Tax ID rules for bank accounts
The Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy & Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has clarified fears about the use of Tax Identification Numbers for bank accounts ahead of the January 2026 rollout…
‘Shook the whole town’, Nigerians surprised by U.S strikes
By AFP Nigerians across Sokoto state awoke to loud blasts Thursday night, worried their village was being attacked by one of the multiple armed groups that plague northwest Nigeria. They…
U.S airstrike on ISIS terrorists on Nigeria soil timely – Afenifere
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has thrown its full support behind the air strikes conducted by United States military forces against the ISIS-affiliated terrorists in the North West axis of…
U.S Airstrike: Sokoto no longer safe for Nnamdi Kanu -lawyer
Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to Nnamdi Kanu has called for the transfer of the leader of the proscribed separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from Sokoto State as soon as…
Lawmakers begins internal review of disputed tax laws
The National Assembly has initiated an internal investigation into allegations that certain provisions of the recently passed tax reform laws were altered after approval by lawmakers and presidential assent. The…
Somalis vote in Mogadishu’s first local election in 56 years
By AFP Somali authorities imposed tight security Thursday for the first direct elections held in the Mogadishu region for nearly 60 years which were boycotted by opposition leaders. Some 10,000…
US, Nigeria collaborates on airstrike operation – Tuggar
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has said Nigeria provided the intelligence that led to the United States’ airstrike on terrorist targets in the country and formally approved the…
Warders awaits court order to free pardoned Adamawa death-row farmer
The Nigerian Correctional Service is awaiting a court order to release Sunday Jackson, an Adamawa farmer on death row, who was granted a state pardon by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri on…
Malami, EFCC chair clash over court order
A fresh legal controversy has erupted between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and a former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN, over the service and enforcement of a…
Prisons decongestion: 7,900 inmates pardoned in three years
No fewer than 7,900 inmates were pardoned or released by federal and state governments, as well as chief justices, between January 2022 and December 2025 in efforts to decongest Nigeria’s…