The committee says the Act introduces measures aimed at reducing housing costs, encouraging real estate development, and supporting small businesses and low-income renters. The Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee has dismissed as false a viral video claiming that new tax laws will take effect in 2027 and impose a 25 per cent…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s commitment to developing a highly motivated and combat-ready force through structured career planning and digital transformation. Oluyede gave the assurance at the opening of the 6th Career Planning and Management Seminar for Officers, organised by the Army Headquarters Department of Military…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the attack on a Christmas market on Friday Dec. 20 in Magdeburg, Germany. The ministry disclosed this in a statement issued by Kimiebi Ebienfa, Acting Spokesperson of the Ministry on Sunday in Abuja. The statement expressed shock and sadness over the attack, which left five people dead and…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to supporting and providing an enabling environment for sports development in Nigeria. The President spoke while flagging off the Torch of Unity Movement for the 22nd National Sports Festival at the State House, Abuja. The national sports festival, tagged: “The Gateway Games”, will take place in…
The Police Command in Oyo State has assured residents of Ilero Town in Kajola Local Government Area (LGA) of the release of the two persons abducted on Wednesday. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Johnson Adenola, gave the promise on Monday while addressing youths and traditional leaders from Kajola and Iwajowa communities of the state….
Hungary did not see any progress when it came to the resumption of gas deliveries through Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday. “We don’t see any kind of forward progress, however, when it comes to the reopening of the deliveries of gas through Ukraine,’’ Szijjarto said in an interview. On Jan. 1,…
The Zamfara Concerned Citizens Forum (ZCCF) wishes to draw the attention of the public, anti-corruption agencies, and all lovers of justice to the alarming financial recklessness being perpetrated by Governor Dauda Lawal Dare in the name of road construction across Gusau metropolis. Our investigation reveals that the state government has awarded a highly suspicious…
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the statistical analysis of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The statistical analysis was released on Monday via the board’s official X handle. From the statistics released, out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 UTME, more than 1.5 million scored less than…
The Non-Governmental Association for Literacy Support Services (NOGALSS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nineteen-Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement (NSNCM) to address challenges of out-of-school and girl-child education in Northern Nigeria. The National President of NOGALSS, Noah Emmanuel, at the signing ceremony in Abuja on Monday, said the initiative would focus on the implementation…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, has secured a second term in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Ojelabi was re-elected on Tuesday at the party State Congress,held at Mobolaji Johnson Arena,Lagos. No fewer tgan 2,000 delegates drawn from across the state returned Ojelabi and others via…
