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It is the view of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, that Nigeria has now become the technology investment destination in Sub-Saharan Africa just as he asserted that the Buhari administration will continue to step up efforts in providing stable macroeconomic, conducive business environment, infrastructure and security nationwide.    He also noted that Nigeria can reap more rewards from maximizing its immense potential, especially that of its youths, in a sustainable way in a knowledge-based economy. This is especially so because there is indeed a shortage of tech talents in the world, and Nigerian youths can fill that global gap.    Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Thursday during a one-day working visit to Kaduna State, where he was the Special Guest of Honour at the Kaduna Economic & Investment Summit (KADINVEST 6.0), with the theme, “Towards a Sustainable Knowledge-based Economy." KADINVEST, now in its sixth edition, is a platform to showcase and promote Kaduna Sta

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved ruling on an application by Lagos State to be made a respondent in the appeal filed by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The appeal by the FIRS is against August 9, 2021 judgment by Justice Steven Pam of the Federal High Court in Port-Harcourt, voiding the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act and holding the states could collect VAT. The appeal barred Lagos from joining Rivers in VAT war in court  A three-man panel, led by Justice Haruna Simon Tsanami, after listening to arguments by lawyers to parties on Thursday, said they would be informed when the ruling was ready.

ALTON has conducted a robust assessment of the directive in accordance with internationally accepted principles.” According to the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool, the blockade costs Nigeria’s economy N103.17m ($250,600) every hour. It has been 2,400 hours since the FG banned Twitter. However according to Statista Twitter loses $6000,000 dollars in 100 days. Recently, the Presidency through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it was close to an agreement with Twitter and would soon lift the ban. Nigeria is a member of an exclusive list of countries such as China, Iran, and North Korea where Twitter is banned. Since the ban, the use of Virtual Private Networks has risen. A firm, ExpressVPN had said that it recorded an increase of over 200 per cent in web traffic from Nigeria since the Federal Government banned microblogging site.

Court of appeal ordered Lagos and Rivers states to maintain status quo on VAT. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered both Rivers and Lagos States to maintain status quo on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, pending the determination of an appeal that was lodged before it by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS. Specifically, it ordered all the parties that have subjected themselves before it to “refrain from taking any action to give effect to the judgement of the Rivers State High Court”, which gave Rivers State Government the right to collect VAT revenue, instead of the FIRS. A three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani made the order after it deferred hearing of an application Lagos State filed to be joined as an interested party in the matter, till September 16.

 The shortlisted candidates names were revealed in a public notice for advertisment in the newspapers on Wednesday. The notice was signed by the Acting Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Secretary of the LPPC, Mrs Hajo Bello According to the notice, the candidates emerged from both the advocate filtration stages and academic pre-qualification exercise, “preparatory to the award of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria for the year 2021. 95 are of the Advocate category, while the remaining 35 are of the academic category in the released list. See full list 1. OFFIA FELIX OTA, ESQ. 2. NWAFOR-ORIZU ORJI, ESQ. 3. ADENIYI ANTHONY ADEMUYIWA, ESQ. 4. UMEH PHILIP NDUBUISI EVARISTUS, ESQ. 5. OVRAWAH OGAGA, ESQ. 6. UGBODUMA JOHNSON TARIGHO OMOPHE, ESQ. 7. AFUBA PETER AGUIGOM, ESQ. 8. ODIONU JOHNSON, ESQ. 9. ABUBAKAR ADAMU, ESQ. 10. AJOSE-ADEOGUN OLAOTAN OLUSEGUN, ESQ. 11. WEST-IDAHOSA EHIOGIE, ESQ. 12. AWA UCHE SUNDAY, ESQ. 13. MEKWUNYE CHARLES DUMBIRI, ESQ. 14. OGU

Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, on Monday, September 6, 2021 dismissed the 'no- case submission' filed by Tahiru Saidu Daura, a co-defendant to Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as ''Mama Boko Haram’’ who is being prosecuted for an alleged fraud to the tune of N25million. The first defendant, Wakil who is the Chief Executive Officer of Complete Care and Aid Foundation, is facing trial alongside Prince Lawal Shoyade and Tahiru Saidu Daura, Programme Manager and Country Director respectively. The  defendants were arraigned on Thursday, March 5, 2020, by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for fraudulently obtaining the sum of N25million (Twenty Five Million Naira). The defendants allegedly obtained the sum from one Adam Mustapha Mohammed, the CEO of Kauram Global Enterprises under the guise of supplying seven (7) X-ray machines Model 1600 and Solar Energy Brand worth N25million to Kauram Glob

About nine hundred and eighty students who were duly admitted into the Taraba State University, Jalingo have reportedly lost their admission due to their inability to register within the specified period of time and participate in the just-concluded matriculation exercise carried out by the institution. The school Vice-Chancellor, Professor Vincent Ado Tenebe who confirmed the withdrawal of their admission letters, said out of the 5,870 students recently given admission, only 4, 890 registered and took the matriculation oath. However, 980 of the students admitted did not register or physically appear during the matriculation in the just-concluded matriculation exercise carried out by the institution.