Nigeria Opens Land, Air Borders With Niger Republic
President Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the immediate lifting of other sanctions against the country. In a statement yesterday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale said the presidential directive complies with decisions of the Economic Community of West […]
Abdul Ningi resigns as Northern Senators Forum Chairman
Senator Abdul Ningi, who was suspended for three months for alleging that the 2024 budget was padded to the tune of N3 trillion has resigned as Chairman, Northern Senators Forum (NSF). Ningi, in a letter addressed to the Secretary of NSF on Tuesday in Abuja said this is necessitated by the unfolding events in the […]
Nigeria climbs to fourth spot on medals table in African Games
Team Nigeria has moved to the fourth position on the overall medals table at the ongoing African Games in Ghana with ten gold, eighteen silver and 16 bronze medals. The country climbed significantly in the standings on Monday after winning seven gold medals on Sunday. In first place on the table at the ongoing African […]
University workers declare 7-Day Warning Strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of FOUR MONTHS of withheld salaries for their members following the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was reached during a meeting of the joint action committee of the two unions, held […]
EU declares Nigeria’s VAT rate of 7.5 per cent as low and inefficient
Massimo De Luca, Head of Cooperation and Delegation of the EU to Nigeria and ECOWAS, gave the verdict at the 4th Session of the Steering Committee of the Support Programme for Fiscal Transition in West Africa (PAFT) in Abuja, yesterday. According to the EU official, VAT administration in the country also lacks transparency, as Businesses […]
FG bans leave of absence for health worker
The Federal Government has placed a ban on leave of absence for health professionals relocating abroad. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa, who disclosed this during his visit to the Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Aro in Abeokuta, said the directive was contained in the Executive Order issued by President Bola Tinubu, and explained […]
FG orders NCS to return confiscated food items to owners
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to return food items that were confiscated at border communities to their owners on the condition that they would be sold in the Nigerian markets to boost food sufficiency. Comptroller General of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, who disclosed this during an interface with residents of […]
Bayern and PSG qualify for UEFA Champions League quarterfinals
Harry Kane scored two to help Bayern Munich overturn a first-leg deficit against Lazio and advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Rome, Kane’s header levelled the scores on aggregate, then goals by Thomas Muller and another by Kane made it 3-1 on aggregate. Elsewhere, Kylian Mbappe […]
EFCC intercepts 21 food trucks heading to neighbouring countries
Announcing the seizure made by operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command, in a statement on its X handle on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency said the items were heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The commission stated that the arrest of the trucks is expected to stem the tide of food insecurity […]
The Chief of Army Staff to defend Democracy
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has restated the commitment of the Nigerian Army to defend the nation’s choice of government, Democracy. Addressing participants yesterday at a seminar on career planning and management organised by the Army headquarters in Abuja, the COAS said the Army has no plans to truncate democracy […]