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Tinubu’s tax reform will destroy the north — Gov Zulum
•We may not be able to pay salaries if bills are passed•Says some southwest, southeast states may also have problems Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has rejected the tax reform bills,…
2027 Lagos Guber race: Opposition mounts against Seyi Tinubu, Obasa
•Jandor, Rhodes-Vivour, Ambode, Abiru, others eye seat•’Outburst against Seyi uncalled for’ GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State still has 30 months to serve, but the polity is already charged as…
Tax Reform Bills: ‘I can leave APC’ – Ndume threatens
Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South, has voiced strong opposition to President Bola Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bills, warning that he may leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) if the policies…
Eight bodies recovered as boat carrying 200 passengers capsizes
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has confirmed a boat accident involving no fewer than 200 market women from Kogi State. The Head of the Media Department of NIWA, Suleman Makama, who confirmed the…
Afenifere Knocks Tinubu Over Economic Hardship, Questions His Model Of Excessive Borrowing
Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, in the United Kingdom and Europe, has said that the “no pain, no gain”…
Court grants N1bn bail to 109 foreign nationals arrested over ‘cybercrime’
The federal high court in Abuja has granted N1 billion bail to 109 foreign nationals arrested over alleged…
Population commission denies plan to conduct census in 2025
The National Population Commission (NPC) says there is no plan to conduct the next census in 2025. Nasir Kwarra, NPC…
ATM Cash Scarcity: We’ll severely penalise erring banks, says Cardoso
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has threatened to impose fines on erring banks over the ongoing cash scarcity at…
Abacha Wouldn’t Have Taken Over If I Was Allowed To Resume As Sonekan’s ADC – Bello-Fadile
A retired colonel of the Nigerian Army, Babatunde Bello-Fadile, said the late General Sani Abacha won’t have wrested power from the interim government of late businessman Ernest Sonekan if he was…
How we planned to sustain Port Harcourt Refinery — NNPCL
Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Olufemi Soneye, has announced measures to sustain the operations of the Port Harcourt Refinery’s 210,000…
FIRS And Zaccheus The Tax Collector
It was President Bola Tinubu who declared that in the first half of this year, the revenue of Nigeria soared to over N9.1 trillion, compared to the first half of 2023. For instance, N5.2 trillion accrued into…
Alleged Defamation: NAHCON chair sues blogger for N1b, retraction
The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman, has demanded the sum of N1 billion from Comrade Haruna Braimoh over a defamatory publication targeting his…
Kano Anti-Graft Agency Backtracks, Says Repackaged 16,800 Bags Of Rice Belong To Philanthropist
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission (PCACC) has backtracked on the 16,800 bags of rice said to have been diverted from the Federal Government palliative and repackaged in a warehouse in…
JUST IN: Appeal Court Overturns Life Sentence, Acquits Dr. Olaleye of Sexual Assault
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has discharged and acquitted Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, of…
BREAKING: Okonjo-Iweala reappointed WTO director-general
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reappointed Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its director-general for a second term. In a post on X on Friday, WTO said the…
Boko Haram ambush: NSCDC recovers bodies of four officers, one still missing
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has recovered the bodies of four of its officers killed during an ambush by Boko Haram insurgents in Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State. The attack, which…
BREAKING: Nigerian Army Detains Investigative Journalist, Fisayo Soyombo For Three Days In Port…
Nigerian investigative journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, has been reportedly arrested and detained by the 6 Division of the…
Tell Nigerians truth about PH Refinery – Petroleum economist urges FG
Host community says NNPCL loaded old stock, tags reopening mere ‘party’ Petroleum economists and former Director of the Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics and Law (CPEEL), University of Ibadan (UI), Prof…
NYSC revises redeployment criteria for married female corps members
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that a change of name will no longer be a requirement for married female corps members seeking redeployment. This is contained in a circular signed by the service’s…
Tinubu transforming Nigeria like he did in Lagos – French President, Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has commended Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for channelling the same transformative energy he used in Lagos towards advancing Nigeria’s development. Macron made the statement on…
ASUU raises concerns over surge in first-class graduates from private universities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised concerns over the increasing number of first-class graduates produced annually by private universities in Nigeria, describing the trend as worrisome. ASUU…
NCC To Announce New Tariff Plans for Telecommunications Industry On December 13
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced plans to reveal a new tariff for the telecommunications industry. The new tariff plans are expected to be announced by December 13, 2024. This position was…
Port Harcourt Refinery to sell PMS at N1,030 — PETROAN
The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has announced that the Port Harcourt Refinery will sell premium motor spirit (PMS) at N1,030 per litre. The association confirmed that…
Tax Reform Bills offer 55% to states in new sharing formula
Yesterday, the Senate passed for second reading the Tax Reform Bills, a set of four legislative proposals. Among other things, they seek to increase the Value-Added Tax (VAT) distributable to states to 55 percent…