•Tinubu The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) has rejected the proposed Tax Reform Bill introduced by the Tinubu administration, describing it as one that “represents an alarming departure from the principles of equity and shared prosperity upon which our nation was built.” The youths disclosed this yesterday in a statement signed and released...
•Pastor Tobi Adegboyega A Nigerian pastor whose church was shut down over an alleged £1.87 million fraud has lost his fight against deportation, despite claiming it would breach his human rights. An immigration tribunal has ruled that Tobi Adegboyega, 44, the cousin of John Boyega, the Star Wars actor, should be deported back to his […]...
•House of Representatives The green chamber experienced a rowdy session when a member of the house from Ekiti State, Akin Rotimi touched on the controversial tax reform bills. The lawmaker in moving a motion for consideration of two reports had introduced himself as being from Ekiti State, the first state to adopt the tax reform […]
•Nigerian workers Workers in Kaduna, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, and Cross River states yesterday commenced a one-week warning strike to demand the implementation of the new national minimum wage and consequential adjustments. In Nasarawa State, public offices, including the State House of Assembly, courts, and ministries, were shut down, reports Daily ...
•Nigerian governors The Governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has said that it is wrong to say that governors of the 36 states are against the Tax Reform Bills, explaining that they only wanted to get clarifications in some areas. Speaking during Channels Television yesterday, the governor hailed the bills but stated that there are [&hel...
•Fire outbreak Tragedy struck in the early hours of today as a devastating fire engulfed the residence of a Customs officer, Tijani Kabiru, attached to the Oyo/Osun Command, killing him, his wife, and four of their children in the Akankan Area of Ede, Osun State. The midnight inferno has left the community in shock and […]
•Nigerian workers Barring any last-minute change of plan, the workers in the Federal Capital Territory, Cross River, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Kaduna and Zamfara states may down tools today following the failure of the state authorities to negotiate the payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage. Though the implementation panels set up by the concerned s...
•Nigerians As the yuletide season approaches, Nigerians in different parts of the country have expressed fear and worry over the possibility of travelling to their ancestral homes in the South-East, South-West, South-South and northern regions due to the rising cost of transport fares and worsening insecurity. Last year, the federal government...
The Kaduna, Nasarawa, Cross River and Katsina state governments yesterday activated their conflict resolution machinery to help avert the strike called for tomorrow by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in parts of the country over non-implementation of the new minimum wage. Top government officials in the states launched into long hours of mee...
•Port Harcourt Refinery The fanfare that greeted the resumption of activities at the Port Harcourt Refining Company on Tuesday may have melted away leaving the hope and expectations of many Nigerians hanging. A visit by our correspondent to the refinery yesterday revealed that there was no activity on site, as some workers met by our […...