The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, has has urged Nigerian politicians to desist from toying with sultanate institutions The National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Othman-Ngelzarma, made the call in a...

A former Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has asked President Bola Tinubu’s government to cease the disbursement of monthly allocations to states that establish   caretaker committees for Local Government (LG) administrations. Presently there are ...

The Chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele believes Nigeria can significantly boost its revenue without imposing new taxes. Instead, he advocates for better tax administration and the use...

The National Economic Council (NEC) has approved the nomination of six state governors as members of the board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC). The 142nd council meeting was presided over by...

Organised Labour, including the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, has rejected the proposal of the Southern Governors’ Forum to decentralise minimum wage negotiations to state governments. The NLC condemned the proposal...

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Thursday upheld a previous ruling by a Lagos State High Court, confirming a five-year prison sentence for Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, also known as Baba...

  President Bola Tinubu has signed an executive order to introduce zero tariffs, excise duties and Value-Added Tax (VAT) on imported pharmaceutical inputs. The order introduced zero tariffs, excise duties, and Value-Added Tax (VAT)...

A report has indicated that the Federal Government may have quietly begun the implementation of the Steve Oronsaye Report on restructuring government agencies and departments. President Bola Tinubu had, about three months ago, set...

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said on Thursday that the Presidency had not approached the National Assembly with a request for new presidential jets. He, however, said should such a request be made, the...

President Bola Tinubu  made an appearance at the 142nd meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) held on Thursday at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The council, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima,...

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation to unravel the true circumstances surrounding the death of the former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, Nick Imudia, who reportedly...

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Olanipekun Olukoyede, has disclosed that a whopping $88.6 billion is lost to illicit financial flows in Africa annually. He stated this in Tunis, Tunisia...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate rollout of the National Construction and Household Support Programme to cover all geo-political zones in the country. According to a statement on Thursday by Tinubu’s Special...

A swirl of confusion engulfed the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt yesterday as journalists and some lawyers arrived to find that the high-profile cases concerning the defection of 25 state lawmakers from the...

Former Chief Executive Officer of Konga, one of Nigeria’s e-commerce giants, Nick Imudia, has reportedly died by suicide. Imudia was said to have committed the act by jumping from the balcony of his apartment...

The Federal Government has received at least 103 Nigerians deported from Turkey over migration related issues. Some of the issues were expired visas, irregular migration, among others. Alhaji Tijani Ahmed, the Federal Commissioner, National...

A retired teacher, Mr Ike Okoye, resident of Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area has been apprehended by the Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare in collaboration with operatives of...

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Digital and Information Technology, Hon Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide, has called on the Federal Government to relocate the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) from the office of the Secretary...

A Senior Customs officer, Essien Etop Andrew, present at the Public Accounts committee of the House of Representatives slumped and died while responding to a question from members of the committee today June 25....

The immediate-past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has urged the Federal High Court in Kaduna to quash the report of the state House of Assembly indicting him of N432bn theft. In a...

Kenyan President William Ruto has stated that he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after several protesters were shot dead. Kenyans took to the streets to protest the...

The former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has sought the transfer of his alleged fraud case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to be transferred to Kogi. Bello has been in...

The Gombe State Police Command has arrested the Councillor representing Kumo East in Akko local government area of the state, Abdullahi Panda and two others for allegedly stealing and selling a transformer belonging to...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed has said there ought to be an outright removal of immunity from Presidents and Governors in Nigeria if corrupt practices and arbitrariness are to be...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has voiced his concern over the increasing tendency of state governments to interfere with the processes of installing traditional leaders. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the...

Governors of the southern region of the country, have maintained their stand on the need for the creation of state police. The Governors, met in on 24th June in Abeokuta, Ogun State, under the...

As Nigeria faces mounting security challenges from multiple fronts, including terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, and communal clashes, the soldiers defending the country are feeling increasingly demoralised and frustrated due to poor remuneration. According to military...

The Kano State Police Command has deployed heavily armed operatives to guard and protect the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu sanusi 11 This was made known on Monday by the outgoing Commissioner of Police, AIG...

The Lagos State Ministry of Health has reported 29 deaths and 579 cases since the cholera outbreak began two weeks ago. Speaking on Monday during an ongoing press briefing, the Lagos State Commissioner for...

A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has said the recent visits by some prominent northern politicians to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, were...

A comprehensive investigation has uncovered that approximately 200 Nigerian politicians, security officers, and their associates have collectively invested almost $1 billion (N1.49 trillion) in Dubai’s real estate market over the past two decades, according...

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo has alleged that some political elites have been frustrating political moves to ensure the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu , by the federal...