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TINUBU MEETS WIKE, FUBARA, LAWMAKERS Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesome Wike, and the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, may have ended their rift after meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday. On Thursday that President Tinubu met with Wike, Fubara, Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly Martins Amaewhule and members of the Assembly at …

SENATE GIVES NNPCL BOSS 10 DAYS DEADLINE TO ACCOUNT FOR MISSING N200TRN The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has given a 10-day deadline to the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Bayo Ojulari, to respond to 11 critical financial queries related to discrepancies in the company’s audited financial statements. The Senate warned that failure …

NEW TAX LAWS WON’T BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL JANUARY – FIRS CHAIR The Federal Government has disclosed that the implementation of the newly signed four tax fiscal reform laws will commence by January 1st, 2026. Addressing State House correspondents shortly after the President signed the bills into law, Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, Zach Adedeji, said the modalities will be …

IT’S TISSUE OF LIES, NO LAND ALLOCATED TO WIKE’S SON IN ABUJA – AIDE The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lere Olayinka, has debunked reports alleging that Nyesom Wike allocated 2,082 hectares of land to one of his sons in Asokoro and Maitama districts of Abuja. Describing …

NIGERIA RANKS 12TH POOREST COUNTRY BY GDP PER CAPITA IN 2025 Nigeria has been ranked the 12th poorest country in the world by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in 2025. This is according to new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published by Visual Capitalist. The report, released on Tuesday, shows Nigeria’s GDP per capita at $807, placing …

LABOUR PARTY ENUGU HOUSE OF REPS MEMBER, CHIMAOBI ATU, DECAMPS TO APC Lawmaker, Chimaobi Sam Atu, representing Enugu North and South in the House of Representatives, has defected from the Labour Party, LP, to the the All Progressives Congress, APC. Atu’s defection was contained in a letter sent to the House of Representatives on Thursday. Speaker Tajudeen Abbas announced the …

COALITION WILL DEFEAT APC IN 2027’ – SUSWAN Former governor of Benue State and prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gabriel Suswam, has asserted that the anticipated opposition coalition will emerge as the leading party in the 2027 elections, indicating that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ought to be concerned. Suswam, who appeared as a guest on …

TINUBU SIGNS TAX REFORM BILLS INTO LAW President Bola Tinubu has signed four tax reform bills into law, signalling what he described as a bold new era of economic governance in the country. The President signed the bills in the presence of principal officers of the National Assembly, including Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen …

FG, DANGOTE STRIKE DEAL TO CUT DOWN FUEL PRICES The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), the One-Stop-Shop Committee on the Sale of Crude in Naira, and the Dangote Refinery & Petrochemicals Free Zone Enterprises have jointly pledged their commitment to comply with the presidential directive on reducing the domestic prices of petroleum products The Bureau Newspaper reports. This move …

CONFUSION IN PDP AS 11 NWC COUNTER DAMAGUM, REJECT ANYANWU S REINSTATEMENT Eleven National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have dismissed claims that the party’s 100th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Monday, June 30, 2025, has been postponed. A statement signed by key members of the NWC on Wednesday also denied reports that Samuel …