The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development (FENRAD Nigeria) has described the Federal Government’s proposed five percent surcharge on petrol and diesel as anti-people and economically insensitive. In a statement on Friday, FENRAD’s Executive Director, Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor, urged the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to rescind the decision, warning […]
Senator Ali Ndume, former Senate Leader and representative of Borno South, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to initiate Special Presidential Priority Projects for the North-East, aimed at addressing decades of infrastructural neglect and social challenges in the region. Ndume made the call in a statement personally signed and released to journalists in Abuja […]
The West African Examinations Council has outlined key facilities schools must provide ahead of the full migration of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to computer-based testing by 2026. Head of Examinations, WAEC, Mr Lucky Njoagwuani, disclosed this on Thursday during a sensitisation programme in Port Harcourt. According to him, schools must put in […]
Opposition voices, from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to African Renaissance Movement (ARM) convener Aliyu Audu and former Labour Party candidate Peter Obi, have accused President Tinubu’s government of celebrating revenue milestones while Nigerians endure hunger, inflation, and new taxes, branding its fiscal triumphs as cruelty over compassion. The ADC knocked Tinubu’s administration for deceiving […]
Security analyst, Kabiru Adamu, has cautioned that poor welfare and salary conditions within the Nigeria Police Force remain a major obstacle to the successful integration of technology into policing, despite President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda prioritising reforms in the sector. Speaking on Friday in an interview with Channels Television, Adamu commended the President’s commitment […]
Kano State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to partner with UNESCO and the Republic of Korea on technical and vocational education under the Better Education for Africa’s Rise (BEAR III) project. The State Commissioner for Education, Dr Ali Makoda, gave the assurance on Wednesday during a meeting with the project’s technical team at his office […]
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has approved eTranzact International Plc as a certified provider for its nationwide e-invoicing rollout, expanding a collaboration that began with VAT automation under Tax Administration 2.0. A statement on Thursday by Adeyemi Opene, Head Corporate Communications, FIRS, said that the approval strengthens eTranzact’s position as a trusted partner in […]
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has officially issued the Digital, Electronic, Online, or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations (DEON Consumer Lending Regulation), 2025, to address longstanding consumer complaints and a variety of issues. These include exploitative practices, data privacy violations, abusive loan recovery tactics, harassment, and anti-competitive behaviour by certain digital lenders and […]
A Zambian court on Thursday sentenced former foreign minister Joseph Malanji to four years in prison with hard labour for corruption. Malanji, who served under former president Edgar Lungu from 2018 to 2021, was arrested in late 2021 for allegedly using embezzled state funds to acquire property, including two Bell 420 helicopters. The conviction marked […]
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday commenced a 10-day vacation as part of his 2025 annual leave, the Presidency announced. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President will spend the 10-working-day vacation between France and the United Kingdom, after which he will return to Nigeria. Onanuga […]
Portugal held a day of national mourning on Thursday as the death toll from the derailment of one of Lisbon’s iconic funiculars rose to 17 people, with 21 injured. The accident on Wednesday evening in one of the capital’s most popular tourist spots saw the yellow Gloria funicular veer off a steep stretch of tracks […]
China defended on Thursday its decision to invite the leaders of Russia and North Korea to World War II commemorations, which President Donald Trump accused them of using to conspire against the United States. Trump wrote a testy Truth Social post addressing his Chinese counterpart after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir […]