Tag: 2021
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Budget: Nigerians to pay more taxes in 2021
By Emman Ovuakporie From all indications, 2021 is going to showcase another wave of increased taxes as President Muhamnadu Buhari proposes another 2020 Finance Bill to midwife the 2021 Budget. Recall that while making the 2021 Budget presentation to a joint session of the National Assembly, last Thursday the President said an accompanying Finance Bill…
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TNG Sunday Interview: 2021 Budget not in alignment with Nigeria’s economic reality – Hon. Teejay Yusuf
Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf is an Economist, a third timer in the House of Representatives, represents Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency of Kogi State, former Chairman Reps Committee on Capital Market in the 8th Assembly, a former executive, National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, a vibrant member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in this chat with TheNewsGuru.com,…
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Real Famine Imminent in 2020 and early 2021, By Dele Sobowale
“0803-577-0940 Good day Uncle Dele. We’re back to the stark realities of one of your forecasts. We’ld embark once more into maize importation. Since the farmers cannot farm again because of Fulani herdsmen, here we are back to the dark ages.,,” The message arrived on September 4, 2020. I kept it till now because…
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Tokyo confirms venues, schedule for Olympic Games
The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced that all the venues intended for the Games in 2021 have been secured and the sports competition schedule confirmed. A statement on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) website said that the decision was taken at the IOC virtual session held on Friday. ”This marks a significant step for the…
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Pst. Adeboye: God told me only those whose time had come will die of Coronavirus [Video]
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), on Sunday said God revealed to him that only those whose time have come will be killed by Covid-19, he added that great things will come out of the lockdown imposed due to the deadly coronavirus. Adeboye in a sermon during a…
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COVID-19: Afro Nation postpones festival to 2021
Afro Nation, an annual event celebrating Africans in the diaspora, has deferred its 2020 festival, initially billed to hold in Portugal, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Coordinators of the music event broke the news in a statement via the festival’s blog on Monday, with the change in its schedule being without refund on tickets purchased…
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Tokyo Olympic games set for July 2021
Tokyo Olympics organisers are eyeing next July as a start date for the postponed Games, Japanese media reported yesterday, following the historic decision to delay the event due to the coronavirus. Given the on-going pandemic and need for preparation time, the most likely plan would be for the Games to begin on July 23, 2021,…
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Cameroon accepts to host 2021 AFCON – CAF
Cameroon have “officially accepted” to host the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament, CAF have revealed in a statement. This comes after Cameroon were stripped of the right to host the 2019 tournament. Without stating how Cameroon were invited to stage the 2021 edition, CAF said the Central Africans had accepted to organise the…