Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms has dismissed claims that tax authorities will directly debit Nigerians’ bank accounts for unpaid taxes, clarifying that neither existing tax laws nor the new consolidated tax framework permits such actions without due legal process.The clarification follows a
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Former First Lady Aisha Buhari, has said her late husband, Muhammadu Buhari, began locking his room after rumours in Aso Rock alleged that she planned to kill him.She said the gossip disrupted Buhari’s feeding routine and contributed to the health crisis that forced him to take 154 days of medical
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President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has accused the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, of spending millions of dollars on his children’s foreign education.On Sunday, Mr Dangote accused Mr Ahmed of economic sabotage, which he said
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By Okoroafor uchechukwu, AbujaThe emergence of Senator Mao Ohuabunwa as Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) marks a defining moment in the party’s long journey of introspection, rebuilding, and renewal. At a time when Nigeria’s opposition politics demands clarity of purpose, unity of
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Nigeria’s inflation battle recorded a major breakthrough in November 2025 as headline inflation eased to 14.45 percent, the lowest level in five years and below President Bola Tinubu’s 15 percent target, reinforcing signs that price pressures are steadily retreating after years of persistent acceleration.The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has clarified that the Supreme Court did not endorse the dissolution of democratic institutions in any state under emergency rule, despite some media reports suggesting otherwise.The apex court had on Monday affirmed the President’s constitutional authority to declare a state of emergency to prevent
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A newly launched biography of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari has exposed a dramatic attempt by influential aides to manipulate the 2022 All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primaries.Buhari’s former aides were alleged to have forged presidential directives to install ex-Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the APC’s consensus candidate.This was
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A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Gwarimpa, Abuja, has ordered that a former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, be remanded in Kuje Prison until December 18, when his bail application will be determined.The court had, on December 12, after he was arraigned on an
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By Okoroafor Uchechukwu, AbujaIn a world where fame is often mistaken for fulfillment, Nigerian actress Tonto Dikeh has once again captured public attention but this time, not for a movie role, controversy, or headline-grabbing drama. Instead, she stood before a congregation at Streams of Joy International, Abuja, and unveiled a
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