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TAX REFORM BILLS DIVIDE FEDERAL LAWMAKERS The ongoing debate surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bills has sparked division within the Nigerian House of Representatives, with northern lawmakers expressing concern over the legislation. While some lawmakers are eager to push the bills forward, leaders from northern Nigeria, including former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau, are calling for a review …

NORTH-WEST HIGHEST IN CRIME INCIDENTS, SOUTH-EAST LOWEST The Federal Government has stated that the North West recorded the highest crime incidence in the country with the Southeast having the lowest. The latest data compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is called Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey (CESPS), and according to a statement by Special Adviser to the …

ABUJA DEMOLITION: SOLDIERS ATTACK WIKE’S MEN, CART AWAY VEHICLE ABUJA: Soldiers reportedly acting on the orders of an army general on Wednesday attacked development control officials who were in Sabon Lugbe, Abuja, to remove some illegal structures in the area. The officials were in the area to remove the fence of a building on Plot 416 said to belong to …

WE’RE INVESTIGATING IBADAN CARNIVAL STAMPEDE WHERE 32 CHILDREN DIED – POLICE The Oyo State Police Command says it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged death of 32 children during a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday. It was gathered from multiple eyewitness accounts that the stampede occurred when participants rushed to gain access to …

POLICE DETAIN PRINCIPAL OVER IBADAN CHILDREN CARNIVALS STAMPEDE Men of the Oyo State Police Command have detained the principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, Mr. Abdullahi Fasasi. Fasasi was invited by the police on Wednesday and has been detained since then. Our correspondent reports that the principal’s detention is in connection with the stampede that occurred at the school …

INVESTIGATION SHOWS SEVEN REASONS BVAS MAY NEVER WORK IN NIGERIA The growing concern in some quarters over the inability of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair and credible elections again gained gravitas last week in the wake of Ghana’s successful presidential elections. Without prejudice to the introduction of technology (card reader and co) by the Professor …

DANGOTE REDUCES PETROL PRICE TO N898 PER LITRE “Africa’s first privately-owned oil refinery, which previously lowered the price to N970 per litre on November 24, has now announced a new price of N899.50 per litre. This reduction is designed to ease transport costs during the festive period,” read the statement signed by the Group’s Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony …

WIKE REVOKES PLOTS BELONGING TO BUHARI, ONNOGHEN, ABBAS, AKUME, OTHERS Mr Wike also issued a two-week ultimatum to some prominent individuals to pay for their Rights of Occupancy or risk losing their plots. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the revocation of 762 plots of land belonging to some prominent Nigerians and corporate organisations for …

NO TO RENAMING UNIABUJA AFTER GOWON – ABUJA INDIGENOUS STUDENTS The University of Abuja chapter of the Abuja Indigenous Student Association (AISA) has expressed its strongest opposition to the proposed change of name of the University of Abuja to Yakubu Gowon University. The minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammad Idris, while addressing newsmen after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) …

WHO RAISES CONCERN OVER RISING DIABETES IN NIGERIA The recent alarm by the World Health Organisation, WHO, on the African leaders not to be complacent in the fight against diabetes, which it described as a silent killer in Africa, is seen as a wake up call for Nigerians, particularly those in the health sector. The WHO’s Regional Director for Africa, …