Tag: rivers
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How a boy I fed, clothed arranged for my kidnap in Rivers – Businessman
A businessman, Alex Arthur, has narrated how a boy he fed and clothed contracted a gang to kidnap him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
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Dakuku urges Gov Wike to urgently reactivate flood control master plan in Rivers
The 2015 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside has called on Governor Nyesom Wike to urgently reactivate the drainage master plan put in place by his predecessor, Rt Hon Chibuike Amaechi. Dr Peterside spoke against the terrible flooding being experienced in several parts of Port Harcourt and…
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Masari tackles Lagos, Rivers, other states demanding direct collection of VAT
The Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has carpeted his counterparts who are demanding direct collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) by individual states. Recall that Rivers and Lagos states recently set in motion, plans to collect VAT directly from companies domiciled in their states. However, the move by Rivers has been halted by a…
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Wike inaugurates four-man Tax Appeal Commission in Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated a four-man Tax Appeal Commission. The governor charged
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Daggers drawn over VAT collection in Rivers as FIRS appeals court judgement
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Wednesday said it has appealed the judgement of the Federal High Court in Rivers which held that the agency does not have the right to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) in the state.
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Govt. may reimpose lockdown in Rivers – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Monday threatened to re-imposed the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to comply with COVID-19 protocols. Wike said this in a broadcast in Port Harcourt. He said that daily figures released from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that both the transmission and death rates in…
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Helicopter shoots passenger boat in Rivers
A yet-to-be identified helicopter has reportedly shot at a local passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State. There are fears of casualties, with some occupants severely hurt and rushed to the hospital. An eye witnesses at the Bonny-Nembe waterside where the boat took off from in Port Harcourt, told newsmen that…
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Police rescue kidnap victim from forest in Rivers
Rivers State Police Command said it had rescued one Enyindah Lawson-Ndu who was kidnapped at Elelenwo community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State last Thursday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Sp Nnamdi Omoni, who disclosed this in a statement, on Wednesday, said the victim was rescued in a forest in Kono-Boue in Khana…
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Court declares Rivers, not FG should collect VAT, income taxes, others
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has declared Rivers Government, not the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) should collect the Valued Added Tax (VAT) and Personal Income Tax (PIT) in the State. The Court presided over by Justice Stephen Dalyop Pam also issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Federal Inland Revenue…
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Cultists behead security chief in Rivers
Suspected cultists have killed two persons in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.The one killed in Omudioga, Emohua council in Rivers, was beheaded. He was identified as Alex Umezuruike, commander of the area’s Security Planning and Advisory Committee (OSPAC). He was said to have been shot many times before his attackers killed and beheaded him with…