October 2023

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has closed down 34 corporate organisations and 23 hotels for failing to remit personal income taxes (PIT) of their employees and consumption taxes, respectively. In a…

Sources have provided reasons why Dangote Refinery missed its diesel and jet (aviation) fuel refining deadline.   These sources have attributed that to the inability of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)…

The Lagos State Government has signed a partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Access Bank for an investment of $1.352 billion investment in long-term infrastructure projects in the state. The…

Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has stated he accepts the decision of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, affirming Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the duly elected candidate for the Kogi Central Senatorial Election held…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has warned that his administration will no longer tolerate criminal adventurers and their local collaborators who exploit the nation’s…

The national police council has confirmed Kayode Egbetokun as the substantive inspector-general of police (IGP). On June 20, President Bola Tinubu had appointed Egbetokun, a feputy…

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday intervened in the rift between Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State and his predecessor in office, Nyesom Wike, which has dragged the state into a political crisis. President Tinubu used…

The All Progressives Congress, APC in Bayelsa State on Tuesday hailed the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, which restored its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, on the ballot saying it has given Bayelsa a choice in the…

The Gaza Strip has become a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it feared the prospect of more dying of dehydration. Israel has heavily bombarded Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed…

The Senate has confirmed Zach Adedeji as the new Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).President Bola Tinubu had written the…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, are currently at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the two politicians were seen shaking hands upon meeting. Other…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the principal opposition party, should have had the simplest time winning the Nigerian presidential election in 2023. Muhammadu Buhari’s unprecedentedly bad and divisive leadership…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja has affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the Kogi Central Senatorial District election held in February.…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the February 25 presidential election, to accept his defeat as an elder…

Nigerian afrobeats singer, Abdulazeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Samson Eletu aka Sam Larry, have filed a fundamental rights suit to challenge their continued detention by the Police. Politics…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers state has suspended the Port Harcourt N195 billion Ring Road project, which former Governor Nyesom Wike initiated. This decision comes as the power struggle between Fubara and Wike…

Consolidating on its recently released second-quarter performance, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has again announced an impressive performance in its unaudited…

A middle-aged-man, Chigozie Emmanuel, on Monday told an Ikeja High Court in Lagos State how his Pastor, Elijah Emenandy, allegedly…

According to The Guardian, the feud between Governor Fubara and his alleged godfather, Wike, was said to have emerged from two recent moves made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor of Rivers State. The…

MTN Nigeria is taking steps to localise more of its spending in anticipation of further foreign exchange losses in the second half of 2023. The company, which…

The Police Command in Kwara State on Monday said criminals are now disguising themselves as point of sales (POS) agents to rob and…

A US court has refused to release confidential Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records related to President Bola Tinubu. The US Court for the District of Columbia ruled that only documents that do not directly…

Nigeria’s industrial and aviation sectors are grappling with a looming crisis as the costs of diesel and aviation fuel continue to rise. In various regions of the country, including Kano, Ogun, Edo, Delta, Kogi,…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has filed a criminal charge against the suspended Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Calabar, Prof Cyril Ndifon. The spokesperson for the…