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The presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms says there is a need to increase the value-added tax (VAT) rate. Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the committee, spoke on Monday while disclosing the VAT…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has criticised the quality of renovation carried out in the senate permanent chamber. Mr Ndume, the senator for Borno South, lamented that the chamber was poorly renovated despite…

Shell Nigeria has said it exclusively paid a total of $1.09billion in corporate taxes and royalties to the Nigerian government in 2023, through the operations of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has removed Hussein Ejibunu as the Controller, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos. Replacing Ejigbunu, who was…

The porn star at the heart of Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial, Stormy Daniels, testified on Tuesday about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president in a hotel…

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has returned to Abuja after spending two weeks abroad. Tinubu arrived at his official residence at the Aso Rock Villa,…

The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks operating in the country to start charging a cybersecurity levy on transactions. A circular from the apex…

A 16-year-old boy has told a Federal Capital Territory FCT High Court in Zuba that he was given N880,000 cash by Emmanuel Olorunlaye at Alliance…

Veteran actress, Madam Elizabeth Evoeme, popularly known as Ovularia in the 80s TV sitcom, called ‘The New Masquerade’, is dead. Evoeme died at the age of 81. Her death came four and a half years after her rumoured…

There are strong indications that some helicopter operators may refuse to pay the $300 landing fee introduced by the Federal Government through its concessionaire, NAEBI Dynamic Concepts Limited. A source said some of the…

The former National Chairmanship Aspirant of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Mohammad Saidu Etu has sought interlocutory injunction to stop Dr. Abdullahi…

* Shippers’ Council to expedite clearance of trapped export containers* Shipping lines to evacuate 2,752 containers in five days The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has vowed to take urgent actions to streamline…

Governor Abba Yusuf, of Kano State on Wednesday assented to the Kano State Premarital Health Screening Bill into law. The new law mandates premarital health screening for all prospective couples in the state. While…

• President, aides return today from Europe Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Tunji Alausa, yesterday, explained that President Bola Tinubu’s absence from the country is not due to medical reasons.   …

The Police in Ogun State have intensified search of gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, who killed a yet-to-be-identified traveler and abducted seven others along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway. It was gathered that the…

A SCUBA diver, Kelvin Soldier Ngwa, has been found dead five days after being reported missing within Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) facility in Warri, Delta State. SCUBA stands for Self Contained Underwater Breathing…

There are indications that Microsoft African Development Centre (ADC) may shut down its West Africa operation, located in Lagos, Nigeria. Industry sources in the know revealed this to The Guardian on Tuesday, though…

The acting Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Bolaji Agbede, Managing Director of Access Bank, Roosevelt Ogbonna and six other directors of the bank have been vested with about 23,883,790 units of…

Renowned Nigerian actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, fondly known as RMD, has declared that his wife, Jumobi Adegbesan, is the best in the world. Mofe-Damijo revealed this during his interview on the ‘Teju Baby Face…

The Federal Government on Tuesday vowed to pursue the criminal case against the crypto platform, Binance, and its officials, to a logical end. Speaking against the backdrop of a bribery allegation made by the Binance…

The Rivers State Government on Tuesday dismissed a call on the state House of Assembly by the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress in the state to commence impeachment proceedings against Governor …

A 25-year-old man, Ahmadu Saminu, who hails from Bajoga in the Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State has been arrested by officers of the Gombe State Police Command. Saminu, popularly known as Malam Mai Batalia,…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the recent directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) of 0.5 (0.005) per cent Cybersecurity Levy on electronic…

The Department of State Services has reportedly arrested the wanted former chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as…