Dangote Cement Plc has emerged as Nigeria’s top tax-compliant organisation for 2025, following a rigorous assessment conducted by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The company’s Group Head of Tax and Compliance, Mojisola Ogunlade, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos. She said the award...
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Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday welcomed former Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, and several prominent opposition figures into the All Progressives Congress (APC), marking a major political shift in the state. The reception, held at Muhammadu Buhari Square in Lokoja, brought together defectors from the PDP, SDP, ADC,...
President Bola Tinubu said the sweeping economic reforms underway in the country are intentionally crafted to equip Nigerian youths with globally competitive skills and secure a stronger future for the nation. The president made the remarks on Monday while hosting the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, at the State...
Stock market opened the week lower on Monday, as market capitalisation fell by N1.173 trillion or 1.26 per cent. The decline was driven by profit-taking in major stocks, including Dangote Cement, Enamelware, Transcorp Power, AIICO Insurance and Guinea Insurance. Market capitalisation closed at N92.328 trillion, compared with the opening...
Northern governors lament ‘senseless’ kidnapping of Kebbi schoolgirls, demand swift rescue operation
Northern governors lament ‘senseless’ kidnapping of Kebbi schoolgirls, demand swift rescue operation
Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has denounced the attack on Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko/Wasagu area of Kebbi State, where 25 female students were kidnapped and a school official reportedly killed. Speaking in Gombe on Monday, the forum’s chairman and Gombe State Governor, Inuwa...
Kano State Government has revived the long-dormant State Traditional Council and selected the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to head the body. Governor Abba Yusuf announced the development on Monday during the formal inauguration of the council at the Government House, Kano. He explained that bringing the council...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved ₦1 billion for the immediate commencement of the Federal University of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship in Bama. Governor Zulum announced the donation on Monday while receiving an inter-ministerial delegation on an assessment visit to the Government House. The team included officials...
Nigeria has appealed to the international community to stop what it described as a “naming and shaming” approach when addressing the country’s security difficulties, insisting that genuine partnership is the only path to lasting solutions. The call was made in New York by Syndoph Endoni, Nigeria’s Chargé d’Affaires at...
Internet users have gone into full outrage mode following a shocking mid-air brawl between social media firebrand Martins Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), and comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, popularly called Mr Jollof. The pair were captured in a viral video on Monday exchanging punches aboard a United Nigeria Airlines...
Kebbi State was plunged into grief and anger on Monday after armed men stormed Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, killing the vice principal and kidnapping dozens of students. While 25 girls were initially taken, three later escaped. Governor Mohammed Nasir Idris, who arrived...
The Catholic community in Kaduna has been thrown into fresh distress following the kidnapping of Rev. Fr. Bobbo Paschal, a parish priest serving at St. Stephen Parish in Kushe Gugdu, Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack occurred in the early hours of Monday, November 17, 2025,...
Federal Government has expressed deep concern and solidarity with the families of the 25 female students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. A statement issued by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said the Nigerian government shared...
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Nigeria, Mehmet Poroy, has said Ankara has approved easier and faster visa procedures for Nigerian businessmen, eliminating the need for approval from the Turkish capital, in a move aimed at boosting economic cooperation between the two nations. Poroy disclosed this during a...
Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has called for urgent security reforms following the abduction of 25 schoolgirls from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, and the killing of the school’s vice principal. In a post on his X handle on Tuesday, Omokri condemned the attack and...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has called for a coordinated military offensive involving the Army, Navy, and Air Force to target terrorists strongholds in the Lake Chad area. Governor Zulum made the call on Monday when he received the newly appointed Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal...
. Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Oluwaseun Mayomi Faleye has celebrated his Technical Adviser, Dayo Alao who was confered with an honorary doctorate degree by Crown University, Delaware, USA. In his written congratulatory message, Barrister Oluwaseun Faleye congratulated Dr. Àlàó...
The House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security has invited the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculturaal Lending (NIRSAL) PLC, NIRSAL Micro Finance Bank, the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), and others to the third leg of its investigative hearing into the...
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno has sacked two of his aides, according to a statement on Monday by Secretary to the State Government, Enobong Uwah. Uwah said the decision was taken as part of the “ongoing restructuring exercise of the administration to align with the machinery of government...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has accused Governor Umo Eno of political persecution, targeting its members contrary to his promise to provide a level playing field for all the people when he defected from PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in June last year ....