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Former Commissioner for Finance in Ogun State and Founder/President International Centre for Tax Research and Development, Mrs Morenike Babington-Ashaye, has counselled the Federal Government against…

The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) has called on the Federal Government to extend its electricity tariff subsidy to private hospitals, requesting a 75%-100% subsidy. This appeal…

The Federal Government has said potential buyers would have to present their National Identification Number (NIN) as commenced the sale of 30, 000 metric tonnes of milled rice to Nigerians at a subsidised rate…

The Lagos State Government has formalized an agreement with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the development of the state’s third metro rail…

Economic activities in Nigeria have shown a positive turn for the first time in over a year, according to the latest report from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for…

The federal government is considering granting Aliko Dangote’s refinery the authority to set petrol prices, according to reports from Bloomberg. This decision could reshape the government’s control over fuel prices…

The Federal Government has announced the possibility of exempting exceptionally intelligent students below the age of 18 from the minimum age requirement to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination…

President Bola Tinubu’s administration budgeted over N629 million under the National Space Research Development Agency (NASRDA) in the 2024 Fiscal Appropriation Act, for sensitisation against rape and unwanted pregnancy,…

The Federal Government on Thursday said at least 37,000 women will receive Point of Sales (POS) machines as part of the government’s…

Anu Okasanya, a 46-year-old care home worker from Nigeria, has died following complications from an asthma attack while fleeing a group of youths in Newry, Ireland. The group had previously attacked her home twice,…

Dangote Group has dismissed reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL has started lifting Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, from its refinery. A newspaper had reported…

A leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his threat to set fire to states…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says it has supplied 30 million barrels of crude to the Dangote refinery so far. The Executive Vice President of NNPCL Downstream, Adedapo Segun, who…

Following the increase in petroleum pump prices on Tuesday, more residents, including civil servants in Borno Atate have abandoned their vehicles to embrace trekking, horse riding, and the use of bicycles and…

The Executive Vice President of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (Downstream), Adedapo Segun, has emphasised the need for a perfectly competitive market to…

Burkina Faso has issued a new biometric passport without the logo of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). This move comes after Burkina Faso, along with Niger and Mali, severed ties with ECOWAS…

Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend, Ugandan official says. The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in Paris, had suffered…

A two-storey building collapsed at Nomansland in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State on Thursday morning, claiming the lives of two persons.The…

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has warned that the recent increase in fuel prices in the country can lead to severe economic crises. The ACCI President, Emeka Obegolu, said this in an…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he supports Kamala Harris in the November US presidential election, despite…

Osun State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday Bisi, has suggested that the national leaders of the party might soon wield the big stick on the excesses of the Minister of the Federal…

He is one of the best strikers in the world, a man who led Napoli to a miracle third Serie A title, so no one imagined the transfer saga of all transfer sagas would end with Victor Osimhen set to join Galatasaray…

Three officers of the Nigeria Police Force have been arrested for allegedly extorting N3 million from a Ghana-based Nigerian identified as Liberty Isaac in Bayelsa state. In a post on his official X handle on…

The Minority caucus of the House of Representatives has called for the immediate reversal of the recent increase in prices of petrol, saying that it will no doubt increase the suffering of the Nigerians. The caucus in a…