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NATIONAL NEWS JUNE 5, 2021

1 year ago Editor

FIRS INTRODUCES NEW TAX PLATFORM FOR NIGERIANS.
ON FOREIGN SCENE, 3 DIE IN TURKISH DRONE ATTACK.
ON SPORTS, ATHLETIC FEDERATION RELEASES TIMETABLE FOR NEW BOARD ELECTION.

ABUJA/PROTEST

A GROUP OF WOMEN UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE AMALGAMATION OF NORTHERN WOMEN ASSOCIATIONS HAVE DEMANDED A REFERENDUM TO ALLOW BIAFRAN AGITATORS TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO REMAIN IN NIGERIA.

COORDINATOR OF THE GROUP, HADIZA ADAMU DURING A PROTEST IN ABUJA, SAID NIGERIA’S HISTORY HAS SHOWN THAT WOMEN CARRY THE HEAVY BURDEN OF WAR AND ACTS OF INSURRECTIONS AND TERRORISM, HENCE THE NEED FOR THE COUNTRY MUST SHEAT ITS SWORD.

ADAMU, WHO LAMENTED THE AFTERMATH OF THE 1967 TO 71 WAR AND SUFFERINGS THAT LEFT LIFETIME SCARS IN THE HEARTS OF THE WOMEN, WARNED THAT ANOTHER WAR AND INSURRECTION SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

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SHE ALSO CALLED ON PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND LEADERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, TO IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR A REFERENDUM IN THE COUNTRY.

FIRS/NEW TAX PLATFORM

THE FEDERAL INLAND REVENUE SERVICE, FIRS HAS INTRODUCED A NEW TAX ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA.

FIRS CHAIRMAN, MUHAMMAD NAMI MADE THIS KNOWN IN A PUBLIC NOTICE.

NAMI SAID LAUNCH OF THE NEW PLATFORM MADE IT MANDATORY FOR ALL TAXPAYERS TO HAVE A DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, DIN BEFORE THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR TAX RETURNS.

THE CHAIRMAN, WHO NOTED THAT THE NEW PLATFORM WOULD BE THE SOLE CHANNEL FOR FILING NAIRA-DENOMINATED TAX RETURNS IN THE COUNTRY FROM JUNE 7, 2021, ADDED THAT THE NEW SOLUTION WOULD ALSO OPTIMIZE THE TAX PAYMENT PROCESS, BY MAKING IT EASIER AND FASTER.

NYSC/SCRAPPING

THE SOUTH WEST DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS, OLUWAFUNMAYO AKIN-MOSES, HAS DESCRIBED THE SCHEME AS A VEHICLE FOR DEVELOPING THE MANPOWER AND GENERATION OF YOUTH EMPLOYMENT.

AKIN-MOSES, MADE THE DESCRIPTION DURING A CEREMONY HELD TO CELEBRATE THE 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORPS AT THE PERMANENT ORIENTATION CAMP, EDE, OSUN STATE.

ACCORDING TO HER, NYSC IS ALSO AN AGENT OF PEACE AND PROGRESS IN NIGERIA AND AS SUCH, CALLING FOR IT TO BE SCRAPPED WOULD END UP DOING A LOT OF HARM THAN GOOD TO THE GENERALITY OF YOUTHS WAITING TO BENEFIT FROM IT.

SPORTS

NEW ROMA MANAGER, JOSE MOURINHO, HAS NAMED MANCHESTER CITY’S RUBEN DIAS AS THE BEST CENTRE-BACK IN WORLD FOOTBALL AHEAD OF EURO 2020.

DIAS WAS ON SATURDAY NAMED 2020/21 PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE SEASON AFTER HE LED MAN CITY TO WIN THE TITLE.

THE 24-YEAR-OLD JOINED PEP GUARDIOLA’S SIDE FROM BENFICA LAST SEPTEMBER.

ON ENTERTAINMENT

POPULAR NIGERIAN SINGER, TENI APATA HAS CALLED ON HER FANS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE OVER THE WIDE SPREAD OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

TENI MADE THE CALL WHEN REVEALING THAT SHE CONTRACTED COVID-19 AT SOME POINT WITHOUT GIVEN FURTHER INFORMATION ON WHERE OR HOW SHE CONTRACTED THE VIRUS.

FOR DETAIL OF THIS AND MORE FROM THE SHOWBIZ WORLD, BECKY B IS STANDING.

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ON SPORTS

THE ATHLETIC FEDERATION OF NIGERIA, AFN HAS RELEASED TIMETABLE FOR THE ELECTIVE CONGRESS COMING UP ON JUNE 14, 2021.

FOR DETAIL OF HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF SPORTS, LET’S JOIN AKINSEYE AKINMOLAYAN.

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EKITI/POLICE

EKITI STATE POLICE COMMAND HAVE BEGUN INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ALLEGED KILLING OF AN OPERATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE SERVICE BY SOLDIERS ON JUNE 4 IN THE STATE

THE STATE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, SUNDAY ABUTU CONFIRMED TO NEWSMEN THAT THE VICTIM WAS ALLEGEDLY KILLED DURING AN ARGUMENT WITH SOME SOLDIERS AT A HOTEL IN ADO EKITI, THE STATE CAPITAL.

ABUTU SAID SUSPECTED PERPETRATORS OF THE MURDER HAD BEEN ARRESTED WHILE CORPSE OF THE DECEASED HAD BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE MORGUE.

FOREIGN

THREE CIVILIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN A TURKISH DRONE ATTACK ON A REFUGEE CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ IN AN AREA WHICH TURKISH PRESIDENT, RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN RECENTLY THREATENED TO CLEAN UP.

KURDISH LAWMAKER, RASHAD GALALI CONFIRMED TO NEWSMEN THAT TURKEY’S DRONE STRIKE HIT A PLAYGROUND NEAR A SCHOOL IN THE UNITED NATIONS-SUPPORTED MAKHMUR CAMP SET UP IN THE LATE 1990S TO HOUSE KURDISH REFUGEES FROM TURKEY, KILLING 3 CIVILLIANS AND INJURING 2.

PRESIDENT ERDOGAN, SPEAKING ON THE INCIDENT, ACCUSED TURKEY’S OUTLAWED KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY OF USING THE MOUNTAINOUS AREA IN IRAQ’S NORTH AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR ITS INSURGENCY AGAINST THE TURKISH STATE.

HE HOWEVER WARNED THAT IF UN DOES NOT CLEAN UP THE DISTRICT, THE COUNTRY WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT IN ITS CAPACITY AS A UN MEMBER STATE.