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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released the findings of its maiden Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on Subsidiary Legislation 2024, as part of efforts to refine Nigeria’s telecom regulatory framework and foster industry innovation and growth. The report which was presented at a stakeholder forum in Abuja on June 26,...

Ahead of the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2025, scheduled for July 10 and 11 in Lagos, co-conveners Sterling One Foundation and the United Nations in Nigeria held a high-level press briefing at the United Nations House in Abuja. The event brought together development partners, policymakers, and the media to...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) said it has uncovered an emerging coordinated sabotage campaign being waged by a syndicate of known and faceless actors, both outside and within various levels of the organisation.   According to the organization in a press statement on Friday morning, "This group...

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) on Thursday lauded President Bola Tinubu’s assent to four major tax reform bills, describing it as a significant step towards ending over 10 years of crippling multiple taxation on businesses in Nigeria. Speaking on the sidelines of the fourth Employers Summit in Abuja, NECA’s...

President Bola Tinubu has signed into law four groundbreaking tax reform bills that would transform Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework. The four tax reform bills recently passed by the National Assembly were signed at a ceremony held at the Presidential Villa on Thursday. The ceremony was witnessed by top government...

The First Prosecution Witness, PW1, Abubakar Kwaido, in the trial-within-trial of the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman told Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja that the former minister voluntarily and personally wrote his confessional statements in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the presence...

  … listing of Dangote Fertiliser will revolutionise Capital Market – Dangote   The Group Chairman of Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), Alhaji (Dr.) Umaru Kwairanga, has praised the President/Chief Executive, Dangote Group,  Aliko Dangote for his substantial contributions to the Nigerian capital market and private sector development.   He...

A preliminary investigation into the fatal Air India Boeing 787 crash that claimed 270 lives has revealed a chilling and preventable cause: a mechanical failure in the pilot’s seat.  According to the official report, the locking mechanism of the Air India captain’s seat failed during takeoff, causing it to suddenly...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Company on Tuesday inaugurated a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) aimed at advancing local content implementation during the operational phase of the 650,000 barrels per day refinery plant.  The inauguration ceremony which took place on Tuesday...

A prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Thursday, June 26, 2025, narrated before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, how a staggering ₦1,096,830,000 (One Billion, Ninety-Six Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty Thousand Naira) was withdrawn...