Signature TV News Highlight: Insecurity: Abia State Governor moves to evacuate over 200 Abia students from UNIJOS over insecurity
15 More Abducted Bethel School Students Regain Freedom
Fifteen more abducted students of Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state have regained their freedom.
Although the government or security agencies are yet to confirm the development, a source in the school told newsmen that the 15 students were released on Sunday after a ransom was paid to the bandits. Bandits suspected to be kidnappers had on July 5 attacked the school and took away 121 students from their hostels.#
Kaduna insecurity: Gunmen attack Zangon Kataf LGA, raze houses, many dead, one injured
An attack on Ungwan Dooh community in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state on Sunday, has left a number of people dead and houses razed.
According to the Kaduna state government, nine corpses were recovered following a search of the community, and one person is being treated in hospital for bullet wounds.
The government said the perpetrators fled when they saw troops from Operation Safe Haven enforcing the peace in the area.
The troops have also rescued 12 persons who were fleeing from the attackers.
The government said search and rescue operations are still underway and the precise number of casualties will be made public soon.#
Insecurity: Ikpeazu moves to evacuate over 200 Abia students from UNIJOS
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has dispatched a team led by his Special Assistant on Students Affairs, Mr Chibuzo Ndom, to the university in Jos, Plateau State, to evacuate all students of Abia origin who are currently stranded as a result of the recent violence and subsequent closure of the institution.
This move was following an alarm raised by the students of the University of Jos, Plateau State last Thursday over continued attacks on them by hoodlums, whom they said had killed four students in the last five days,
According to the state Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, the contingent from Abia which includes security personnel are expected to ensure the safe return of the over 200 students of Abia origin back to the state capital, Umuahia, where the evacuees will be welcomed by the Governor.#
COVID-19 third wave: Lagos records 500 deaths, blames inbound passengers for spread
Amid COVID-19 third wave, Lagos State Government has disclosed that over 500 death cases have been recorded so far at various isolation centres across the state.
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who spoke on Sunday, while giving an update on the management of COVID-19 in the state, said Since the commencement of the isolation of passengers from the red-listed countries of,South Africa, India, Brazil and Turkey.
According to him, the Lagos State response has successfully quarantined 4,448 passengers as at August 19, 2021 and identified 58 passengers of Interest. #
Nigeria: FIRS Insists on Collecting VAT, Warns Taxpayers Against Default
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed taxpayers in the country to continue to pay their Value Added Tax (VAT) or risk penalties for failing to do so.
The FIRS said it decided to issue the directive following numerous enquiries in view of a recent court ruling obtained by Rivers State at a Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, that states, and not the federal government, are constitutionally empowered to collect VAT.
The FIRS, in a statement titled, Rivers Judgment FIRS Urges Taxpayers to Continue to Pay VAT, argued that since it had already appealed the Rivers judgment seeking a stay of execution order, the status quo ante subsists on the VAT collection authority, hence taxpayers should continue to pay their VAT to the commission. #
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