Edun: Implementation of New Tax Laws Will Be Monitored to Ensure Fairness, Equity Declares mounting of roadblocks for tax collection now illegal Tinubu nominates Oyedele as Finance Minister of State, redeploys Anite-Uzoka to budget ministry
Deji Elumoye and Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, yes-
terday assured that the new tax laws will be monitored to ensure transparency, fairness and equity.
Edun gave the assurance on the same day President Bola Tinubu nominated Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as
the Minister of State for Finance, replacing Dr. Doris Anite-Uzoka. Edun, spoke in Abuja, yesterday,
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Wale Igbintade
The Medical and Dental Council of
Nigeria (MDCN) has established a prima facie case of medical negligence and professional misconduct
in the death of Master Nkanu Adichie-Esege, the 21-month-old son of acclaimed author Chimamanda
Ngozi Adichie. The Council’s findings followed an investigation initiated after a
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L-R: Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Chairman, Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Prince Tajudeen Olusi; and former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, during the state congress of the All Progressives Congress at Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, yesterday