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NEC Demands Withdrawal of Tax Reform Bills at NASS
The National Executive Council (NEC) on Thursday recommended the withdrawal of the four tax reform bills sent to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu.
The NEC presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima, decided at its meeting held at the Presidential Villa.
Membership of the NEC includes the governors of Nigeria’s 36 states. Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, who was one of the attendees who briefed journalists, said the NEC called for the withdrawal so that “we can have wider consultations and also build consensus around these reforms…”
President Tinubu sent the four bills to the National Assembly as part of efforts to overhaul Nigeria’s tax system.
The bills seek to, among others, create a central revenue service that will collect all government revenues including those currently being collected by agencies like the customs and the ports authority.
The bills also seek to allocate more VAT revenues to states but would allow states where the VATs are generated to get the lion’s share. It is that latter position that northern leaders believe would not favour states in the region.
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Awujale’s burial holds today in Ijebu-Ode
A statement signed by the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, stated that the burial will take place by 4:00 p.m.
The remains of the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebu Ode, Oba Sikuru Kayode Adetona, will be committed to mother earth at his Ogbagba Court, Igbeba residence, in Ijebu-Ode.
A release signed by the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr Tokunbo Talabi, stated that the burial will take place by 4:00 p.m.
The revered monarch joined his ancestors on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the age of 91.He urged residents of the state to remember the families of the revered monarch in their prayers.
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A heartbreaking video online shows Zahra, the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, visibly distraught, crying and shouting on a street in London upon receiving the news of her father’s passing.
The video, shared by Dele Momodu and Mubarak Ibrahim Rano captures Zahra, clad in an orange outfit, falling to her knees and crying outside the hospital where the former President died.
The family members were also seen crying profusely in the video.
Ohibaba.com had earlier reported that Mr. Buhari gave up the ghost on Sunday afternoon after battling an illness suspected to be Leukemia.
Reacting to the Development, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed the Vice President, Kashim Shettimma and his Chief Of staff, Femi Gbajabiamila to head to London and accompany Buhari’s body back to Nigeria for a State Burial.
Watch tthe video below:
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Buhari ‘s friend, Awujale of Ijebu dies today at 91
The monarch died on Sunday, just hours after the announcement of the death of Muhammadu Buhari, his longtime friend and former president.
•Awujale of Ijebu and Muhammadu Buhari.
Sikiru Kayode Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebuland, has died at the age of 91.
The monarch died on Sunday, just hours after the announcement of the death of Muhammadu Buhari, his longtime friend and former president.
Adetona ascended the throne on April 2, 1960, and reigned for over 64 years, making him one of the longest-serving traditional rulers in Nigerian history.
His friendship with Buhari dated back to the 1980s and was cemented under extraordinary circumstances.
In 1983, just before Buhari’s military coup, Olabisi Onabanjo, then Ogun state governor, had already signed a formal order deposing Adetona.
The removal was scheduled to take effect on January 2, 1984.
But the coup of December 31, 1983 — which toppled Nigeria’s civilian government — halted the plan.
Buhari’s intervention inadvertently preserved the Awujale’s reign.
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