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Buhari’s Tribunal victory, FUOYE Killings, VAT increment, Xenophobic attacks: Nigeria returnees from South Africa and other controversial news dominated the socio-political discourse this week.Here are the stories:The tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the PDP and Atiku for failing to substantiate their petitions.
The tribunal further stated that Buhari’s failure to tender his certificates while submitting compulsory documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission did not translate to not possessing the certificate or not being educated up to secondary school level.The tribunal also struck out the petition that the February 23 presidential election results were electronically transmitted.
The convoy of Bisi Fayemi, the wife of the Ekiti State governor, was also allegedly attacked during the protest. The delegation visited Usi Ekiti and Ido Ekiti where the families of Dada Kehinde and Okonufua Joseph, respectively, stay.The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said that the proposed increase of the Value-Added Tax rate from 5 to 7.5 per cent by the federal government is subject to the review and approval of the National Assembly.
The committee, inaugurated on January 9 this year, was mandated to profer advice on ways to realise alternative sources of raising funds for the implementation of the new minimum wage by the government. Their flight, which was scheduled to take off at 9:10 am, was delayed for about seven hours. Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, confirmed that immigration issues triggered the delay.
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