Foreign Minister Urges Patience with International Deals, Says Diplomacy Takes Time
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, yesterday urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the country’s international…
In a Strategic Meeting with Angolan President, Lourenço, Dangote Wraps up New Refinery Deal
Buoyed by the global impact of his 650,000 barrels per day refinery and petrochemical plant, Africa’s richest man and…
The tax reform task before Tinubu
It’s been very difficult for me to comment on the VAT component of the tax reform bills because of lack of data. President Bola Tinubu has proposed to…
Joe Igbokwe’s comment against Seyi Tinubu’s guber ambition discriminatory, awful— Uche Darlington
The recent comment credited to Chief Joe Igbokwe of the All Progressives Congress, APC that Seyi Tinubu, son of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu should drop his ambition to contest the governorrship of Lagos State on…
‘Port Harcourt Refinery products exclusively for us’ – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, said the Port Harcourt Refining Company, PHRC, has not yet started bulk sales to marketers. The company disclosed that products from PHRC are…
Court strikes out Bobrisky’s fundamental rights suit against EFCC
Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju (a.k.a…
Nigeria now preferred destination for stolen cars — Customs
•Customs swings into action The Comptroller General of Customs(CGC), Mr Wale Adeniyi, has lamented that Nigeria has become a preferred destination for internationally stolen vehicles which not only tarnishes…
Don’t ‘Japa’, CBN building economy for everyone to thrive – Cardoso begs Nigerians
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso has advised Nigerians against leaving the country (Japa). He assured that the apex bank is building an economy where everybody and business can thrive. Cardoso…
My wife led a good life and left triumphantly — Gov Eno
Governor Umo Eno, on Friday, acknowledged that the outpouring of support his family and Akwa Ibom State received during the mourning and laying to rest of his late wife, Pst Mrs. Patience Umo Eno, was a…
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”…
Intimate Affairs: Why can’t a side chick have a side guy?
I had not seen Fey (short for Feyikemi) in a while, a year and…
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…
Crypto mogul eats banana artwork bought for $6.2m
Justin Sun, the Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought an artwork featuring a banana…
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…
Former aviation minister Osita Chidoka resigns from PDP
Osita Chidoka, a former minister of aviation, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic…
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…
Woman seeks divorce 2 weeks after wedding
A woman, Wuraola Surajudeen, on Wednesday prayed an Area Court in Ilorin, to grant her divorce two weeks after her marriage to husband, Surajudeen Iya-Onitasi on grounds of “lack of love and affection”. She…