•Tinubu presenting the 2025 budget proposal to members of the National Assembly today, Tuesday, December 18, 2024 President Bola Tinubu has allocated a total sum of N15.81 trillion for debt servicing in his proposed 2025 “restoration budget”. Tinubu disclosed this while presenting the N47.9 trillion budget proposal to a joint session of the Na...
•Tinubu The federal government and opposition parties clashed yesterday following the criticism of the economic policies of the Bola Tinubu administration by the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori. The Peoples Democratic Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party agreed with the governor that Nigerians are being crushed under the weight of ...
•Oborevwori and Tinubu Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government’s economic policies, saying it has unleashed “unprecedented hunger, poverty, and mass unemployment” on Nigerians. Oborevwori kicked against petroleum subsidy removal and floating of the naira, saying whatever gains the subsi...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has responded to the call for the North not to contest the 2027 presidential election, saying that if President Bola Tinubu is re-elected, it would place the region at a disadvantage in terms of duration of time spent in power. The call was made by the Secretary […]
•Ibrahim Shekarau A former Kano State governor, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, and some elite members of the League of Northern Democrats, today, announced that they have set up a technical committee to review the four tax reform bills before the National Assembly. The move was revealed in a statement issued in Abuja by the league spokesman, [&hell...
•The Nigerian Senate Senators from the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria have expressed support for the Tax Reform Bills presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. The lawmakers under the aegis of the South-South Senators’ Forum stressed the importance of tax reforms in boosting national revenue and fostering economic ...
•Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau For northern politicians, accusations of acting against “northern interest” can be politically perilous. This is the charge the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has been battling since the controversy over the tax reform bills caused an uproar in the Senate. Last Tuesday, Senator Barau...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate yesterday constituted a committee headed by the Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) to meet with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) today, to address the contentious issues associated with the tax reform bills which have generated various concerns across the country. The Deputy Senate Pre...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has suspended indefinitely the debate on the Tax Reforms Bills earlier fixed for Tuesday following mounting pressure from the 19 northern states governors. The planned debate was called off in a memo signed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Dr Yahaya Danzaria, as 73 northern la...
•Tinubu and Bianca Ojukwu The Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Sly Ezeokenwa, says Bianca Ojukwu remains a member of the party despite her appointment as a minister by President Bola Tinubu. Bianca Ojukwu is one of the new ministers appointed by President Bola Tinubu when he reshuffled his cabinet in October. Though [&he...

