Senate asks FG to recover N447bn from import waivers
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enate yesterday asked the Federal Government to set machineries in motion to recover N447bn illegally
awarded to individuals and companies on import duty waivers, concessions and grants between 2011 and 2015. The waivers, concessions and grants were awarded for rice, sugar,
automobile and hospitality sectors. The lawmakers also urged government to impose severe sanctions against companies found CONTINUED ON PAGE 2>>
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•Lagos, Port Harcourt courts give conflicting judgements •BoT refuses to call for truce
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he crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is far from over as two separate courts in Lagos and Port Harcourt, yesterday, gave conflicting judgment on the outcome of last Saturday’s National Convention of the party. In Lagos, Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court nullified the Ahmed Markafi-led Caretaker Committee constiCONTINUED ON PAGE 2>>
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Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (right) and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, during a courtesy visit on former Vice President at his residence, in Asokoro, Abuja.
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