The attacks were said to have occurred on Friday August 8, around 2pm. Kefas Mallai, Chairman of Community Peace Observers in Bokkos, confirmed the killings in an interview…
