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The police have raided another illegal Islamic rehabilitation centre in the Rigasa area of Kaduna State.

This time, the state governor, Mr Nasir El-Rufai, was present as security operatives stormed the illegal facility in Igabi Local Government Area of the state.

About 147 victims with some of them in chains were rescued from the facility popularly known as Malam Niga’s Rehabilitation Centre.

Among those rescued included 22 females and four foreigners while the owner of the centre was whisked away by security operatives for interrogation.

The rescued victims were later evacuated to the Hajj Camp in Mando area of the state capital for further profiling and medical attention.

According to the government, the victims would be reunited with their families upon the completion of the exercise.

Reactions as a Senator proposes for Nigerians to pay communications tax, as a solution to the country's revenue crisis.

Sen. Ndume, in an interview with Channels TV, he gave reasons why the tax is very important.

This said Bill seeks to impose and collect communication services tax (CST or levy) on charges payable by consumers of electronic communication services in Nigeria (excluding private electronic communication services) at the rate of 9%.

Key highlights of the Bill are as follows:

Electronic communication services subject to the levy include: voice calls, SMS, MMS, data usage (both from Telecommunication Services Providers and Internet Service Providers), Pay per View TV Stations etc.

The tax is to be paid together with the electronic communication service charge payable to the service provider by the user of the service.

The tax is payable whether or not the person making the supply is permitted or authorized to provide electronic communications services.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is responsible for collecting the tax from service providers and remitting it into the Federation Account.

All service providers are expected to file monthly returns not later than the last working day of the month immediately after the month to which the tax returns and payment relate.

Penalty for failure to file returns on or before the due date is N50,000 and an additional N10,000 for each day the returns are not submitted.


Failure to pay the tax by the due date attracts monthly interest on the tax due at a rate of 150% of the average of prevailing commercial banks’ lending rates as published by the Central Bank of Nigeria and for this purpose, part of one month shall be deemed to be one month.

Where interest payable is not paid within one month after the due date, interest shall be paid on the unpaid interest at the same rate and manner on the unpaid tax.

Where tax, penalty and/ or interest is due, FIRS may apply to the Court for an order that compels an individual or business who holds money for or on account of the service provider to pay to the FIRS that money or so much of it as is sufficient to discharge amount due.

Where this situation continues, FIRS may apply to the Court for an order to distrain the assets, goods, etc. of the service provider.

In the case of liquidation or bankruptcy, the tax, due shall take precedence over other obligations.


For the purpose of verification of taxes due to government, an agent would be appointed to establish both electronic and physical monitoring mechanisms to monitor, analyse, verify and save all necessary data and information.

A service provider who refuses to provide access to its relevant network for government or its appointed agent commits an offence and is liable to a penalty of 5% of annual gross revenue of the last audited financial statements and if situation persists after 90 days, National Communications Commission (NCC) may revoke the operating license of that service provider.

The internet is on frenzy to photos that surfaced this afternoon, of BBNaija star, Frodd kissing Juliet Ibrahim at an event.

Is this an indication that the duo are already into something without hesitation?

Recall that months back, the stunning screen goddess, Juliet Ibrahim, made a public broadcast that she is seeking a boyfriend like Big Brother Naija housemate, Frodd after watching footage of the young man washing the underwear of Esther, his love interest.

In videos she posted on her Insta Story months back, the 33-year-old Ibrahim, who reportedly had not been that lucky with love, disclosed that she wants her own Frodd in a joking manner.