archiveJuly 2023

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced a total tax revenue collection of N5.5 trillion for the half-year period of January to June 2023. This is the highest tax revenue collection ever recorded by the Service in any first six months of a fiscal year. Executive Chairman of...

  A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Face Of Waziri-Nigeria (FOWN) said  strong indications have emerged of frantic effort to frustrate at least two of the Justices at Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to resign, in order to make mess of the judicial panel. The group’s Director General, comrade Bukky Adeniyi, stated...

Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has approved the reappointments of retired Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni and former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, Comrade Bayo Titilola-Sodo, as Special Advisers on Security and Labour Matters, respectively. This is as the governor reappointed a retired Assistant...

The Court of Appeal on Thursday reacted to the widespread news on the purported resignation of a member of the Presidential Election Petition Court, Justice Boloukuoromo Ugo. The court has refuted the news, describing it as false and misleading. While dismissing the report, the Chief Registrar of the Court, Umar...

  The House of Representatives has asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to suspend the proposed increase in electricity tariffs. The chamber passed the resolution during plenary on Thursday, following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Sani Madaki, a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from...

  Guinness World Record (GWR) has dissociated itself from attempts by a Nigerian, Tembu Ebere, to cry for 100 hours. Ebere had experienced temporal blindness from his attempt at the longest-crying individual world record. Ebere confirmed his health status in an interview with the BBC. Ebere said he began experiencing...

  Protesters in support of the fuel subsidy removal on Thursday took their protest to the National Assembly’s main entrance popularly known as Mopol gate. The protesters noted that they decided to hit the street to show solidarity with the President Bola Tinubu, over the removal of fuel subsidy. According...

  clears Mbah of certificate forgery   The Department of State Services (DSS) has debunked claims by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election and incumbent governor of the state, Dr Peter Mbah, forged his NYSC...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the licenses of 2,698 of Bureau de Change (BDC) dealers. On Wednesday, the CBN published a list of approved BDC’s which means the licenses of the approved operators and they were 2,991 from the over 5,689 earlier approved, meaning that 2,698 BDCs...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergence on the country’s refineries. IPMAN Chairman in Rivers State, Dr Joseph Obele, made the call against the backdrop of the hike of the premium motor spirit (PMS) also known as petrol....