Today’s Headlines: Wike, Not political Deity—PDP Told, FG Suspends 5 Percent Tax On Calls, Data

2023: Move on; Wike, not political deity — PDP told

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A political pressure group, Deltans Life Matters, Monday, berated the Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike over his demand for the removal of Senator Iyorchia Ayu as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as one of the conditions for him to let go of his grievances after he lost at the presidential primaries to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

The group in a statement by its Global Coordinator, Mr Moses Abeh, told the party to move on and not allow Wike or anyone be a distraction in the build up to the 2023 general elections.

Abeh said: “The PDP 2022 Presidential Primary has come and gone and a winner has emerged. The winner, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has also selected his running mate in the person of Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. Yet, one person who has continued to make a mountain out of a mole hill is Nyesom Wike, the current Governor of Rivers State.

FG Suspends 5 Percent Tax On Calls, Data

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami

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The Federal Government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services.

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, announced this during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector.

The programme held in Abuja on Monday.

Lagos commissioner resigns after Oniru building collapse

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Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Idris Salako has resigned.

Gbenga Omotoso, the Commissioner for Information made the announcement in a statement on Monday.

Omotoso said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has accepted the resignation.

Abba Kyari releases account, assets details

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Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Monday, said the allegation by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, linking him to the ownership of 14 assets, including shopping mall, residential estate, polo playground, lands and farmland, was untrue.

Kyari, a former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, in a statement by his lawyer, Hamza Dan Tani, said the reports were orchestrated by the NDLEA to further tarnish his image.

According to him, the agency resorted to cheap blackmail because “NDLEA’s case in court against Abba Kyari and four others is not going well for them”.

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