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BANKS TO REPORT MONTHLY TRANSACTIONS EXCEEDING ₦5 ILLION Nigerian banks have been mandated to report all customer accounts with monthly transactions exceeding N5 million to the country’s tax authorities, according to the latest update from the National Orientation Agency (NOA). This directive was part of a sweeping tax reform signed into law, aimed at improving tax compliance, curbing financial irregularities, …

TINUBU GOVERNMENT REPLIES IMF: IT’S UNREALISTIC TO FIX NIGERIAN PROBLEMS IN TWO YEARS The Nigerian presidency has fired back at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for what it described as a “very fatalistic” and destabilising assessment of the Bola Tinubu-led administration’s economic reforms. The Tinubu government on Tuesday claimed that it is unrealistic to expect Nigeria’s deep-rooted problems to be …

MY ENGAGEMENT WITH GENERAL SANI ABACHA: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT – PETER OBI In consonance with my established principles of defending everything I am involved in, and in the interest of all men and women of goodwill, especially those committed to the pursuit of truth, I hereby attach the letter which documents my co-opting, along with others, into the Taskforce …

NIGERIANS KICK AS FG HINTS AT ELECTRICITY TARIFF HIKE The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has stated that the federal government is working on transitioning to a cost reflective tariff to stop an increase in the N4trn debt it owes the sector. The minister who spoke during the Mission 300 Stakeholders’ Engagement meeting in Abuja, said this is part of …

SENATE SILENCING WOMEN BY KEEPING ME OUT OF PLENARY – SENATOR NATASHA Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has declared that her continued exclusion from the red chamber is not just an injustice to her constituency but a silencing of women in the national assembly. The senator made the statement while speaking on AIT, following her decision to shelve plans to resume plenary …

’97 LAWYERS LINE UP TO DEFENDING ADC, MARK, AREGBOSOLA AGAINST APC’S FAKE LAWSUITS The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has assembled a team of 97 lawyers to challenge what it describes as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s ‘fake lawsuit’ against its interim leadership, including former Senate President David Mark and former Minister Rauf Aregbesola. The legal team, led by Barrister Mohammed …

’97 LAWYERS LINE UP TO DEFENDING ADC, MARK, AREGBOSOLA AGAINST APC’S FAKE LAWSUITS The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has assembled a team of 97 lawyers to challenge what it describes as the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s ‘fake lawsuit’ against its interim leadership, including former Senate President David Mark and former Minister Rauf Aregbesola. The legal team, led by Barrister Mohammed …

ENUGU AIR MULLS OPERATIONS TO UK, US, CHINA, OTHERS Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, Enugu State governor, says the newly launched Enugu Air will fly into China, Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other African nations. Speaking during the inauguration of the state-owned airline in Enugu on Monday, Mbah said the airline will start off with three Embraer aircraft and …

QUESTIONS OVER TINUBU’S 2027 CAMPAIGN POSTERS “What can be presumed is that the presidency either approves of it or is deliberately turning a blind eye. It’s difficult to convince someone who claims not to see what is clearly visible. Former President Jonathan once quoted an Indian proverb that it’s easy to wake someone who is asleep but not someone pretending …

2027::KWANKWASO FACES TOUGH DECISION MOMENT AS MORE HEAVYWEIGHTS FLOOD ADC Since the coalition of opposition leaders adopted the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as an official platform to contest the 2027 presidential election against President Bola Tinubu, there has been an influx of political actors into the party. The coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President, David …