The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria has expressed deep concern over the recent announcement by the Director-General of the National Pension Commission regarding a proposed increase in mandatory pension contributions and the introduction of an additional three per cent mandatory annual contribution equivalent to three per cent of the total ...
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has intensified efforts to formalise Nigeria’s automotive dealership ecosystem with the rollout of its Dealership Registration Portal, describing the initiative as a major step towards creating a transparent, data-driven and globally competitive automotive industry. Speaking at the...
The federal government spent N500 million in 2025 on an emergency strategic communications campaign to counter what it described as coordinated Western propaganda alleging the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, records on the government’s expenditure tracking platform, GovSpend, have shown. ‎‎According to the payment record, N500,000,000 wa...
•Education minister, Tunji Alausa The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council has reduced the cost of textbook assessment and ranking and directed that publishers who paid the previous, higher assessment fees be refunded, in a move aimed at easing the financial burden on stakeholders ahead of the implementation of the federal gov...
•Dele Kelvin Oye A renowned economist and Chairman of the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics Ltd/GTE, Dele Oye, has said that the federal government’s N17.5 trillion debt owed to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) represents a continuation of the fuel subsidy regime under a different arrangement, despite the governm...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has expressed concern over reports that the federal government earmarked about ₦8.05 billion in the 2026 Budget for church-and mosque-related projects while millions of Nigerians grapple with poverty, deterior...
• ‘Tokunbo’ vehicles Experts have cautioned that the federal government’s decision to slash the import duty on used vehicles, popularly known as Tokunbo vehicles, to five percent is unlikely to come without trade-offs. However, the duty cut has been hailed by economists and industry operators as a timely intervention that could red...
•Textile materials The federal government and the Kaduna State government have unveiled a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reviving Nigeria’s textile and garment industry, with Kaduna State designated as a major hub for the initiative. The programme is expected to stimulate job creation, boost exports and reduce the country’s reliance on importe...
•The suspects The federal government today charged three men, Abdulrazak Umar (a.k.a. Abu Khalifa/Abu Khalid), Yunusa Musa (a.k.a. Yunusa bin Musa), and Shamsu Adamu Sani (a.k.a. Abu Itisar), for the recent kidnap of children and teachers of a school in Orire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State. Recall that gunmen invaded three schools in...
•Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad The federal government has released the results of the 2026 National Common Entrance Examination, with 10 candidates emerging as the highest scorers after each recorded 202 marks out of a maximum obtainable score of 210. The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, announced th...
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