Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said the National Assembly will prioritise the interest of all Nigerians in considering the Tax Reform Bills. Akpabio made the pledge on Wednesday in Abuja at a roundtable on the four tax reform bills organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies...
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A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has urged President Bola Tinubu to reduce the price of petrol to N300 per litre to make things easy for Nigerians during the festive season. George, the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, made this plea at...
Mr Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser on Public Communications and Media to President Bola Tinubu has said that the president can’t be distracted about talks on the 2027 presidential election. He said this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat. He...
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said the Federal Government is collaborating with the Republic of Germany to enhance electricity supply in the country. The Minister made this statement while briefing State House Correspondents after a bilateral meeting between President Bola Tinubu and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday...
President Bola Tinubu has said the interest and welfare of the citizens of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger remained priority for leaders of ECOWAS. The President said this on Wednesday while receiving Mr Frank–Walter Steinmeier, the President of Germany, in a State Visit on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa,...
World football governing body FIFA on Wednesday announced that Saudi Arabia will host the men’s football World Cup of 2034. FIFA’s choice has however come amid criticism from human rights groups and concern the decision by its congress could mean another tournament in the northern hemisphere winter. At an...
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, assured the German government and businessmen of Nigeria’s preparedness to expand frontiers for investors by removing administrative bottlenecks in the energy and solid minerals sectors. Tinubu said this at a business session during the State Visit of Mr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German President, at...
President Bola Tinubu, is set to perform the groundbreaking of 2,000 housing units of the Renewed Hope City in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, in the next few weeks. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa, announced this during an official assessment visit, on Wednesday in Lagos State. Dangiwa...
The founder of the Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola has expressed displeasure at the Federal Government’s delay in granting a free trade zone status to the university. Babalola raised the concern when hosting delegates from the China-Nigeria Consortium on Industry and Education at the ABUAD-China Partnership Forum...
A Nigerian, who wrote the West Africa School Senior Certificate Education (WASSCE) 17 times, Dr Emmanuel Ahmadu, has earned a distinction from the prestigious London Graduate School in the UK. Ahmadu, a Nigerian mental health advocate and accomplished professional based in the U.S., disclosed this in an interview with...
Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has refuted allegations of land grabbing against the FCT Administration. Olayinka explained that some individuals in a video being circulated on social media have claimed...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has warned criminal elements to pack out of the country, emphasising that the Nigerian Army under his leadership was coming with full force. Oluyede said this while addressing the troops of the 1 Division Nigerian Army in Kaduna, when he...
A Sierra Leonean scientist and Chief Strategist of Project 1808, Dr Alhaji U. N’jai, has raised concerns about the escalating threat of Lassa fever. Lassa fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease fueled by interactions between humans and rodents, as well as by human migration patterns. N’jai spoke during a...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that more seven million deaths from COVID-19 have been recorded in the past five years. WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, stated this on Wednesday during an online media conference. According to him, the true death toll is estimated to be at least...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has called on political leaders to regard party affiliations as tools to achieve shared objectives. He stressed the importance of inclusive governance, asserting that his administration will not adopt a winner-takes-all mentality but rather pursue a framework that reflects the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has summoned the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Yakubu Kwanta, to appear at the plenary unfailingly on Monday, 16th December, 2024. This, the House said the Commissioner has exhibited high level of insubordination over his failure to appear...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N550,112,988,930.45 to the Benue State House of Assembly for consideration. Presenting the budget estimate on the floor of the State House of Assembly on Wednesday, Governor Alia explained, that the 2025...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – As leaders play a crucial role in shaping the future, St. Augustine’s College, Kabba, Old Boys’ Foundation (SACKOBF) has taken a significant step towards nurturing the next generation of leaders by launching a comprehensive leadership training programme for the students and staff of the...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – A Coalition of Northern groups (CNG), has called for immediate suspension of Tax Reform Bills so as to allow wider engagement and collective inputs of critical stakeholders and Nigerian citizens towards implementing a more equitable, transparent and sustainable Tax administration reform for the country....
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State PLAN International Project Coordinator, Sadiya Abas, has called on states yet to domesticate child protection laws to consider doing so. Sadiya who argued that the Violence Against Persons Prohibition and Child Rights Laws when domesticated will enable survivors of Gender Based Violence...