Tag: Levy
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Kogi imposes levy on every loaf of bread
Kogi State Information and Communications Commissioner Kingsley Fanwo said yesterday that the newly imposed bread levy in the state was to protect indigenous bakers from those “who bring bread to the state without paying any form of levy.” Fanwo in a statement in Lokoja said no responsible government would “sit by and watch her indigenous…
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Strange ‘terror group’ surfaces in Sokoto, imposes levies on residents
A suspected terrorist group carrying sophisticated weapons is currently in control of Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, applying ‘strange laws’ and punishing defaulters. According to a witness who spoke on condition of anonymity with Premium Times, members of the group, believed to be from Niger Republic, are in possession of assorted weapons, preaching…
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$25,000 ship levy tears Customs CG, SSS boss apart
The heads of two key federal agencies who are also close allies of President Muhammadu Buhari are currently at each other’s throat over collection of $25, 000 of ship levy from vessels that berth at the nation’s ports. The disagreement by the two officials appears to confirm insinuations of division among some leading lights…