•Taiwo Oyedele and KPMG head office The federal government has met with top officials of a global professional audit services firm, KPMG, to address concerns and disagreements arising from the implementation of Nigeria’s new tax laws. The meeting, which took place in Abuja, followed intense debate within Nigeria’s business and professional com...
The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (BoT) would today, Wednesday meet over the lingering crisis rocking the party. It was gathered that the lingerÂing crisis over who is the rightful person to occupy the position of the National Secretary will top the agenda of the BoT, reports Daily Independent. The National Secretary [&hell...
•Nigerian workers The Nigeria Labour Congress has said it would press for N250,000 minimum wage during a planned meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, today. The Head of Public Affairs of the NLC, Benson Upah said Labour would insist on its N250,000 proposal during the session with the President, reports The […]...
•Tinubu in a meeting with state governors President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kassim Shettima today met with governors of the 36 states of the Federation and ministers to deliberate on a new minimum wage for workers in the country, as well as other economic matters. The president and the governors met at the 141st […]
•ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke and Education Minister Tahir Mamman The federal government has commenced negotiations with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as part of efforts to avert a proposed strike by the union. Speaking at the end of the meeting which was held behind closed doors at the Federal Ministry [...
Ahead of the National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for today (Thursday), governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have warned the party members against illegality. Today’s NEC meeting is set to address whether the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, should retain his position or be replaced, reports The PU...
•Pope Francis during a meeting with relatives of Israeli hostages Pope Francis yesterday met relatives of several Israelis taken hostage by Hamas in the October 7 attacks. The 87-year-old pontiff had previously met a group of relatives of hostages at the Vatican in November, the same day as meeting Palestinians who have family in Gaza, [&helli...
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso Interest rate will top the agenda of next week’s Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, it was learnt yesterday. The 294th MPC meeting is coming three weeks after the last meeting, because of the need to address critical monetary challenges, especially the rising inflation, reports The...
President Bola Tinubu has just met with the leadership of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which had the party’s candidate for the upcoming governorship election, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his running mate, Hon Dennis Idahosa, in attendance, was aimed at ironing some disag...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has pledged his support for the push towards regional legislative integration aimed at creating policy cohesion in security and socioeconomic areas that engenders good governance. Governor Makinde, who met with leaders of the south west states Houses of Assembly in the courtesy room of the governor’s office, Ago...

