FG is considering a six-month suspension of import duties on staple food items and drugs to tackle inflation, awaiting President Tinubu’s approval. However, this proposal contradicts Tinubu’s previous stance on food imports amid Nigeria’s food crisis and soaring inflation rates, with rice prices surging by 169% in the past year This is contained in a…
Dozens of gold miners are trapped underground after a pit collapsed in central Nigeria. The incident happened on Monday after heavy rainfall in Niger state but news was slow to emerge because of the country’s general strike, which was called off on Tuesday. Niger state emergency service agency spokesman Hussaini Ibrahim told the BBC that…
The Nigerian Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish a National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission for second reading, despite opposition from Northern senators. The bill, sponsored by Senator Titus Tartenger-Zam, aims to promote ranching as a solution to herder-farmer clashes and cattle breeding. However, Northern senators argue that the bill infringes on the…
The depositors of Heritage Bank have been assured by the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) that it was already in the process of repaying their monies. Nation reported that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday, June 4, revoked the banking licence of Heritage Bank. According to the CBN, the decision was due to…
Nollywood actress Toyin Abraham says she has decided to keep her political affiliations private in the future, adding that she has learnt her lesson following a social media exchange that occurred online on Tuesday. Abraham in a series of replies shed light on the promises made to her by President Bola Tinubu during the 2023…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the naming of the full-scope Arterial road N20 from Northern Parkway to the Outer Northern Expressway (otherwise called the Murtala Mohammed Expressway), as the Wole Soyinka Way. The president stated this during his address at the inauguration of the road in Abuja on Tuesday, June 4, where he described the…
The Police Service Commission has released the list of 10,000 successful applicants for recruitment into the Constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force According to the spokesman of the PSC, The Commission on Tuesday received the report of the Police Recruitment Board, which showed that 9,000 applicants were approved for recruitment for General Duty while…
The Chairman of the Presidential Tax and Fiscal Policy Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has announced that the proposed increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) from 7.5% to 10% will be implemented in phases. This decision aims to avoid a significant decline in government revenue and mitigate the sudden surge in prices of goods and services….
A landlord in Ogun State, Benjamin Apeh, has reportedly died following an argument with his tenant over unpaid house rent at Arigbagbu village, Sotubo in the Sagamu local government area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, on Tuesday. The matter was said…
The ongoing West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) went on smoothly on Monday despite the nationwide strike called by the Organised Labour. Candidates sat for French Language examination without disruption by the labour unions even with the participation of the members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in the industrial action. Earlier, the…
