SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH.

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 SENATE ADJOURNS EMERGENCY PLENARY ON STATE POLICE OVER REP’S DEATH. The Senate today suspended consideration of the highly anticipated State Police Bill and all other legislative business at its emergency plenary session to honour the memory of Hon. Yaya Tongo, a member of the House of Representatives, whose death cast a sombre mood over the National Assembly. The upper chamber had reconvened from recess amid expectations that lawmakers would accelerate action on the proposed constitutional amendment seeking to establish state police across the federation, a measure widely seen as a major step in the ongoing effort to reform Nigeria’s security architecture. However, proceedings were cut short after Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the death of Tongo, who represented the Kwami/Funakaye Federal Constituency of Gombe State in the House of Representatives. Hon. Tongo passed away at Nizamiye Hospital in Abuja on June 12, 2026, following a brief illness. His death triggered a...
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STAKEHOLDERS CALL FOR N100M TURNOVER THRESHOLD FOR SMALL BUSINESS TAX EXEMPTION. (PHOTO).

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 Stakeholders call for N100m turnover threshold for small business tax exemption


Stakeholders have urged the federal government to increase the turnover threshold for small businesses to be exempt from the new Withholding Tax (WHT) regulation from N25 million to N100 million. While they welcomed the government’s efforts to ease the tax burden on businesses, they argued that N25 million is too low given current economic realities.


They praised the policy for supporting small businesses but emphasized the need for a higher threshold to better reflect inflation and the devaluation of the naira.

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