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Okah: Obasanjo Subpoenaed, Kingibe, Army Chief to Appear for Defence

The Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has subpoenaed former President Olu-segun Obasanjo, Secretary to the Government of the Federati...

Ogun Speaker Escapes Attack

A six-man gang of armed men suspected to be political thugs yesterday laid siege to the Ogun State legislative quarters, Abeokuta where the Speaker, M...

Shell Engages 4000 Locals to Protect Pipeline

Shell Petroleum Devel-opment Company has entered into an arrangement called Com-munity and Shell Together (CAST) aimed at using people in communitie...

Zamfara Woos Striking Teachers

Zamfara State Gover-nment has urged teachers who have been on strike to return to negotiating table and show some sympathy to the plight of their stud...

12 Students Die in Auto Crash

It was a black Saturday in Lokoja yesterday as 12 students of Government Science Secondary School, Lokoja lost their lives while 19 others sustained v...

ICAN cannot regulate taxation practice CITN president

He is a chartered accountant by training and started his career that has spanned over two decades as an accountant. However, he took to taxation practice having been fired by inner desire to correct the abnormalities in the tax system. Mr Kamurudee Adigun president chartered institute of taxation of Nigeria is blunt on the ways and manner the country’s tax system is being managed. He therefore calls for a radical change, while speaking in this interview which we serve you the excerpts:

2nd Ekiti economic summit: Many questions begging for answers

The theme of the second Ekiti State Economic Summit of 2008 was "Positioning Ekiti State for Accelerated Economic Development." For three days, June 25-27 inclusive, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, was host to several hundreds of people determined to see Ekiti State shed its toga of the poorest state in the South-West Nigeria and perhaps, the second or third poorest in the nation as well.