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Gov. Mutfwang Signs Harmonized Tax, 2025 Appropriation Bills Into Law

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Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has signed into law two major bills passed by the State House of Assembly, marking a significant step in the state’s fiscal and administrative reforms.

The first legislation, the Harmonized Taxes and Levies (Approved for Collection and Coordinated Matters) Law, 2025, forms part of a new tax regime expected to take effect on January 1, 2026.

The law seeks to streamline tax administration, curb multiple taxation, and strengthen internally generated revenue mechanisms across the state.

The second legislation is the 2025 Appropriation Law, which authorizes the withdrawal and use of funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Plateau State.

The law provides the statutory backing for government spending in the 2025 fiscal year following the passage of the budget by the state legislature.

Governor Mutfwang assented to both bills during a brief ceremony at Government House, Jos, on December 31, 2025.

The event was attended by the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Naanlong Daniel, principal officers of the Assembly, the Secretary to the Government of the State, the Chief of Staff, the Attorney General, and members of the State Executive Council.

The governor commended the legislature for what he described as a collaborative and reform driven approach to law-making, noting that the new laws would enhance transparency, accountability, and sustainable development in Plateau State.

With the governor’s assent, both laws have now come into full effect, laying the foundation for improved fiscal management and governance in the state.

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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says AI models need an ‘emergency brake’

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is the latest tech executive to offer lengthy thoughts on how AI safety might be improved.

In a Saturday morning post on X, Nadella wrote that it’s time “to step back and assess the trust architecture” of AI.

“We can’t treat Super Intelligence as a set of nested black boxes and simply accept or reject its recommendations, answers, and actions,” Nadella wrote, using the Trump administration’s preferred term for AI. 

As outlined by Nadella, this approach “means separating the model from the harness that orchestrates its work,” as well as “externalizing controls and safeguards.” He also called for “every meaningful model action” to be documented with “tamper-proof human readable evidence,” and for systems where “an authorized person” always has the ability “to pause or shut down a model mid-task.”

“We must assume a model is compromised and contain it from the start,” he said. “Think of it like an emergency brake.”

Nadella’s comments come as leading AI companies acknowledge more and more incidents where they seemed to lose control of their models, and after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a plan for more cautious AI development.

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Lagos 2027 gets hot as Hamzat, Rhodes-Vivour make INEC final list [FULL LIST]

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has unveiled the final list of Lagos State governorship candidate.

The list is contained in a document released by INEC on Saturday in preparation for the 2027 general elections.

According to the document, the Lagos State deputy governor, Femi Hamzat is listed at the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Also on the list is Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour as the African Democratic Congress, ADC, candidate.

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