Day: February 4, 2021

Nigerian Breweries depot sealed over N169 million tax liabilities

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The High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State yesterday, ordered that the Nigerian Breweries (NB) Plc depot in Akure be sealed off pending the settlement of their tax liabilities to the state government. Justice William Akinrotoye also granted the cross-petition of the state government for the recovery of N169.175 million from the company, being the haulage fees it owed for the period 2017 to 2019. Consequent upon series of arguments from both the petitioner and the respondents’ counsel, Justice Akinrotoye ruled in favour of the state government, dismissing the petition…

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Chinese expatriates abducted by labourers in Osun

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Some labourers hired by three Chinese miners have been reportedly abducted on a mining site located at Akere Village near Ifewara, Osun State. Before the men were abducted, it was gathered that a policeman attached to the expatriates was killed. The abduction, it was learnt, occurred following a disagreement between the expatriates and the labourers, said to be mainly northerners, hired to work on the site. The details of what led to the disagreement was however unknown at the moment. A resident of Ifewara town, Gboyega Emmanuel, said that the incident…

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US based Nigerian on vacation killed after kidnappers recieved N10m ransom

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Prince Eloniyo Dennis Abuda, a Nigerian based in the United States of America, was kidnapped on Saturday, January 30, 2021 along the Benin-Akure road on his way to Lagos from Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State. Later, the decomposing body of Prince Abuda was found on Tuesday near the small town of Agbanikaka, Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. Prince Abuda who was based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States was kidnapped near Agbanikaka with some of his family members including a woman who was…

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