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Lagos backpedals, reviews land use charge downwards
March 15, 2018
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Governor Ambode of Lagos State The Lagos State Government on Thursday buckled under pressure, reducing all levies for its new Land Use Charge (LUC) that had attracted public outcry in the state. The reduction came two days after the Ikeja branch of the Nigeria Bar Association in Lagos marched against the new law, with its chairman, Mr Adeshina Ogunlana, describing the protest as a clear no to oppressive tax regime in Lagos State. The Committee for Defence of Human…

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SUSPECT WHO STABBED WITNESS IN COURT, SHOT DEAD
March 15, 2018
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  A gang member on trial was shot dead when he launched himself onto a witness in an attempt to stab him. Siale Angilau, a member of the Tongan Crips gang, was filmed grabbing a pen or pencil before running towards the witness, another gang member. Court footage shows the witness sinking out of the way before a US Marshal shot Angilau, 25, four times. The clip of the incident that took place in 2014 has only now been…

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Emirates crew member jumps, crashes through emergency door
March 15, 2018
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One of the crew members of an Emirates Airlines aircraft due to depart Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport has sustained life-threatening injuries after jumping off the emergency door. The Flight – EK 730 had just delivered passengers to Entebbe on Wednesday and was preparing to load other passengers for Dubai when the incident happened. A source at the airport said that the yet-to-be-identified crew member was immediately evacuated and taken to a hospital. The cause of the incident was not…

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Bi-Courtney assures Arik Air of hitch-free operations from MMA2
March 15, 2018
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  MMA2 Ikeja, Lagos ticketing complex Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), has assured the management of Arik Air of seamless passenger facilitation, as the airline begins its scheduled flight operations from the terminal to Port Harcourt International Airport on Saturday. A statement by the spokesman of BASL, Steve Omolale, said with its spacious ticketing and departure hall, as well as modern facilities, such as automated check-in counters, smooth escalators/elevators, waiting…

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Ekiti Landlords Protest Against BEDC Over hoarding of Prepaid meters, ‘Fraudulent’ Electricity Tariffs
March 14, 2018
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The illusive Prepaid meter Ekiti Landlords and landladies resident in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against Benin Electricity Distribution Company(BEDC) over alleged hoarding of prepaid meters and ‘over-billing’. The protesters, who operated under the auspices of Ado Ekiti Landlords and Landladies Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ALLECA), alleged the company of demanding for a sum of N40,000 from landlords before proving prepaid meters, describing the action as tantamount to fraud and extortion. The…

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ARIK AIRCRAFT CATCHES FIRE AIRBORNE LAGOS – ACCRA FLIGHT ROUTE — EYE WITNESS
March 14, 2018
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  Arik Aircraft loading passengers for an air trip…. recently. “I boarded Arik air flight W3304 to Accra on Tuesday 06/03/2018. The name of the aircraft is STEPHEN. It was a Dash 8 NextGen propeller aircraft. The flight took off precisely 7.20pm (Lagos time) “35 minutes into the 55 minutes flight, I started perceiving something smelling like a burning stuff. Shortly after the guy sitting next to me asked if I perceived any smell of burning stuff and that…

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Nigeria Customs tells court: 34 containers left Apapa Port without duty payment
March 14, 2018
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Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, addressing officers and men of the Service… at a recent event. A Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday heard how 34 containers containing truck heads and other items were moved out of Apapa Port without duty payment. This startling revelation was contained in a three count criminal charge filed by the Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) before Justice Muslim Hassan, against five persons and three companies who were alleged to have smuggled 34…

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Lagos State Land Use Charge and politics of taxation
March 14, 2018
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          Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos, Nigeria. By Reuben Abati The government of Lagos State seems to be currently in the eye of the storm over its introduction of a law, a property tax as it were, known as the Land Use Charge Law of 2018, which repeals a similar law of 2001, and consolidates ground rent, tenement rate, and neigbourhood development levy.  The Land Use Charge is payable in respect of all real estate in the state. But…

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NPFL Fans to Win Dana Air return tickets as Akwa United / Heartland Clash
March 14, 2018
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Dana Air has announced that lovers of the Nigerian Professional Football League teams will stand a chance of winning return air tickets at the rescheduled first leg encounter between Akwa United and Heartland FC on 21st March, in Uyo the Akwa Ibom State capital. According to Dana Air’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, the initiative is to encourage more people to follow the Nigerian league teams and also encourage them to visit the venues of these matches to cheer…

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Ekiti dep. gov. appeals to EKSU staff to suspend strike
March 14, 2018
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Ekiti State deputy governor, Prof. Kolapo Olusola. Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Kolapo Olusola has called on the striking staff of Ekiti State University to suspend strike action and resume work in the interest of the students and the state at large. Prof. Olusola made the call in his office while receiving members of the Federation of Ekiti State Students Union (FESSU) who were on a solidarity rally in support of the continuity agenda of Governor Ayo Fayose. The…

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