Felix Duru Mbah

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacchaeus Adedeji, is not growing grey hairs over becoming governor of Oyo State. He is focused on his present assignment, his aide, Dare Adekanmbi, has said. Speaking on a popular radio programme in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, Adekanmbi explained that: “When Zacch Adedeji was in government (under the late Abiola Ajimobi), he never saw himself as being in government of a political party. "He thought of being in government for the people of Oyo State; if anybody went to see him, he threw his doors open. “You go…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Reprieve came the way of defaulters of ground rent payment in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as they have been handed a lifeline of two weeks to pay up. The breather, which came late on Monday, May 26, followed presidential intervention in the matter. FCTA officials had said the cumulative debt overhang topped N6.9billion over time. Recall that operatives of FCT Administration (FCTA) had, earlier same day, stormed some business outlets in the nation's capital over the ground rent matter, in the process sealing a popular Access Bank branch and a Total Filling Station in high…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and Abuja, and the Christian Media Forum (CMF), Kaduna, have expressed rude shock over the sudden death of a prominent Christian leader, Rev. David Ayuba Azzaman, in Southern part of Kaduna State. Rev. Azzaman, a popular Kaduna-based evangelist and serial critic of then-Governor Nasir El-Rufai's governance style, reportedly died in a fatal car accident on Sunday along Idion axis of Kaduna State. The Christian bodies expressed "deep sorrow" over the death of the evangelist, popularly known as Azzaman Azzaman, in press statements issued by leaders of…

By Felix Durumbah In arguably the biggest development of its ongoing enforcement drive over non-payment of ground rent by organizations and others, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) today sealed the national headquarters of main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The sprawling edifice of the former governing political party is located in Wuse 5 district of Abuja, the nation's capital. FCTA said it was sealed for failure to pay ground rent. Lere Olayinka, media aide to FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, confirmed the development to newsmen. “FCTA seals PDP Secretariat in Zone 5 Abuja. It was revoked for not paying ground…

By Felix Durumbah The ongoing hustle by operatives of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to shut and take over some business premises in the nation's capital, Abuja, over non-payment of ground rent, ran into a hitch in Wuse axis of the city today. The operatives, with complement of armed security agents, have already sealed the popular Access Bank branch in Wuse and Total Filling Station, also in same district, this morning. But their bid to take over the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) office, a sister government outfit, located in same Wuse, was stiffly resisted. Some staff and security men…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja Panic spread through individual and corporate residents of the nation's capital, Abuja, today as Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) moved swiftly to shut some visible business outlets over the latter's failure to pay the statutory ground rent on their premises. Sealed were an Access Bank branch and a Total petrol station located in high brow Wuse. FCTA accused them of non-payment of ground rent for 34 years, saying about N6.9billion in total is being owed the Administration by several defaulters. Ground rent,in legal terms, refers to regular payments made by a holder of a leasehold property…