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First time ever, Ogun state budget hits trillion naira mark, about N300bln higher than 2024 budget

Ogun Gov. Dapo Abiodun has presented a jumbo size budget of N1.05 trillion to the state legislature for 2025. Presenting the appropriation bill...

Tech Giants Pay N2.55trn in Taxes to Nigeria – NITDA

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has disclosed that global digital companies, including Google, Meta, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and Microsoft, paid...

CBN clarifies early exit package as voluntary amid staff retirement concerns

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified that its Early Exit Package (EEP) initiative is entirely voluntary and has no negative implications...

Tax reform bills: Senate inaugurates committee to interface with FG

In a step towards addressing concerns about the contentious tax reform bills, the Senate on Wednesday established a special committee. The committee’s primary...

Namibia Elects First Female President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Amid Controversy

In a historic electoral milestone for Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected as the country’s first female President. The 72-year-old leader of the...

Alleged defamation: Court remands human rights lawyer Farotimi, adjourns until Dec. 10

Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun on Wednesday in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, remanded human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, at the correctional centre...

N65,000 he-goat theft: Teenager gets magistrate’s mercy, jailed for 30 days with N10,000 fine option

Guilt-racked goat thief, David Jonah, a teenage student, was lucky to have enjoyed rare leniency and mercy from the temple of justice at...

Alleged mismanagement of £1.87m church funds: UK shuts down Nigerian pastor’s church, may face deportation

A Nigerian pastor whose church was shut down over an alleged £1.87 million fraud may face deportation, but he has reacted, claiming it...

NSC DG Olopade Calls for Unified Supporters Club to Bolster Nigerian Sports

The Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bukola Olopade, has called for unity among the various Nigerian Supporters Clubs to enhance...

Why we withheld identities of owners of forfeited 753 duplexes in Abuja – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has defended its decision not to disclose the identities of those connected to 753 duplexes recently...

Reps chide House spokesman, Rotimi, over endorsement of Tinubu’s tax reform bills ahead of debate

A heated debate erupted in the House of Representatives on Tuesday after the chamber’s spokesman, Rep. Akin Rotimi, publicly endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s...

Yuletide: Nigerian airline slashes domestic flight fares to N80,000 on all routes

In an effort to make air travel more affordable during the forthcoming festive season, Aero Contractors has announced a minimum ticket price of...

Nigeria’s private sector records first job decline in months amid inflationary pressures

Nigeria’s private sector experienced its first decline in employment in seven months, according to the Stanbic IBTC Bank Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report...

Dogara, ex-Reps Speaker and Tinubu’s critic, endorses tax reform bills, urges Northerners’ support

In a volte face, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Yakubu Dogara and one-time critic of President Bola Tinubu, has...

Tragedy as midnight fire consumes customs officer, wife, four children in Osun

An early hour devastating fire engulfed the residence of a customs officer, Tijani Kabiru, attached to the Oyo/Osun Command, with him, his wife,...