blackjack font The Senate will debate the Tax Reform Bills today (Thursday) and may subsequently pass it for a second reading. This came to the fore on Wednesday when the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, who presided over the plenary hinted that the bills would likely be passed today (Thursday). The Senate Leader, Bamidele Opeyemi, stated that the bills would be debated at the plenary on Thursday. He said, “We’d listen to the experts who will guide us, so that we will be able to present the bills and debate them tomorrow (Thursday). His comment followed a dazzling presentation by the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele. Oyedele alongside the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Tax, Zacchaeus Adedeji, Director General of the Budget Office, Tanimu Yakubu, were allowed into the plenary to explain the Tax Reform bills in detail to lawmakers. President Bola Tinubu had earlier in October forwarded four Tax Reforms Bills to the National Assembly. Following the presentation of the bills, controversies at various level had greeted the bills including governors telling lawmakers not to pass the bills. However, on Wednesday, the presentation, which highlighted key aspects of the reforms, garnered significant attention among senators. Oyedele’s comprehensive explanation of the reforms, embedded in four bills currently before the Senate, left a strong impression on many lawmakers. Oyedele, whose committee came up with the reform bills, said the reform was not planned to tax poverty but prosperity and most importantly, to correct lopsided tax gain derivation. He said, “The committee proposes four major bills aimed at overhauling the tax system. “Nigerian Tax Bill seeks to harmonise major taxes into one legislation, simplifies tax processes, and proposes exemptions for low-income earners. “The Tax Administration Bill aims at establishing standards for tax administration and promotes the use of technology, and aims to streamline tax collection. “The Nigerian Revenue Service Establishment Bill proposes the establishment of a new revenue service to improve tax collection and coordination among agencies.” He added, “The Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill aims to enhance collaboration among tax authorities and create a Tax Ombudsman to protect small businesses. “Key proposals of the tax reform bills are elimination of minimum tax for loss-making companies; introduction of a 15% effective tax rate on profits for large companies, removal of VAT on essential goods and services, increased tax thresholds for personal income tax to exempt low-income earners.” On the contentious revenue sharing formula from VAT, Oyedele explained that; “The current VAT sharing formula is deemed unfair, favouring states like with major corporate headquarters. “The proposal includes a more equitable distribution based on consumption within states as against current sharing formula which lopsidedly favours Lagos State, being host to headquarters of many corporate organisations.” He added that the proposed tax reform bills would exempt any Nigerian not earning above N1m per month from Personal Income Tax . After listening to the presentation, the lawmakers were overwhelmingly satisfied as none of them had any questions when the Deputy Senate President opened the floor for senators to ask their questions. Earlier, there was mild drama as fireworks of Point of Orders ensued in the hallowed Red Chamber. Tensions arose before the presentation when the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central), moved to suspend Senate rules to allow Oyedele, the FIRS chairman, and Budget Office Director-General to enter the chamber. Moving for the suspension of Order 12 to allow for strangers into the chamber, Bamidele said, “Tax experts and consultants as well as the Director General of the Budget Office and the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Tax, Zacchaeus Adedeji are to attend the plenary to explain the tax reform bills in detail to lawmakers.” Related News Tinubu begins state visit in France 30-year experience prepared me for COAS job – Oluyede Tinubu to name new envoys after France, S’Africa visits However, immediately after the submission, the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP), stood up and read from the Order listing the titles of those who were allowed into the Senate plenary by the Senate Rule. Ningi said that such a conversation was more appropriate at the committee level and should be handed over to the Committee on Finance and maybe Appropriations to interface with the team. But in response, the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau (APC, Kano North) explained that the Senate suspended its rule to allow for openness and let Nigerians watch the live proceedings and listen to the debate of the Tax Reform Bills. He thereafter asked the Senate Leader to address the Order he came under. Responding, Bamidele acknowledged Ningi’s concerns but clarified: “Mr. President, my motion was for the suspension of Order 12, not its invocation. Order 12 outlines who is permitted to speak in this chamber and the exceptions allowed. However, when a rule is suspended, it ceases to apply in that context. “For the sake of clarity, I amend my motion to also include Order 1B, which empowers the Senate to regulate its procedures in cases where no specific rule exists. “So, Mr. President, my motion is based on both the suspension of Order 12 and the invocation of Order 1B. Nigerians deserve to hear from these experts, and we, as lawmakers, need this information too.” After his explanation, Barau called for a voice vote. The motion passed in favour of the ayes, and the economic team was allowed into the chamber. Shortly after, Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno South) expressed dissatisfaction, arguing that such a significant matter should have been listed on the Order Paper. He suggested printing a supplementary order paper or deferring the discussion to another legislative day. But Barau dismissed the objection, urging senators to focus on facts rather than rhetoric. He then ruled Ndume out of order. After the economic team was admitted, Ndume raised another point of order, objecting to Barau’s earlier comment referring to procedural concerns as “rhetoric.” Ndume described this as an insult and demanded an apology. Barau, in response, laughed and clarified, “Rhetoric isn’t an insult. My comment wasn’t directed at you but was a general remark.” He once again ruled Ndume out of order, putting an end to the heated exchange. The economic team proceeded to present their insights, paving the way for deliberations on the Tax Reform Bills. At the end of the presentation, the Deputy Senate President, Barau said, “We can see that those who didn’t want us to listen to the experts are wrong. “Tomorrow (Thursday), we will debate the bills as the Senate Leader has said. We will still invite them to come tomorrow when we are debating the bills, so lawmakers can ask questions. “We will give senators time to go home and digest the bills and come back tomorrow with their bills.” Barau further stated that the second reading was not the end of a bill as there were still opportunities like “public hearings and even committee reports ahead of the public hearings where concerns can be addressed.” “This is not the end of the bill, it’s just the beginning. It’s a very long process,” he asserted.

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said. “Our founder, former US President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the centre said on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family. As reactions poured in from around the world, US President Joe Biden mourned Carter’s death, saying the world lost an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” and he lost a dear friend. Biden cited Carter’s work to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil and human rights, promote free and fair elections and house the homeless as an example for others. “To all of the young people in this nation and for anyone in search of what it means to live a life of purpose and meaning – the good life – study Jimmy Carter, a man of principle, faith, and humility,” Biden said in a statement. Biden spoke later Sunday evening about Carter, calling it a “sad day” but one that “brings back an incredible amount of good memories.” “I’ve been hanging out with Jimmy Carter for over 50 years,” Biden said in his remarks. He recalled the former president being a comfort to him and his wife Jill when their son Beau died in 2015 of cancer. The president remarked how cancer was a common bond between their families, with Carter himself having cancer later in his life. “Jimmy knew the ravages of the disease too well,” said Biden, who was ordering a state funeral for Carter in Washington. Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s. A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and US defeat in Southeast Asia. “If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon. Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential centre where Carter would establish so much of his legacy. Yet Carter’s electoral coalition splintered under double-digit inflation, gasoline lines and the 444-day hostage crisis in Iran. His bleakest hour came when eight Americans died in a failed hostage rescue in April 1980, helping to ensure his landslide defeat to Republican Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged in his 2020 “White House Diary” that he could be “micromanaging” and “excessively autocratic,” complicating dealings with Congress and the federal bureaucracy. He also turned a cold shoulder to Washington’s news media and lobbyists, not fully appreciating their influence on his political fortunes. Carter insisted his overall approach was sound and that he achieved his primary objectives — to “protect our nation’s security and interests peacefully” and “enhance human rights here and abroad” — even if he fell spectacularly short of a second term. Ignominious defeat, though, allowed for renewal. The Carters founded The Carter Center in 1982 as a first-of-its-kind base of operations, asserting themselves as international peacemakers and champions of democracy, public health and human rights. That work included easing nuclear tensions in North and South Korea, helping to avert a US invasion of Haiti and negotiating cease-fires in Bosnia and Sudan. By 2022, The Carter Center had declared at least 113 elections in Latin America, Asia and Africa to be free or fraudulent. Recently, the centre began monitoring US elections as well. Carter’s stubborn self-assuredness and even self-righteousness proved effective once he was unencumbered by the Washington order, sometimes to the point of frustrating his successors. He went “where others are not treading,” he said, to places like Ethiopia, Liberia and North Korea, where he secured the release of an American who had wandered across the border in 2010. “I can say what I like. I can meet whom I want. I can take on projects that please me and reject the ones that don’t,” Carter said. He announced an arms-reduction-for-aid deal with North Korea without clearing the details with Bill Clinton’s White House. He openly criticized President George W. Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He also criticized America’s approach to Israel with his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” And he repeatedly countered U.S. administrations by insisting North Korea should be included in international affairs, a position that most aligned Carter with Republican President Donald Trump. Among the center’s many public health initiatives, Carter vowed to eradicate the guinea worm parasite during his lifetime, and nearly achieved it: Cases dropped from millions in the 1980s to nearly a handful. With hardhats and hammers, the Carters also built homes with Habitat for Humanity. The Nobel committee’s 2002 Peace Prize cites his “untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter should have won it alongside Sadat and Begin in 1978, the chairman added. Carter accepted the recognition saying there was more work to be done. James Earl Carter Jr. was born October 1, 1924, in Plains and spent his early years in nearby Archery. His family was a minority in the mostly Black community, decades before the civil rights movement played out at the dawn of Carter’s political career. Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery’s tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery. His mother, Lillian, would become a staple of his political campaigns. Seeking to broaden his world beyond Plains and its population of fewer than 1,000 — then and now — Carter won an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 1946. That same year he married Rosalynn Smith, another Plains native, a decision he considered more important than any he made as head of state. She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then his father was diagnosed with cancer, so the submarine officer set aside his ambitions of admiralty and moved the family back to Plains. His decision angered Rosalynn, even as she dived into the peanut business alongside her husband. Carter again failed to talk with his wife before his first run for office — he later called it “inconceivable” not to have consulted her on such major life decisions — but this time, she was on board. “My wife is much more political,” Carter told the AP in 2021. He won a state Senate seat in 1962 but wasn’t long for the General Assembly and its back-slapping, deal-cutting ways. He ran for governor in 1966 — losing to arch-segregationist Lester Maddox — and then immediately focused on the next campaign. Carter had spoken out against church segregation as a Baptist deacon and opposed racist “Dixiecrats” as a state senator. Yet as a local school board leader in the 1950s, he had not pushed to end school segregation even after the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, despite his private support for integration. In 1970, Carter ran for governor again as the more conservative Democrat against Carl Sanders, a wealthy businessman Carter mocked as “Cufflinks Carl.” Sanders never forgave him for anonymous, race-baiting flyers, which Carter disavowed. Ultimately, Carter won his race by attracting both Black voters and culturally conservative whites. Once in office, he was more direct. “I say to you quite frankly that the time for racial discrimination is over,” he declared in his 1971 inaugural address, setting a new standard for Southern governors that landed him on the cover of Time magazine. 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Boston police arrest two in connection with drone flights encroaching on Logan AirportThe Biden administration has imposed sanctions on the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party, which has steered the country away from a pro-Western stance and towards Russia, US officials said. The US State and Treasury departments said they hit Georgian Dream party founder and honorary chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili with penalties “for undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia for the benefit of the Russian Federation”, according to a statement. The designation of Mr Ivanishvili is the latest in a series of sanctions the US has placed on Georgian politicians and others this year. Those sanctions include freezes on assets and properties those targeted may have in US jurisdictions or that might enter US jurisdictions as well as travel bans on the targets and members of their families. “We strongly condemn Georgian Dream’s actions under Ivanishvili’s leadership, including its ongoing and violent repression of Georgian citizens, protesters, members of the media, human rights activists, and opposition figures,” the State Department said in a statement. “The United States is committed to promoting accountability for those undermining democracy and human rights in Georgia.” Mr Ivanishvili is a billionaire who made his fortune in Russia and served briefly as Georgia’s prime minister. In 2012, he founded Georgian Dream, Georgia’s longtime ruling party. Critics have accused Georgian Dream of becoming increasingly authoritarian and tilted towards Moscow. The party recently pushed through laws similar to those used by the Kremlin to crack down on freedom of speech and LGBT+ rights, prompting the European Union to suspend Georgia’s membership application process indefinitely. In October, Georgian Dream won another term in a divisive parliamentary election that has led to more mass protests. Last month, the country’s prime minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, announced a four-year suspension of talks on Georgia’s bid to join the European Union, fuelling further public outrage.

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US to send $1.25 billion in weapons to Ukraine, pushing to get aid out before Biden leaves office WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the United States is expected to announce it will send another $1.25 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. It's part of a push by the Biden administration to get as much aid to Kyiv as possible before leaving office on Jan. 20. Officials say the large package of aid includes a significant amount of munitions, including for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and the HAWK air defense system. It also will provide Stinger missiles and 155 mm- and 105 mm artillery rounds. The officials say they expect the announcement will be made on Monday. They spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet made public. An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalition WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An online spat between factions of Donald Trump’s supporters over immigration and the tech industry has thrown internal divisions in the president-elect’s political movement into public display. The argument previews fissures and contradictory views his coalition could bring to the White House. The rift laid bare tensions between the newest flank of Trump’s movement — that is, wealthy members of the tech world who want more highly skilled workers in their industry — and people in Trump’s Make America Great Again base who championed his hardline immigration policies. A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House official says a ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans. 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That increase comes on top of a 12% increase in 2023, which HUD blamed on soaring rents and the end of pandemic assistance. Among the most concerning trends was a nearly 40% rise in family homelessness. What Snoop wants: Arizona Bowl gives NIL opportunities to players for Colorado State, Miami (Ohio) TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — When Snoop Dogg agreed to become the sponsor of the Arizona Bowl, he had a demand: It must have a NIL component. Other bowls have provided NIL chances for single players the past few years, but the Arizona Bowl is believed to be the first to offer NIL compensation to every player on both Colorado State and Miami (Ohio). The players participated in youth clinics before Saturday's game and will be compensated for their time. Alex Ovechkin is on track to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is chasing the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. 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Some Democrats are frustrated over Joe Biden reversing course and pardoning his son HunterBoth have been out since November, with Moore missing game time through illness while Richarlison has been out with a hamstring injury. Postecoglou has also been without a number of other key players in recent weeks including defenders Cristian Romero and Micky Van de Ven, as well as goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario. Another central defender in Radu Dragusin also suffered an ankle injury in the defeat to Nottingham Forest, making him a doubt for the game with Wolves. But Postecoglou is hoping his squad’s injury woes will be eased in the attacking areas soon. “He’s still on track,” Postecoglou said when asked about Moore. “Him and Richy (Richarlison) are kind of in the final phases so we’re hoping that next week they can start training. “We’ve got a bit of a gap before the Newcastle game so the plan is for Mikey and Richy to come back into first-team training next week.” Spurs host Wolves in their next clash hoping to end a run of back-to-back defeats in the Premier League.

Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO) For Automation Solutions Market size to increase by USD 53.29 Billion between 2023 to 2028, Market Segmentation by End-user, Type, Geography, TechnavioSome Democrats are frustrated over Joe Biden reversing course and pardoning his son Hunter