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By Uche Usim Amid rising concerns over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bill, Abdulmumin Jibrin, a federal lawmaker representing Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency in Kano State, has come forward to address misconceptions around it. He called on the public […]

Edo Governor-Elect Senator Monday Okpebholo has named Fred Itua as his Chief Press Secretary, making it the first appointment made by the incoming administration. Itua’s appointment came ahead of the inauguration of the new administration in Benin tomorrow. Itua, an […]

Nigeria is backing a two-state solution to the long-running Israel- Palestine crisis. The country is also in support of an immediate cease fire in the ongoing Israli-Gaza crisis, attacks andcounter-attacks in the Middle East. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Sunday issued an ultimatum of Dec. 1 to state governments to implement the new minimum wage. The NLC made […]

By Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the Force Intelligence Unit of the Force Headquarters Annex, Obalende, Lagos have dragged Alfred Emmanuel of the United Bank For Africa, UBA, before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for allegedly conniving with other staffers still at […]

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has called on residents of Banana Island to continue obeying the building and environmental laws of the state, in order to mitigate the effects of flooding in the area. Sanwo-Olu made the call on […]

FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated how Chief Onyema Ugochukwu, a former Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), dumped a fellow Igbo man, Dr Alex Ekwueme, to support his presidential bid in 1999 Speaking yesterday in Abuja at […]

But what exactly do you think caused banditry in Kaduna and how can it be remedied? The banditry in Kaduna is not different from what is happening in other parts of the country. Alright! The bandits are a lawless group […]

From Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja Former military governor of old Rivers State, Major General Zamani Lekwot (rtd) has said that the fulfilment of the campaign promises made to Nigerians by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015 is the only […]

By Ise-Oluwa Ige Indications emerged during the week that the National Judicial Council (NJC) headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun is set to hold a crucial meeting anytime soon to consider, among others, reports of […]