Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI) has said that the tax reforms which have since come into operation are bound to improve Nigeria’s economic buoyancy in 2026 and beyond. In a statement signed by its Chairman Dr Omoniyi Akinsiju, the think tank insisted that the country’s revenue mobilization drive...
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Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Olúwaṣeun Falaye, has inaugurated the local organising committee for the International Social Security Services Association, (ISSSA) West Africa Technical Seminar 2026. The event took place at the Board Room of the Fund in Abuja on Wednesday. Barrister Faleye...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has recorded a historic political milestone with the formal reception of His Excellency, Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State, into the party, a development that underscores the APC’s growing national strength and its unifying appeal across political divides. Speaking on the occasion, the National Chairman...
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has taken a swipe at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over Nigeria’s worsening electricity crisis, reminding Nigerians of a campaign promise the President made ahead of the 2023 general election. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Obi recalled Tinubu’s 2022 pledge that...
First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has hailed Nigerian teachers as the “quiet architects of great nations” while charging them to embrace innovation amid government pledges to revamp education under the Renewed Hope Agenda. Delivering the keynote address at the National Teachers’ Summit 2026, themed “Empowering Teachers; Strengthening...
First batch of 300 Nigerian refugees has returned to Gwoza in Borno State, marking the commencement of the fourth phase of a sustained repatriation exercise. The returnees, comprising 75 households, arrived in Pulka, Gwoza Local Government in a coordinated and dignified homecoming. The journey for the families represented not...
A fact-checking media firm, Alkalanci, in collaboration with the Sokoto State Ministry of Religious Affairs, has organized a 2-day workshop for Islamic clerics on building resilient communities against falsehood. The workshop, with the title: _“Combatting False Narratives and Promoting Media Literary”_ and a theme: ” _Building Resilient Communities Through...
Executive Chairman of Cross River Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Edwin Okon, has disclosed that the newly signed tax reform bill by President Bola Tinubu is aimed at reducing the burden of majority of Nigerians . Okon said the tax reform is also targeting the poor and vulnerable in the...
Nine agreements were signed between Türkiye and Nigeria on Tuesday in the presence of Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu. The agreements were signed following one-on-one and delegation-level meetings at the Presidential Palace in Türkiye’s capital, Ankara. The two sides signed several agreements and memoranda of...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to deepening economic, security, and diplomatic ties with Türkiye, revealing plans to scale bilateral trade between both countries to $5 billion. Speaking during his State Visit to Ankara on Tuesday, Tinubu said discussions with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan focused on...
Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja cautioned counsel to the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, Marshall Abubakar, against deploying tactics to delay a suit filed against the politician by the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS is prosecuting...
Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, and the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, have been named among the top honourees for the 2025 OurNigeria News Awards. The recipients were unveiled by the organisers at a press briefing held in Abuja on Tuesday. Speaking at the briefing, the Chairman,...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has debunked speculations that he is supporting the candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for the forthcoming bye -election scheduled to hold on February 21, 2026. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated the bye-election to fill two vacant seats in the...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday briefly stumbled and fell during an official welcome ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, sparking momentary concern over his health while on a state visit. The incident occurred as President Tinubu, 73, was being received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, shortly after he had...
Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima , has said the formal entry of Plateau State into the All Progressives Congress (APC) is an affirmation that the governing party is truly a national platform that open to all Nigerians committed to unity, peace and inclusive development. He described the party as...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 arraigned the former National Coordinator of Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project, MCRP, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Alhaji Danjuma Mohammed and two others; Prince Achem and Aminu Alhaji (at large) before Justice K. N Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday, attended the National Teachers’ Summit held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he stood in for the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Governor Zulum commended the Federal Government for its strategic investments in education, citing...
Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister. Oluwaseun Faleye, has called for a nationwide shift from mere workplace safety compliance to the entrenchment of a sustainable safety culture across Nigerian industries. The NSITF boss made the call in Abuja on Tuesday at the NSITF–NECA Safe...
Senator Lawal Adamu Usman, popularly known as Senator LA, has visited the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, to sympathise with victims who sustained varying degrees of injuries during the recent abduction of 177 worshippers from churches in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Senator,...