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An FCT High Court has refused to stop the January 1, 2026, start date for the implementation of the new tax regime recently endorsed by President Bola Tinubu. The Incorporated Trustees of African Initiative for Abuse of Public Trust had brought the suit seeking an interlocutory injunction against the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Attorney General of the …

Former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital following the road accident in which two young men, Lateef Ayodele and Cina Gami, lost their lives on December 29, 2025. The governments of Lagos State and Ogun State, in a joint statement issued on Wednesday, again commiserated with the families of the deceased, describing the incident as tragic …

As someone from Northern Nigeria, a region that bears the heaviest burden of out of school children, deep poverty, rising insecurity, and vast but underutilised agricultural potential, it is clear that the North does not need slogans or recycled promises, all we need is competence, sincerity, and measurable leadership. The North today has the highest number of out of school …

Peter Obi, former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has officially defected to the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC). The ex-Anambra governor announced the decision on Tuesday at an event held at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu. “We are ending this year with the hope that in 2026 we will begin a rescue journey,” Obi said. “We will resist …

The post criticises the Sultan of Sokoto for remaining silent after a US airstrike on 25 December 2025 targeted ISIS camps in the region, killing multiple terrorists according to AFRICOM reports, implying his complicity by contrasting it with his usual vocal stance on perceived insults to Islam. It includes a satirical cartoon juxtaposing the Sultan’s loud condemnations of blasphemy and …

Ten states are planning to source about N4.287tn from loans, bonds, grants, capital receipts, and public-private partnerships to finance capital projects in their 2026 budgets. Collectively, the states, including Lagos, Abia, Ogun, Enugu, Osun, Delta, Sokoto, Edo, Bayelsa, and Gombe, presented budgets totalling N14.174tn to lawmakers. An analysis of these budgets by The PUNCH shows that these states are increasingly …

Nigeria’s counter-terrorism war has entered a dangerous new phase as security forces confirm that Boko Haram and Islamic State fighters are fleeing their hideouts and dispersing across multiple regions following recent United States airstrikes. Senior military sources say intelligence units are actively tracking the movements of the fleeing militants, raising fears that the terrorists may regroup, cross borders, or melt …

As the year 2025 winds down, several promises made and goals set by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration have remained unmet amid calls on the government to retrace its steps to achieve results. President Tinubu had set some targets bordering on the economy, security, employment, revenue generation, poverty reduction and youth engagement during the year, but 12 months down …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has insisted that the implementation of the new tax laws will commence on January 1 as scheduled. The tax reform laws have attracted widespread opposition, with many Nigerians, including opposition figures, calling on the President to suspend the January implementation date. The House of Representatives had also constituted a committee to examine allegations of alterations to …

Members of the Rivers State House of Assembly have returned a N100,000 cash gift from the state governor, Sim Fubara. The money was transferred to their personal accounts on the instructions of Fubara. This was disclosed in a statement signed by Hon. Enemi Aabo George, chairman of the House Committee on Information, Petitions and Complaints. According to the statement: “Today, …