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SENATOR NATASHA TO FACE SENATE DISCIPLINARY PANEL OVER OUTBURSTS IN CHAMBER Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents the Kogi Central Senator will now face senate disciplinary panel over her seat reallocation outburst in the red chamber. The Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, saying a motion to that regard has referred the matter …

BABANGIDA, NOT TINUBU’S TORMENTOR, OSINBAJO GOT IT WRONG – ONANUGA Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has countered former vice-president Yemi Osinbajo. During the public presentation of ‘A Journey In Service’, an autobiography by former military president Ibrahim Babangida, Osinbajo jokingly remarked that Tinubu was ironically at the event to celebrate with his “former …

VATSA’S FAMILY SLAMS IBB OVER ALLEGATIONS IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY The family of late Gen. Mamman Jiya Vatsa, executed in 1986 for allegedly plotting a coup against Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, has described the former military Head of State’s recently released memoir as “a collection of distorted facts” and “a good reference material for criminals”. Jonathan Vatsa, the family’s spokesperson and a …

WHY NIGERIA SUFFERED FIVE MILITARY COUPS BY BABANGIDA FORMER Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, IBB (retd), has justified military incursions into governance in Nigeria. IBB, who explained why the country had five coups between 1966 and 1985, added that military governments had more development projects than civilian governments. In extracts from Part Three, Chapter Five, pages 104 to 115 …

PRESIDENCY TO EL-RUFAI: STOP CRYING OVER SPLIT MILK, YOU’RE HURT BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT MADE MINISTER The presidency has urged the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, to move on following his exclusion from President Bola Tinubu’s i debunked the claims that the National Assembly rejected him because of a security report from the Department of State Services (DSS) said, …

UK, NIGERIA EXCLUDED FROM ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES FOR US VISA WAIVER PROGRAMME The United States of America has released the list of eligible countries for its 2025 Visa Waiver Programme. Among other African countries, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ghana are not listed in the new visa waiver programme for 2025 as the country introduces policy updates on permit privilege eligibility and …

PROPONENTS, OPPONENTS DISSECT TINUBU’S TAX REFORM BILLS Stakeholders including the Association of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria (ACMAN), Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria and the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) yesterday rejected the incremental increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) as proposed in the tax reform bills. This is as they also kicked against the proposal …

TINUBU SET TO KICKOFF DIGITAL NATIONAL CENSUS Nigeria Moves Closer to Fresh Census, President Tinubu to Set Up Committee Nigeria took a step closer on Monday to conducting a new national population and housing census with biometric and digital components. The nation last held a census in November 2006. President Bola Tinubu, at a meeting at the Statehouse with officials …

DEJI, SHEHU SANI, OMOKRI JUSTIFY EL-RUFAI’S EXCLUSION FROM GOVT Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-rufai has come under heavy verbal attack following his Monday night interview. During an interview on Arise TV, El-rufai criticized President Bola Tinubu, the present administration and some key elements in the government. El-Rufai claimed that President Tinubu did not want him in …

ONLY 30% OF NIGERIANS PAY TAX, SAYS AKPABIO Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has stated that less than 30% of Nigerians pay taxes to the Federal Government. Despite this, he said, citizens expect the government to deliver top-tier infrastructure, education, security, and other essential services. Akpabio made this known on Monday while declaring open a public hearing on tax reform bills …