Naija News looks at the top happenings making headlines on the front pages of Nigeria’s national newspapers today Wednesday, March, 2nd 2022. The Federal Government’s plan to retain the collection of Value Added Tax despite a Federal High Court ruling, hit a brick wall on Tuesday as the National Assembly rejected a proposal seeking to shift the collection of VAT from the concurrent to the exclusive legislative list, effectively leaving the decision to the Supreme Court which is hearing the matter, The PUNCH reports. Read More...
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April 18, 1932 12:00 AM GMT-5
Onetime home port for Scarface Al Capone’s mob, Cicero, Ill. has become a U. S. household synonym for murder and vice. There fell Assistant State’s Attorney William McSwiggin under gangland bullets. Frank Capone, Al’s brother, died violently there. Musicomedienne Rosetta Duncan had her nose smashed there. Last week Cicero turned over a new political leaf. In the election for village president, State Senator Richey Graham, son-in-law of Mayor Anton Joseph Cermak of Chicago, saw an opportunity to break the Republicans’ 16-year grip on Cicero. Read More...
Regina Daniels, the wife of Nigerian senator Ned Nwoko, has shared a video where she addressed Nigerians about the protestIt is no longer news that the nationwide protest began on Thursday, August 1, 2024, and will run till the 10th day of the monthRegina urged Nigerians to be peaceful while protesting, noting that violence defeats the main purposeNigerian actress and politician Regina Daniels has shared a post concerning the nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance. Read More...