FIRS Boss Pushes For 50% Windfall Tax On Banks, Says It’ll Balance Reduced Tax Revenue From Manufacturing Sector
On Monday, Finance Minister Wale Edun and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Chairman Zacch Adedeji appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance to...
CBN Increases Interest Rate To 26.75% Despite High Inflation
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced an increase in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 50 basis points, raising it from...
Tobi Amusan Named Nigeria’s Flagbearer for 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
Tobi Amusan has been selected as Nigeria’s flagbearer for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics. Amusan, the Women’s 100m hurdle world...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Considering Second Term as WTO Director-General Amid Broad International Support
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is considering a second term tenure at the apex international trade body amid an outpouring of support...
GRV Queries Lagos Government on $100 million Paid by Dangote Refinery for Land
Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, 2023 Lagos Guber Candidate of the Labour Party, has raised questions about the claim by Dangote Group CEO Aliko Dangote that...
Peter Obi Calls for Urgent Actions to Salvage Nigeria’s Declining Economy
Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has criticised Nigeria’s recent economic performance. Obi painted a...
Kano Activist Arrested for Producing Branded Protest Shirts Regains Freedom
Youth activist Bashir Abubakar has regained freedom from detention following interventions by a team of lawyers. Abubakar was arrested for advocating against bad...
Liberian Senators Propose New Capital Amidst Severe Flooding Crisis
A group of senators have proposed the relocation of the Liberian capital city from Monrovia as a result of the recent severe flooding...
Dangote Accuses Government of Sabotage, Offers to Sell 650,000 BPD Dangote Refinery To NNPC
Aliko Dangote has offered to sell his multibillion-dollar oil refinery to the state-owned energy company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, accusing the...
Breaking: Joe Biden Pulls Out of U.S. 2024 Presidential Race, Endorses Kamala Harris
President Joe Biden has pulled out of the 2024 United States of America Presidential election race and will not run for a second...
Governor Mbah Calls for Repatriation of Simon Ekpa From Finland for Killings in South-East
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has accused Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based Biafra agitator, of being the mastermind of terror and violence in...
UAE Signs $817 Million Currency Swap Deal with Ethiopia
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ethiopia have signed a bilateral currency swap of up to 3 billion dirhams ($817 million), according to...