The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that the National Identification Number (NIN) issued by the National Identity Management Commission will now automatically serve as the Tax Identification Number (TIN) for individual Nigerians.The clarification was made in a public…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, December 25, and Friday, December 26, 2025, as public holidays to mark the Christmas and Boxing Day celebrations. It also announced Thursday, January 1, 2026, as a public holiday for the New Year. The…
The Federal Government, through the National Automotive Design and Development Council, has announced plans to formalise Nigeria’s vehicle recycling market and consequently introduce a new fee. Director-General Joseph Osanipin said the policy will turn old, abandoned vehicles into an economic…
The Presidency has dismissed allegations of having clandestinely amended certain sections of the recently passed tax reform laws, saying that the process was conducted within the legally prescribed framework of the constitutional process. President Bola Tinubu recently signed four bills…
It is becoming clearer by the day that President Bola Tinubu’s route to 2027 is paved, not with people’s votes, but with power play. Coming from a government that has presided over a reduction of purchasing power to its lowest…
Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Yusuf Tuggar, has issued a formal apology to Burkina Faso over an unauthorised entry made by Nigerian military aircraft into Burkinabé airspace, which led to 11 Nigerian soldiers being held by Burkinabé forces. The spokesperson for Tuggar…
On Thursday, the Senate confirmed a list of 64 ambassadorial nominees sent by the President, Bola Tinubu, among whom are former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani Kayode and ex-presidential aide Reno Omokri. The approval was in consideration of the adoption…
The Nigerian oil sector was plunged into a state of uncertainty yesterday when the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority resigned, along with the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, following a…
Engineers Farouk Ahmed, Gbenga Komolafe resign, President Tinubu nominates successors to the Senate for approval President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory…
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday converged at the NLC Secretariat, Labour House in Abuja, for the commencement of their national protest due to the level of insecurity and poor economic conditions in the country. The protest was…
Former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad (retd.) is dead. The retired judge is reported to have died aged 71 years old in the early hours of Tuesday in a hospital in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia,…
Former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has recounted how rumours spread within Aso Rock that she wanted to hurt her husband, the late President Muhammadu Buhari. She said the rumour created an atmosphere of fear and mistrust that made him stop…
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional power of the President to declare a state of emergency in any state to avert a breakdown of law and order or a drift into anarchy. The judgment was arrived at by…
The Federal Government has announced a total ban on the admission and transfer of students into Senior Secondary School Three in both public and private secondary schools nationwide. The directive was contained in a press statement from the Federal Ministry…
Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party on Saturday held a meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo as part of efforts to reposition the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. The delegation was led by the party’s factional Chairman,…