63 ITEMS EXEMPTED FROM VAT UNDER NEW REFORMS The Federal Government has announced the exemption of 63 items from Value-Added Tax (VAT), as part of its latest fiscal reforms. This was revealed by the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, via a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. The exemptions are outlined …

RUSSIA WARNS NIGERIA ABOUT US, UK ATTEMPTS AT INTERFERENCE The Russian government has issued a fresh warning to Nigeria, alleging that the United States and the United Kingdom are attempting to interfere in the country’s internal affairs and sabotage its bilateral relations with Russia. This is as the Russian Embassy in Nigeria has denied any involvement in the October 1st …

RELIGION HAS BLINDED, FINISHED NIGERIANS – VERYDARKMAN Social media activist, Martins Ortse, also known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), on Friday said religion has “blinded and finished” Nigerians and Africans. VeryDarkMan was reacting to the apology by Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. The cleric apologized for his earlier claim that Christians that are not paying tithe …

TINUBU IS IDEOLOGICALLY SOMERSAULTING, SHOULD LOOK AT THE LETTER HE WROTE JONATHAN – FAROUNBI Nigeria’s former ambassador to The Philippines, Yemi Farounbi, has said the Bola Tinubu that he knew when he was Governor of Lagos and as a believer in a restructured Nigeria, is no longer the man who is President. Dr. Yemi Farounbi said President Tinubu is ideologically …

PDP SUSPENDS NATIONAL VICE CHAIRMAN, ALI ODEFA The South-East zone national vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Odefa, has been suspended over alleged anti-party activities. Odefa was suspended by the party’s Oguduokwor Ward chapter in the Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. This suspension, which takes effect immediately, was disclosed on Friday in Abuja following a …

TINUBU MAKES U-TURN, CONFERS GCON ON HOUSES OF REPS SPEAKER, TAJUDEEN ABBAS President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the nation’s second highest national honour, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, News360 Nigeria reports This follows a protest by members of the lower chamber of the National Assembly. …

BE DECENT WITH YOUR POLITICAL GOAL – POLICE TELLS FUBARA Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun,The Nigeria Police Force has slammed the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, for calling the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, unprintable names and making unfounded allegations against the force. Fubara on Friday at a press conference …

SUSPEND RIVERS LG ELECTION – ELDERS FORUM TELL FUBARA The Rivers State Elders Forum has condemned the state government’s decision to defy a Federal High Court ruling and proceed with the scheduled Local Government Election on October 5, 2024, as reported by TVC News. In a video shared by TVC News on October 4, the group insisted that the election …

WE’RE BOYCOTTING RIVERS LG ELECTION – POLICE The Nigeria Police Force has announced its decision to comply with recent court rulings that prohibit security agencies from participating in the forthcoming Local Government Chairmanship Election in Rivers State, scheduled for October 5, 2024. In a statement issued on October 3, 2024, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, Public Relations Officer for the Rivers State …

NIGERIA IS NOW SAFE; YOU CAN TRAVEL SAFELY TO ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY. – TINUBU President Bola Tinubu has boasted that Nigerian security has improved under his leadership. Tinubu, who was represented by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the inaugural international lecture organised by the News Agency of Nigeria, narrating how …

I APOLOGIZE FOR SAYING YOU WON’T MAKE HEAVEN UNLESS YOU PAY TITHE – PASTOR ADEBOYE The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to …

ENUGU BACK TO LIFE – VP SHETTIMA EULOGISES GOVERNOR MBAH OVER DEVELOPMENT STRIDES Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, on Thursday, declared that Enugu State is back to life under Governor Peter Mbah. Shettima, who said the time for politics was over, noted that Mbah was turning the state around through multiple projects across all sectors. He was in Enugu to …

FUBARA DARES IGP – SAYS ELECTION MUST HOLD, YOU’LL SHOOT ME TO STOP IT Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Friday declared that the state’s local government must hold as scheduled. Fubara further declared that the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun can’t stop him from accessing the premises of the state’s Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC. Addressing a …

NNPC PORTAL SHUTDOWN, DELAYS PETROL SUPPLY – MARKETERS Oil marketers have said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited portal used to purchase petrol has been shut against dealers, making it impossible for them to apply for the commodity purchase. They said marketers are still awaiting over 90 million litres of petrol from the state-owned company. This is valued at …

WHY THE MORTH OPPOSES TOTAL RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIARecently, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) issued a communiqué after its high-level meeting that highlighted national interest issues and focused on the incessant insecurity in the north and the entire Nigeria. ACF Board of Trustees Chairman, Alhaji Bashir Muhammad Dalhatu, went the extra mile to apologize to the northerners for the “collective failure …